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Ahhh the days when cell phones were devices of intrigue, contraptions of untapped possibilities and potential forces for good� far from the ubiquitous, corrupting extensions of our minds and bodies they are today. A much simpler time indeed. It makes me long for the aughts with a melancholic nostalgia.

I thought this book was fun, and I’m not sure why it gets panned the way it does. It feels like once a book catches a bad rap, it’s hard to break free from that stigma, and the masses continually pile on. It’s almost like they are a bunch of phoners affected by a corrupted pulse or something.

Character I Loved & Hated

These are some of King’s least memorable or multi-dimensional characters, so the list is light in terms of people who stood out. The Raggedy Man is someone who will stick with me, despite his somewhat corny characteristics. His haunting smile, juxtaposed with his cartoonish Harvard sweatshirt, stands out as one of the most persistent images in this book.

Tom was a cardboard cutout of a character and really added nothing to the plot, nor did he play a role in moving things along. He felt completely superfluous.

Themes

Fear of emerging technology and the role it may play in our ultimate demise

One Thing I’ll walk away with

A desire to return to simpler times, where flip phones ruled the day and snake inexplicably occupied hours and hours of my time