Cell Ending

Roou* · December 8th, 2009

yeah i finished the book monts ago and wow was so fast o_o, but i liked lol.. now yeah that left you a open door for the end ;P xD

**rhomnud** · December 17th, 2009

Originally Posted by Spideyman

Stephen King has a message about the ending of cell on the main page of this site.

12:41pm March 24th, 2006:
Regarding Cell...
CELL SPOILER: "Based on the information given in the final third of Cell—I’m thinking about the reversion back toward the norm of the later phone crazies—it seems pretty obvious to me that things turned out well for Clay’s son, Johnny. I don’t need to tell you this, do I?”

-Steve

No Steve you don't need to tell us anything. But if you've taught us to expect the unexpected from you we're not going to be lulled into a false sense of the expected based on a possible misdirection like phone crazy reversion to the norm. ;-)

**Mark R** · December 28th, 2009

Originally Posted by mistydawn

I think the ending is very good~~~~it is so Stephen King.

Not everything has to be printed in 3ft, tall letters, does it?

Totally agree with this. This is the beauty of a good S.K novel, they always keep you guessing where it is going to go right to the very end.

**Jack Roman** · March 12th, 2010

I listened to the audio book of Cell, and I think I missed something. Can anyone tell me why at the end of the story, Clay dialed 911 and put the phone to Johnny's ear? Also I can't help but notice the name 'Johnny' is the name of characters in several SK books.

**mrblonde** · March 22nd, 2010

Just finished Cell....at first I hated the ending, but then I made my own up & I feel better now.
I liked Clay & Tom & Jordan, but the rest left me uninterested.

One thing about the book, and I'm not saying it's a flaw, I'm just saying....

I'm a Dad that has two boys & I'm away from home 3-4 days a week for work. If I was in Boston & my boys were in Maine there would be no Cell Story. The only story would be me on a bike, or a moped or a dirt bike or a rice burner with a shotgun riding to Maine until I found my boys, or their bodies.

**Rand** · March 23rd, 2010

Originally Posted by mrblonde

One thing about the book, and I'm not saying it's a flaw, I'm just saying....

I'm a Dad that has two boys & I'm away from home 3-4 days a week for work. If I was in Boston & my boys were in Maine there would be no Cell Story. The only story would be me on a bike, or a moped or a dirt bike or a rice burner with a shotgun riding to Maine until I found my boys, or their bodies.

I'm having trouble understanding that statement because the search for his son was what Clay was all about. Is it the lack of him attempting to barrel through non-stop on a two wheeler what's bothering you?

It wouldn't be any consolation, but King might have avoided that (partly) because his was on his second post-apocalyptic novel, and bikes were the main transportation used in the other one.

**mrblonde** · March 24th, 2010

Originally Posted by Rand

I'm having trouble understanding that statement because the search for his son was what Clay was all about. Is it the lack of him attempting to barrel through non-stop on a two wheeler what's bothering you?

It wouldn't be any consolation, but King might have avoided that (partly) because his was on his second post-apocalyptic novel, and bikes were the main transportation used in the other one.

I understand it was King's story & he didn't want to copy the stand. I was just saying I had to get past the fact blind fear & instinct didn't get Clay on a bike, or in a mini and to screw directly to his boy. Once I suspended that disbelief I loveed it.

**gooferbert** · July 28th, 2010

personally...i like the ambiguity.

**John No Initial Smith** · August 2nd, 2010

Although Cell is one of my favourites of Steve's later works, I feel the final third is just a shade too rushed. It's almost as if he had a word count to hit. It's a shame, as the first two thirds are exceptionally involving and scary and terrifyingly plausible. That said, I still hugely enjoy this book.

**Perdissa** · August 25th, 2010

I first read this book when it came out in hardcover. I just read it again. Over this time (between my readings), I became a father. My son is now 2 years old.

I just got to say, the anguish felt by Clay, his need for closure, his damnation of himself to stay behind to find Johnny.. I didn't really appreciate this bit back then, skimming over a lot of the prose; but damn, I feel it so much now it scares me.