Clayton is the main character of the story, and no surprise he's a writer; as many other main characters of King novels. On the day of his big success he is faced by panic and mayhem. A pulse rings out into cell phones driving the world mad, luckily for our star he's one of the very few who does not own one. Watching the world crumble before him he meets Tom and Alice, survivors of the disaster that unfolds very quickly on an average sunny day.
The main social issues at the moment seem to be centered around panic and shock. At this time the basis is reactions, fighting the urge to stand in horror and drudge forward to find common sanity in others. I found one particular part amusing though; Clay slides the knife into his belt loop and begins quoting a comic hero, Tom not being part of the inside joke feels a nature of awkwardness. After watching people run down the street babbling nonsense I think I would have had a stronger reaction to Clay's quirky remarks.
I felt the police officer response was adequate but far too soon in the story to feel real. However it is like us as humanity to try to cover legal basis as something apocalyptic unfolds, giving them cards and saying they may need to testify to the situation.
So far a decent story, interested in seeing it play out.
4 comments:
Good summary.
I really agree. I like how fast this book starts. It drags you directly into the story.
I don't really like the scary part in the beginning of the story but the way Stephen describe the things happen around Clay can really draw the reader attention and make them think that they are right there, and seeing the whole things happen.
I really like this book so far. It has caused me to reflect on not only my relationship to my phone(which btw how messed up is it that I consider myself in a relationship with a cell phone) but also on how I would react. While I would like to think I would have the fortitude to be the hero, marching bravely forward into the face of unknown danger a part of me thinks,yep I would be cowering in a corner waiting for my hero to rescue me.
And I agree, the scene with the cop felt weird, the tone and context seemed disjointed with the rest of the story.
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