The Long Walk
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (929 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 150114426X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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Indifferent Amanda Mills First of all, I wouldn't typically read book like this, but King is my favorite author and I will read anything puts together, regardless of its genre.I started reading this book with high hopes, due to the many positive reviews this book has (plus a good friend recommended it). All in all I still don't know where I stand with it. Parts of it were great, but at times not so great. It's hard to say I didn't enjoy the book, because I did. Usually I don't gravitate toward shorter reads, such as this, and that may be why I had some issues with "The Long Walk".PROS&mda. Linda Lu said Very dark indeed. Stephen King is my favorite writer but this book was disturbing to me which I'm sure was just the right effect King was looking for in his readers. The story of these boys walking was sad and yet as I was reading I was hoping for the boys to survive and something would happen to change the history of the Long Walk. Sadly it didn't. The stories the boys shared together the friendships that were made even though each boy wanted to win at the cost of their lives was total torture. I'm glad I read the book but at the same time sad to see young lives end.. "Powerful and Brilliant" according to R. L. Herron. One of Stephen King's books that doesn't rely on magic or evil spirits, THE LONG WALK is a tale of young people caught up in a dystopian future where the government allows, and the populace in general accepts, a cruel and heartless game, whose only winner is the lone survivor. Some people have compared it to HUNGER GAMES, but I think they miss the point that THE LONG WALK was written LONG BEFORE that other story was a glimmer in the mind of its author. Instead, HUNGER GAMES copied the essence of this brilliant story. It is powerful prose, that has you rooting for
. Kirby Heyborne's skills shine in the narrative passages, which he executes with a good mixture of rhythm and emphasis. Heyborne's light and youthful-sounding voice exudes the needed attitude of the mostly male adolescent characters. A Signet paperback. However, some of his character voices for the teens feel created just for the sole purpose of clearly distinguishing them, rather than matching voice organically to personality. From Publishers Weekly Ray Garraty--along with 99 other teen boys--has entered the Long Walk, a grueling march at four miles per hour that continues until only one person is standing. King (writing as hi
On the first day of May, 100 teenage boys meet for a race known as "The Long Walk." If you break the rules, you get three warnings. If you exceed your limit, what happens is absolutely terrifying
Stephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His novel 11/22/63—a recent Hulu original television series event—was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York TimesBook Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller as well