I was nine years old when I started writing letters to the director requesting that I would, some day, be allowed to participate (though I wouldn't be eligible for the long walk until I was fifteen). After reading this, the first of my King as Richard Bachman books, that sentence sounds pretty sinis...
“We want to die, that’s why we’re doing it. Why else, Garraty? Why else?” When you read Stephen King’s The Long Walk, you feel like you’re going into battle. It’s a draining, draaaaaaining tale that’ll suck the life out of you. Now hold on. I know, from that description alone it sounds like I’m abo...
I originally read this sometime in the 1980s, and the novel is both as I recall and not as I recall. I certainly remembered the basic storyline of teenage boys in a contest that is akin to the Hunger Games but done as simply a walk down a highway with no stopping or rest breaks allowed. Yet I had ...
Once I picked up this book I couldn't put it down. My mom, also a huge Stephen King fan, told me about this book a lot growing up and it lived up to the expectations I developed. As soon as I was done reading I talked about it so much my boyfriend, who doesn't read that much, instantly read it and l...
Every year, 100 boys take part in a nightmarish pilgrimage called The Long Walk, the winner receiving The Prize and a ton of cash. Ray Garraty is one of the contestants. Will he win The Prize or be one of the ninety-nine dead boys on the road? Wow. And I thought the six mile hike I went on in Octobe...
Bleak, relentless and beautiful. Mostly the first one, though. I love that we're left to fill in the blanks ourselves. What are The Squads? When does this take place? How the hell did we get to the point of letting 100 young men walk to the death (well, 99, really)?Easily my favourite thing Ste...
Speechless doesn't really cut it.I didn't really know what I was getting myself into reading this book but oh my.What a roller coaster ride!I almost fell off my bed when I realised what a ticket was at the beginning of the book. Then there were moments when it felt too real and my heart was beating ...
Sort of reminded me of [b:The Running Man|11607|The Running Man|Stephen King|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1355720662s/11607.jpg|3652165] but in slow motion, and with only one action scene when one of the boys is able to get a gun, and shoot one soldier. Otherwise it was just watching them get shot o...
This novel was better than what I had expected. One thing I liked about this story was the rawness with which it was handled. No flashy gadgets, no mind-boggling futuristic technology to keep track of the Walkers. Nothing. Just some soldiers following the Walkers in a military vehicle with chronomet...
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