The Long Walk

Unbelievable!

The Long Walk is the story of 100 boys who must complete an unimaginable long walk to obtain a prize; a prize that everyone desires. This book is a masterpiece. Stephen King does such a great job relating the characters with the reader. Whenever a likable character or friend to Garraty (protagonist) dies, you feel as if you have lost a good friend. King's creativness is really hit home in this book. From the very beginning, you do not want to stop reading because you want to know many answers. Throughout the book, King reveals those answers and sometimes they're a bit shocking. The end is great. This book is wonderful and any Stephen King fan will love it. The only flaw with the book is the language. You cannot read a page without curse words. This isn't too big of a deal and doesn't take away from the book. If you are looking for a thrilling and exciting read, this is the one.

15 out of 15 people found this review helpful.

So Vivid It's Painful....

The setting and characters were so vividly constructed that I almost fell into the mind game myself! I was engulfed by the book and devoured it in nine hours, maybe eight. Barkovitch¿s death was very surprising, and the mental pressure he was under was very well described, so I was sad too even see him go.
Stebbins! Ah, what a character, making me think of the devil himself. He seemed like a wolf stalking a herd of sheep, and I was upset to see him fall also. The ending was a shocker, and King left you hanging by a thread when the last punctuation was read. He left you hanging by a thread¿.

7 out of 10 people found this review helpful.

FELT ROBBED OF MY TIME

Now this book I admit was good reading. I kept reading and reading and reading. Pretty predictible. Then it seems like the writer got tired and just did not feel like closing the story. POW!!! Just dropped you. I ended up with a cheated feeling and angry that I wasted my time reading.

5 out of 7 people found this review helpful.

Sticks with you...

This is the first Stephen King novel I've read, but not the last if the rest are as good as this one. I actually cried when two of the boys died--that is how deeply you get involved in this story. The characters are well developed and the story is unique. This is a must-read for any book enthusiast. It's heartbreaking, touching and sometimes painful to read, but well worth the time and discomfort. I still haven't gotten this story out of my mind. Definitely one of my favorites....

5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

True Stephen King

This book is the best book i got so far and will always stay with me it just kept pulling me in

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Excellent book

The Long Walk is an excellent book. It has got a very simple story line, but very descriptive. I don't recommend it to the youngen's because it has got descriptive violence and sexual content, but i do recommend it to many adults. It is definitely a suspensful book, and don't read it if you plan to put it down

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Do not waste your time.

I know Stephen King is out there with his story lines but this was a horrible book. I read it and was waiting for the plot line to become clear and it didnt. I read the last chapter twice to see if I missed something but NOPE....I re-read the last page over and over, and kept pushing the next page button on my NOOK, to see if there was some more, but NOPE....it was one of the worst SK. books I have ever read. This will also be my last SK, book I ever buy or read. All done, all set with nonsense. There was no plot to this book what so ever. Thanks, Linda T PS. wish there was a space for -minus stars....

2 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

What a shocker!!!!

In general the book was fantastic. It was full of suspense, humor, and a little scary but the ending gets u really pissed off..... i knew that the ending was not great before i read it but the book was really good.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Ending+Disappoints

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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Great Book, a must read for anyone any age!!!

This book had me on the edge of my seat the whole time. You know everything and nothing at the same time. King/Bachman had me laughing, gagging, and crying all at the same time. The only downside is the end, a little confusing and disappointhing

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Great

The Long Walk is an incredibly good book. Once I started reading I couldn't stop.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Has stayed with me. I reccomend.

I normally write reviews a few days after i have read the book, so i know what has stuck with me, and if it even warrants a review. Now, looking back three or so days later, i can trully tell you that this is a good one!

King wrote this as Bachman, which i've come to notoce is his "cloudy day" type of personality. This book is dark in its own way, and scary in that you hate to watch characters die even though its self explanitory that only one muat live at the end.

This book has really impactd me. I find muself womdering if im walking four miles an hour (the mandatory speed for which i really hope you read about) and analyzing the paims in my feet to see how much longer i could walk.

In conclusion, i really hope you read this. Its very well written, and im quite sure you will ne thinking about it long after you have finished reading. After all, isnt that what a book is for? To take you away from this world?

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

To those who did not get the end.

The psychological roller-coaster not withsranding nor the character development and twisted plot. I think most of the responses on here are absurd. This book is fantastic. No action? It's a book. If there is not enough action for you, you either- have no imagination or, need to stick to your xbox and, leave the reading to someone else.

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

The best in a while

Stephen King's The Long Walk was very well written. Behind ever page was another suprise. When I started reading it I couldn't put it down. I think this book had a very interesting ending leaving it up to the imagination of the reader to decide what happens. I rate this book with five stars because it was very well written with great suspense with yet a touch of horror. The characters were great. The whole plot was outstanding and I thought the book was one of the best in his Bauchman series.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

The Long Walk: An Accurate Depiction

Thank God for the personality Richard Bachman, pseudonym for Stephen King. The Long Walk caught my attention from the very beginning and kept it until the very end. King hit the nail right on the head. The uniformity and routine nature of this book may usually be cited as it's downfall, but this fact is so evident that it was obviously deliberate and the full intention of the author. If you want to learn a little something about the way we are as a society, mostly conformists, and how we fail to distinguish ourselves from others, then this book is for you. Do you talk the long walk? Take this short read and find out.

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

The longest ethical walk

The Long walk by Stephen King, is a disturbing report of a contest, in which the losers pay with their lives. The Long Walk consists of one hundred walkers. Only the elite of those who registered, were entered into the contest. The prize being literally anything that the winner would ever desire, plus a monetary prize of millions of dollars. Throughout the story the reader watches the main character develop mentally, while he watches those around him die. Unlike most authors, King develops his characters through their experiences, as opposed to just describing them. This gives the reader a better feel of the personality of the individuals in the novel. This kind of understanding of characters makes the story much more enjoyable. The morbidity of this story evolves even the reader. A new understanding of the brutality transpiring within the military is reached through the novel. King¿s depiction of this military sponsored escapade, showed his respect for military obedience, and lack of respect for their morals. He shows them to be robots to the commands of the `beloved general.¿ Of course the soldiers were respected, until peers started dying. Most people respect the authority of the military. The military has an excess of power, and lacks the ethics to back the authority, implies King through this book. The only alternate novel by King that is as thought provoking as this is The Rage. It is another shorter novel, This novel is remarkably illuminating. Never had I imagined that my life could be changed by a book. This book convinced me that my previous beliefs were wrong. This fiction forced me to revise all of my moral beliefs, for it makes one realize all of the death and destruction going on in the world. I would instantly reccomend this book to anyone wishing for something different, and eye opening.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

I've read this book 4 times.

This book just seems to latch on to you. I would recomend this book to every one.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

a good book

It was a very suspenseful and also dramatic book.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

This was an outstanding book!

I just loved this book, it was one of the best books he ever wrote.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Interesting read

Kinda makes you wonder...