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Summary: This book ROCKS
Review: The Green Mile is easily the greatest book I've ever read. I've read many of Stephen King's other books, but none have ever gripped me as much as this one. I couldn't stop reading, I was finished with it in under a day, and I wanted it to go on forever. This is definetely my favorite book EVER.
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Summary: Trashy Movie
Review: Word up. What the hell is this. Its like a shawshank redemtion(the best movie) with no action. The movie was good, but this was just peer boaring bull. What the hell people saying its good. Overall the movie is better than the book. And Stephen King should find somthing new to do like not writting books. The only good thing he did was write the Shawshank Redemption. What. Thats what I got to say to you Stephen King.
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Summary: A really good book.
Review: This is the first Stephen King book that I have read, and I have to say that I was really pleased with it. The book is in the first person view of the prison warden of the E-block, or the Green Mile, a sort of Death Row. He discribes life at the prison and how it changes with a new prisoner, John Coffey. Coffey seems to have an extrordinary healling power, and is fairly simple minded. He was charged with killing two young girls, but he didn't kill them. The writing in the book flows smoothly, and you begin to think of the other inmates as people, not prisoners. Del, who owns Mr. Jingles the mouse, William, the Billy the Kid of the 'row and Toot Toot, the sarcastic and joker. You also meet the Wardens, Percy the Stuck-up and annoying, Brute, a large and sometimes rough guard and Paul, the narrator. This is an excellent book and one of the best that I have read.
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Summary: Powerful.
Review: I like Stephen King anyway - so? This was an exceptional story (and the movie was actually very close in form).I was impressed and passed this one on to a friend and who doesn't care for Stephen King - and liked this book.
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Summary: walking our green mile
Review: I rate it as one of the most beatiful book that Steven King wrote. It's extraordinary how he mixed normal peoples life with the short remaining life of those called "Dead Man Walking". At the end of the book I felt very attached to those inmates, to the guards. I bought the book and the DVD of this peace of art. Right now I have seen the movie over 10 times and reading the book for the third time. It's a "Must have" title, and I would never sell it back. Instead I would buy it as a gift for someone special.
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Summary: A DIFFERENT STEPHEN KING
Review: I am normally not a Stephen King fan simply because I am not a horror fan. However, THE GREEN MILE was recommended as something very different, and it truly was. This book is very emotional ... sad, but sweet, and it was a pleasure to read. It's the story of a "death row" housing unit in a southern prison. It concentrates on the inhabitants, both guards and prisoners. We are led to "witness" three electric chair executions, all very different in acceptance and expenditure. Although THE GREEN MILE is narrated by one of the guards, it's apparent that the main character is John Coffey, a gentle, black, childlike giant, who is accused of murdering two white girs. It's also apparent that Coffey is innocent. But there's something else going on. Coffey has a special mental and physical power. To see how he uses that power is well worth reading this book. THE GREEN MILE is highly recommended. It's excellent
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Summary: Sensational Story--Two Thumbs up!
Review: I was given this book by a counselor. I had read the series once before. It was then made into a novel and later made into a movie. This book was very interesting from beginning to end. It is exciting, absorbing, filled with wonderfully eccentric characters, and tinged with wonder. The pages almost turn by themselves! It is very satisfying, very introspective, and thought-provoking. The Green Mile might carry Stephen King's most important message to date. He's a master of character and motivation. His fans and others will love this novel. This book has much to teach and a lot of mixed feelings. The book was based on a true story. This book is very suspenseful. I really advise this book to anyone from ages thirteen and up!
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Summary: Great Book!
Review: The Green Mile was a sad and touching book about a prisoner named John Coffey, who was sentenced to death for raping and murdering two 9 year old girls. Paul Edgecomb was the man that helped every prisoner spend his last days of being alive peacefully, but when he met this giant, he began to believe that he may be innocent. The story is set in the 1930s at the Cold Mountain Penitentiary's death-row facility. John Coffey was a gentle inmate that wanted to die, but had the power to heal. As the story goes, Edgecomb discovers that Coffey's gift has a terrible truth. I liked this book very much, and would love to read it again, especially for the very touching ending. I would give this book a perfect five because I think it had a great story line which was different from Stephen King's normal horror type books, and I thought that the story line was very touching and had a twisted ending. I also give this book a perfect score because I think it was so interesting to read, that it would not take you more than two weeks to read, because of how interesting it was. Another reason is for it's incredible attention grabber, I felt that this book could grab your attention, and change your feelings in a very short time.
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Summary: The Green Mile--A Must Read Turned Good
Review: I hate the kind of books you have to read for school. And as a 9th grader, I'm very certain I've read more than my fair share of them. I always look forward to the assignments when we get to choose what books we read. For a follow-up to "To Kill A Mockingbird", our teacher gave us an independant project, which, in my opinion, is a way for her to get out of the planning of another project, but hey, who asked my opinion. My mom suggested "The Green Mile", which I had planely stood against seeing in the theatre months ago. She knew I didn't want to see it or read it for that matter, but she tried one last time to get me to hear the story that had so touched her heart. So I did. And as always, my mom was right. "The Green Mile" was one of the most amazing books I've ever read, something that really hits a nerve. Mr. King wrote it intending it to be that in-your face, sassy kind of story that you would remember forever. Well, Mr. King, you've done your job once more. To those who don't believe in the power of a story, take my advice for once, a ninth grader, and take a little time out of your hectic schedule to read "The Green Mile". See if it doesn't change your opinion of the significane of a human life. And thanks to my teacher and my mom, who gave me the encouragement, whether they meant to or not, to read a book that has changed the way I think about capital punishment.
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Summary: Walking the Green Mile (T.C. 3)
Review: Books can enlighten our lives. They shape and mold the human mind while delivering intalect and intelligence. Sometimes they can even change the most valuable beliefs of a single person. After my experience of reading The Green Mile, these theories had occured... Stephen King's legendary tale of John Coffey spending his last days on Cold Mountain Penitentiary's E Block was a fascinating read. It challenged my thoughts and also gave me an outlook on life , and its beauty. In my mind, a specific mental picture was formed through the clarifying details King had listed. Even though the story was based on the ugly appearence of life in prison, it reflected some of the most cherished beliefs in human life. Truthfully, this is the best book I have ever read... I enjoyed walking the Green Mile!
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