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Summary: King's Best Novel Yet!
Review: Stephen King has definately outdone himself with "The Green Mile." I have never read a book before that has such great detail and has been so very well planned out. This has to be one of King's best novels ever. Not only does this story deal with facts such as racism and how prisioners were treated;it also shows how life in general was durning the Great Depression. King gives you the feeling that you are actually witnessing what all happens in this book. You can emphasize with some characters such as John Coffey, Paul Edgecombe, and Melinda Moores; while you despise other characters such as Percy Whitmore and Wharton. I especially like that King showed how people's opinions changed throughout this book. Some seemed to gain a conscience while others seemed to lose theirs. This is an excellent showing of how humans just want to find someoe to blame for a crime and then move on with life. It also proves that we really don't care if a person is guilty or not; just as long as we have someone to blame that fits the sterotype of who we think could have comitted a certain crime. I would highly recommend "The Green Mile" to anyone. It will make you question life in general, and why things happen the way they do. Could it be possible for someone who is capable of working miracles to actually exist? You will never look at life the same way ever again after reading this.
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Summary: Another winner from the King!
Review: Wow! This is easily one of King's best. It is such a good story with excellently drawn out characters. This is the only book to ever make me cry. I would recommend this book first to a King newby because of it's perfect length and non-horror subject matter. Read this and you'll not be disappointed.
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Summary: Truly exceptional
Review: I'm not a fan of King by any stretch of the imagination, but this work is truly exceptional, with brilliant characters in original situations. Do yourself a favor and see what all the fuss is about: read it.Also, the movie complements it perfectly.
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Summary: The Green Mile
Review: The green Mile is an exciting book about a man whom was unjustly accused of the murder of twins girls. A healing, kind, soul that was actually trying to help the girls with his magic cure. The head prison guard, whom narrated the story, was taken by this enomus black man when he reached through the bars of his cell one day to cure an immensely painful urinary infection. Read more about this great book.
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Summary: One of King's Best
Review: This book isn't the most exciting novel Stephen King has ever written, but it is by far the most descriptive. As a fan of his work, I can tell that he has now matured into a different writer. His descriptions are frighteneing realistic, and I couldn't help feeling sorry for John Coffey--not to mention poor Del thanks to Percy. I liked how the book switched between him being a prison guard and him writing from the future, though I was too wrapped up in the story at the prison to care much about his new-found love in the nursing home. If you've never been a Stephen King fan, throw all of that out the window. This isn't a slasher like 'The Shining' or 'It'. This is a book that is worthy enough to be made into one of the most famous films in Hollywood history. Although the book is better, that has to tell you something about King. I loved this book enough to want to re-read it, and I will when I finish 'Firestarter'. I saw nothing really wrong with this book, other than the fact that it did move slow during some parts. But other than that, the characters are so realistic. You want to save John Coffey, help Paul and strangle Percy. That makes it all too real for me. 10 stars if I could.
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Summary: WOW! An Amazing Book!
Review: THE GREEN MILE is a heart warming tale of injustice and discrimination. After being convicted of killing two girls, John Coffing, a black slave, was sentenced to death. With a secret no one knew about, Jonh felt all alone until the deathrow guard found him innocent. A book this good should be in every house. I recommend this book to teenagers and adults. It holds a powerful moral that should be shared with everyone.
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Summary: PHENOMENAL BOOK!!!
Review: I've heard about Stephen King writing fantastic books and wanted to see for my self how good this author really is. I chose "The Green Mile" because I heard heard the movie was great. I havent seen the movie yet but the book was excellent. It opened my eyes to all the injustices going on in the world. King used many writing techniques includeing forshadowing and flashbacks. The whole story was just set up beautifully. i read this 536 page novel in about 11 days! I wouldnt recommend it if you've seen the movie. The element of suspense is vital to the enjoyment of this book. It will bring tears to your eyes.
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Summary: Very surprising book
Review: Referring to the foreword of the edition that I had, King tells the story of the modern serial novel. He got the idea from that nineteenth century bestselling author Charles Dickens, who published his own horror masterpiece "The Old Curiosity Shop" in chapbook (serial) form. People lined up on the pier in Baltimore for the final segment, and 12 people were pushed to their drowning off the end of the dock before the ship arrived. Oddly appealing, the format. The novel itself is completely engrossing. As many of King's first-person narratives go, he reveals the character of Paul Edgecombe only so much at a time, while gripping the reader with the saga of John Coffey (like the drink, but spelled different). Like always, King won't ever let us leave the page unturned, and the unfortunate folks who had to read the novel under six separate covers (as it was originally published)probably felt like those on the pier in Baltimore waiting for the end of Dickens' book: cheated until the next one came out. It's great...really. The Christlike figure appears again in King's great narrative, this time in the unlikeliest of places: Death Row. Read it...you'll love it.
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Summary: Very Good Story
Review: I have reviewed this book before, but feel the need to do it one more time. I just saw the movie and it was a close facsimile of the book. I was a NYS corrections officer for 15 1/2 years. When I read the book I imagined the Mile as the one that was at Sing-Sing. While I didn't work there in the electric chair days, the old area is still an active part of the jail in another capacity. So I had an idea of how the Mile was supposed to look and the image in my mind helped comprehend the book. Apparently most old death rows were set up the same. The interesting characters in the book and movie were enough to keep the long movie interesting. Rarely do books and their movies share so much in common. I've already reviewed it so I won't re-review it. I just wanted to shed this light on it.
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Summary: Stephen King matures..
Review: Like most Americans in their 40s, I've read more Stephen King novels over the years than I care to admit. While certainly a "hit and miss" author, Stephen King is at least someone with a (sometimes out-of-control) imagination. Fortunately he puts his imagination into good use with The Green Mile. The Green Mile is a story of a 1930s death row prison, as told by one of the supervisors. Both the prisoners and the prison guards are dissected, with both parties exhibiting the best and worst sort of behaviour imaginable. But being a Stephen King novel we, of course, expect a surreal element to the story. This is manifested with the appearance of an inmate with "special powers" (sorry, no spoilers here). However unlike many of his previous novels where he really goes off the rails, Stephen King channels his creative energy to take to book to a very moving conclusion (yes, it's almost a tear-jerker). I wouldn't say The Green Mile is Stephen King's best work so far. However it does lead me to believe that he is finally making the step from popular fiction to literature. Job well done.
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