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The Green Mile: The Complete Serial Novel

The Green Mile: The Complete Serial Novel

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Where do I begin?
Review: Visionary. That's Stephen King. Let's look past the plot and story of The Green Mile just for a moment and look at the deep aspects that turn Story-telling into a full and beautiful Art. King has an uncanny way of describing details with such finesse and brilliance that you'll feel as though you'll experienced the story, not just read it. The plot is fantastically original! I'm shaking my head in wonder as I write this review! King also doesn't just describe his characters... He brings them to life! Right before your eyes! The plot was nicely married to the sub-plot. The story was touching and the wonders never ceased to amaze me! Brilliant stuff, Mr. King! Thank you!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Re-think your view on the Death Penalty!
Review: I read this book last September and it still gives me chills when I think about it. Every twist and turn in the plot is so well written! You will definetly not be able to put it down. I cried when I was done with the book, not only because the last sentence is so moving, but because I was sad it was over with and I didn't have anything to do but think about it. John Coffey is so moving. I wish I could give him a hug. Better than the movie, read the book though and I am sure you will like the movie much more if you are a fan of the movie.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: fast moving and wonderful
Review: King's style wraps you up into the characters. I genuninely couldn't put down the book because I was always interested in what happened next. This is one of the best King books I've read, and I've read quite a few in my time. The psychological prose of the narrator is engaging and keep the book humming along, even when its just the character's musings. I found it much better than the movie, but I read the book first. King dealt with race and other issues well without being preachy or losing focus in his narrative. At the same time he was able to touch deeper spiritual issues.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: ONE OF KING'S BEST.
Review: I am delighted King decided to write this book as a complete serial, otherwise I might never have had the priviledge to read it. This book bring's the reader into a maximum security facility and introduces you to the strangest group of people you are likely to encounter. I felt the book was a bit slow to start but later realized that everything had to be explained in the order that it was done. You not only feel for the prisoners but also for the Guards that are working in an enviornment where there is no hope. John Coffey brings the King touch to the book. Here is a man anyone would feel for. You are brought to the brink of tears not only once but twice or three times. And the crimes that are detailed are gruesome to say the least.This book is in no way scary but a story of hope in the last place on earth you would expect to find it. It will have you laughing and crying and reading into the long hours of the night. Definitly one of Stephen Kings best books.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: IF YOU DID NOT SEEN THE MOVIE YET- DO NOT GO!
Review: I AM A LITTLE STRANGE ABOUT BOOKS.

I DO NOT WANT TO SEE THE MOVIE MAKE OF A BOOK THAT I READ BECAUSE I AM AFRAID THAT MY VISION OF THE BOOK WILL BE CRUSHED.

THE GREEN MILE IS ONE OF THOSE BOOKS. AS ALWAYS, KING ENVELOPS YOU AND PULLS YOU INSIDE THE ACTION, LETTING YOU EXPERIENCE WHAT THE CHARACTERS FEEL, THINK. YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF PLANINING, PLOTING, LAUGHING, CRYING WITH THEM, LOOSING SENSE OF TIME AND REALITY.

'GREAT, EXCELLENT READING.'

ENJOY, AND I MEAN IT.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: One of King's best!
Review: I have read many of Stephen Kings books and think that The Green Mile and The Dead Zone are the best books he has ever written. It intrigues me that a man that is known for his "horror books", can write with such spirit and emotion. John Coffey almost make you beleive that miracles can, and do happen. The other characters in the story, were very beleivable, as well. I read the book, then saw the movie. Book is better, as usual, but happy that they didn't stray too far from storyline. One of the best books I have read this year!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: One of the Most Moving Books of our Time
Review: I have read three or four of Stephen King's books and his writings are just not my cup of tea. However, I loved this book! John Coffey has a way of making you feel not just humble but of making you hold the simple things in life in awe. We should all have the opportunity to meet a John Coffey in real life, if only for a few moments. There are parts of the book which evoke so much emotion that it is difficult to read. At the same time, it is a book that, once finished, you will never forget. Buy it or borrow it but definitely read it!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Walking the mile
Review: There is something about King and prisons. I don't know what it is, but when he sets a story around one you can almost guarentee that the story is going to be good. While not exactly up to the level of Rita Hayworth and the Shanshank Redemption, it is definitely worth your time. The story of John Coffey is touching and definitely goes to show that King hasn't lost touch with humanity

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Read this book more than once!
Review: Tag: Read this book more than once!

I was frankly skeptical about listening to the wonderful Frank Muller audiotape of this book as I've never been particularly a Stephen King fan and find much of his work morbid and self-indulgent. But after listening to the tape I read the book 4 times! If you believe most of the great classic novels have already been written, please withhold judgment until you've read it.

The plot, an account of the summer and fall of 1932 (not 1935 as in the film) at the death-row cellblock of a state prison, has led a number of readers and reviewers to compare "The Green Mile" to "The Shawshank Redemption" but the two stories have little in common other than author and setting. "The Green Mile does contain powerful and moving arguments against capital punishment as well as comments about racism but these are not central; character development, storytelling and questions about good and evil which have no easy answers are. Here, in contrast to other Stephen King books, the otherworldly dimension involves not demons, psychological pits and dungeons or apocalyptic events but the will of God, the forces of evil - or, as King's narrator calls it, the "spirit of discord" - and the extent to which genuinely good people collaborate with evil and fail to recognize it. There are all-good and all-evil characters in this book: three to be exact, with varying degrees of moral ambiguity in all the others particularly in the likable narrator. Re-read several times and you'll uncover layer after layer you hadn't noticed before.

I have to disagree with other reviewers on the early part of the book. To some readers it dragged but to me this was one of the very best parts. Odd and disturbing as this workplace setting may be, the interactions among the four guards will be both familiar and funny to anyone who has ever worked for a paycheck. What workplace on the planet doesn't feature an obnoxious co-worker whose days off everyone enjoys, or a likeable co-worker with small habits that drive everyone nuts?

I can't think of any book I've read in the last 20 years that has had such an impact on me or haunted me as much as this one did, and can't think of any popular novel I've ever read that made me actually examine my own conscience and want to be a better person. Read this book - and re-read it - and see if it happens to you.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Best ever
Review: This was one of his finest book. I have always had a problem putting down Kings books. But this one keep me up all night. I don't know how Kings is able to put a story on paper like this one. It seems to flow from the book right into your mind.


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