Rating: Summary: Great story and characters Review: Sad but great story and characters.
Rating: Summary: Very Awesome and exciting Book Review: Read this history-making serial novel -- from cliffhanger to cliffhanger -- in its entirety. When it first appeared, one volume per month, Stephen King's The Green Mile was an unprecedented publishing triumph: all six volumes ended up on the New York Times bestseller list -- simultaneously -- and delighted millions of fans the world over. Welcome to Cold Mountain Penitentiary, home to the Depression-worn men of E Block. Convicted killers all, each awaits his turn to walk the Green Mile, keeping a date with "Old Sparky," Cold Mountain's electric chair. Prison guard Paul Edgecombe has seen his share of oddities in his years working the Mile. But he's never seen anyone like John Coffey, a man with the body of a giant and the mind of a child, condemned for a crime terrifying in its violence and shocking in its depravity. In this place of ultimate retribution, Edgecombe is about to discover the terrible, wondrous truth about Coffey, a truth that will challenge his most cherished beliefs...and yours.
Rating: Summary: Not sure what all the excitement was about Review: Its a good read, but not that great. The story just didn't connect with me.
Rating: Summary: A very entertaining read Review: To put it pretty simply, "The Green Mile" is a sweet book. I found it to be incredibly enjoyable and fast. The six hundred or so pages in the book fly. King, as usual, does a spectacular job of telling a good story, and of developing unforgettable characters. He gets the reader to feel cmpasiion for some and pure hatred towards others, and this is a great story. King takes a break from horror for this one, and focuses more on the almost feel-good kind of supernatural, and parts of the story just take you right off your feet. I definitely recommend this book.
Rating: Summary: a truly great novel Review: i really liked this book. I liked it so much i would ask my father to wake me up 2:00 in the morning so I can read it. This was the first Stephen King book I have read and if all his other books are as good as this one I can't wait to read them. WARNING: you will hate percy wetmore and if you are sensitive this book will make you cry
Rating: Summary: The Green Mile a fun-packed book Review: The green Mile was the best book i ever read i would recommend it for any one who doesnt like to read books. I hate reading and the book may be a little long but Stephen King wrote a great book. So when you are bored just sit down and read the green mile. Doug
Rating: Summary: Should have been abridged Review: Don't get me wrong the book is in itself one of the more captivating books I've read in a while but the fact that it was 536 pages discouraged me at times eary on in the book. The feeling and mood of the book are rather easy to pick up form an early stand point in the book and the characters seem real many times throughout the entire book and you can almost sympathize with the character's feelings and emotions towards the prisoners. All in all the book has a lot of history within the covers and the fact that he reviews what happened in the last chapter with the first page of the next makes it easy to know what's going on in the book and helps you not forget what happened if you're forced to put the book down.
Rating: Summary: Could've been a 5 Review: Stephen King out did himself on this one. The book is a little over five hundered pages long! That is way too long. If King cut out about one hundered pages of repeat it could've been a 5. Although it was a little long the book still managed to have a great story. I especially enjoyed the way he designed his characters to make you feel what they are going through and how they really feel. He made us want to get up on our feet and fight for John Coffey, made us want to kill Percey and feel for Paul who knew what really happend to those poor little girls. Another thing I enjoyed was the book compared to the movie, the book really adds a lot of detail you just don't find in the movie. All in all it was a great book minus the enormous length of the book I would give it a 5.
Rating: Summary: Great Book Review: I absolutly loved this book. This book is about a bid strong black man named John Coffey ([like the drink, just not spelled the same] something thats repeated in the book very nicely) who is convicted of killing two girls in the south. Whats weird about it is he is not like a regular inmate. He is very emotional and not very "prison inmate" like. Anyway, this book is about things that go on in the prison Coffey is at. This is one of the best books i have ever read. No kidding. After you read this book i highly recommend watching the movie. All most as good as the book, it is a masterpiece in terms of book-to-movie movies. Just a great story altogether. Book and Movie highest ratings possible
Rating: Summary: An Epic Story Review: The story of The Green Mile is an epic story of good vs. evil, racial tensions and lack of judgment in the parts of our early ancestors. The book was about a man named Paul Edgecombe he was the head of the death row block on Cold Mountain. He never ever had a prisoner like john Coffey before. John was an extrodinary man who had a special power to him. John had the power to heel all that was evil. He saved Pauls Blatter infection, Mr. jingles, and Mrs. Moore. But know one stepped up and tried to save his life because they figured no one would believe them because he was a black man who was at the scene of the crime. John ended up walking the green mile in the end, but that was the way he wanted it. This book shows the struggles of two extrodinary men with great hearts. This book is excellent and I would recommend it to anyone who likes a real story with many plot twist. As for movie versus book. I would pick the book. The book showed tremendous detail to characters and settings. All in all a great book
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