The Green Mile: The Complete Serial Novel

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Summary: An air of Dean Koontz about it.
Review: Low on gore... Good story line

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Summary: Steven King is a fovorite writing.
Review: When I read the Green Mile I could not put it down for nothing. I have read most of Steven Kings books, and this is the best one out of every book he has written in his life time.

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Summary: Hmm...
Review: If you havn't read the book, do not read on. For those who have, I had only one large problem with the book-the ending! If I knew the guy was innocent, AND I had personally been healed by him as well as witnessing the healing of others, I think I would have tried a LOT harder to get him off or help him escape. Certainly I would have been a little more creative than the 3-4 pages that King spent dismissing possible ways of saving Coffey. Other than that, not bad.

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Summary: Pretty good...
Review: This book was easy to read and went really fast. Not loaded with original ideas, but they were used in a pretty good manner. I'd recommend it.

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Summary: Much better than expected
Review: There are probably a lot of readers out there that are just like me: they really liked Stephen King in the 80s, but ever since "IT," (or perhaps before!), something has been lacking in his books. That's why I didn't rush out and buy The Green Mile until recently. I had seen Storm of the Century on tv, thought that sucked big time, and couldn't imagine how The Green Mile might be any better. But, on the recommendation made by a friend, I eventually did pick up a copy. I have to say that this book is Stephen King's best in over a decade! I was truly moved. Not only is it an exciting page-turner, but it also offered considerable depth and meaning. I can see why they are trying to make a film version of this story. It really is excellent--so, if you're a King fan and you're still hanging around hoping his books will improve, give this one a try. You won't be disappointed.

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Summary: The Best
Review: The Green Mile is an amazing book. I'm 14 years old and lived the book. Its not heartbeating scary, but pschologically scary. The problem I had was that it jumped back and forth alot. But 1/4 into it, it all pieces together. Read it

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Summary: How to explain perfection...
Review: I don't really know where to start, except to say that this is an excellent book, and hopefully the movie will be equally enjoyable. This isn't really what I would think to be a normal Stephen King book, it is much more.

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Summary: Back to the old King, what a delightful surprise!
Review: The Green Mile is a novel to redeem King of the sour criticisms he has been target for in his recent novels. It's vintage King, but still very much unlike him, in that it's a hauntingly human novel, and it successfully reaches in and touches the reader's heart. The trademark bloodletting is down substantially with relation to his previous works too, but in no way does that alter the fact this is a brilliant piece of fiction. Brilliant because everything in it has a meaning. The violence is there and it's violence with meaning. The world is a raw, brutal place, and to be confined in a state penitentiary is just as horrific if not more. King successfully portrays that with this novel. It stands out for these reasons above, and so many others, but that I leave to the fellow reviewers to depict in their own way. I will just close by saying the words of Mel Brooks: It's good to be the King.

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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I simply did not understand the excitement regarding this book. I have heard tremendous things about The Green Mile, and couldn't wait to read it. When it was put into one book, I started it with great enthusiasm. Only to be completely disappointed. Where was the suspense. Where was the surprise. Where was anything. I am a very big Stephen King fan, more of his non-horror writing than anything else. So when I heard of a non-horror King book getting great reviews, visions of Shawshank and The Body and Eyes of the Dragon were on my mind. This just didn't measure up. I am wondering if I missed something or maybe my excpectations were too high, becuase after finishing it I thought there must be a 7th part somewhere. It just lacked.

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Summary: Mr. King. Will you please stay on this path.
Review: When this novel appeared in the bookstores of Copenhagen, I had absolutely no intention of neither buying or reading it. After plowing through the last 4-5 books written by King, I had made a sacred promise, that I would never again drag my mind and imagination through 500 pages of literary disappointment. It is a fact, that it is rather difficult to convince a successful writer, that he is doing something terribly wrong, but still. It seemed like King was suffering from writersblock, but kept on going just for the buck of it, although, I sincerely doubt that shortage of funds is an issue in the King household (not that King does not deserve just that - he has written some of the greatest novels in this century). I have had a bad habit of buyíng King novels every time they were placed on the bestseller list, thinking, "It's been ages since the last good novel (or anthology) by King, but this time he just might have come to his senses". Sadly, the King novels have been a complete and utter waste of time and money for a very long time. But with this novel, it seems that the era of repetitive junk has finally ended. Despite my intended King-embargo, I bought The Green Mile during a business trip to Paris, and even though this city has a lot of nice features, the only thing I could think of when the daily meetings were concluded, was getting back to my hotelroom, and learn more about John Coffey & Co. Great book. None of that pitiful "I-was-scared-of-the-bogeyman-as-a-kid-and-now-I-have-to-face-my-fears" in this one, No-siree! No endless Bangor-Maine scenario descriptions, no dreary sub-plots that never really supports the main story, no avant-garde/fever-fantasy nonsense, no re-cycled material with tiny twists and finally... no bleeding obvious conclusions. Just pure and well crafted storytelling, where nobody can predict what will happen next. This novel actually has a tremendous climax that rises steadily throughout the entire story, and not just King's often used fast/slow-paced splatter-ending thrown with careless hand on the last 20 pages, with that "Lets-get-this-sorry-sucker-to-the-publisher" attitude. If you take a look at "IT", you have a good (but waaay too detailed) build-up, and what do we find at the end??... A giant spider from far away, for crying out loud. Congratulations King. You had it - you COMPLETELY lost it - and now you are back in business. Stay on this route, will you!