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Summary: Must Read!
Review: All 6 parts to the Green Mile were exceptional, but this one was undoubtedly the show stealer! A very touching, emotional and almost frightening addidition to the series, just GRIPPING! Don't like the Green Mile so far? Try this one and see if your opinoin changes!
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Summary: And as Eduard walked down the Green Mile, I walked with him.
Review: As the series keep floating along, as does the tension in the room where I read these books. This time Percy, the wicked guard, goes a little too far. Probably even farther than he ever thought he could get away with. John Coffey still remains in the prison, and his guilt is beginning to be questioned by the guards. Could someone so gentle kill so easily
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Summary: The best in the series.
Review: Classic King overwriting continues to mar what could have been a decent short novel. I daresay it all could have fit in two of these little books had they used a more manageable typeface, instead of this large print.
What bothered me most about this installment was the attempts (failed, in my case) to elicit sympathy for Eduard Delacroix. Because he didn't cause much trouble on the Mile and was kind to animals, we're supposed to like him and forget the fact that he burned several people to death in their homes? That's almost offensive. My take: poetic justice comes to the Mile.
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Summary: Plodding right along...
Review: Classic King overwriting continues to mar what could have been a decent short novel. I daresay it all could have fit in two of these little books had they used a more manageable typeface, instead of this large print.
What bothered me most about this installment was the attempts (failed, in my case) to elicit sympathy for Eduard Delacroix. Because he didn't cause much trouble on the Mile and was kind to animals, we're supposed to like him and forget the fact that he burned several people to death in their homes? That's almost offensive. My take: poetic justice comes to the Mile.
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Summary: The best in the series.
Review: I blasted through each of the installments eating them up like they were candy, but when The Bad Death came out...I savored EVERY word. No one can paint the mental picture like S.K. can, and in this installment, he was Picasso! I read passages to whoever would listen (which was just about everyone) and each and everyone of them agreed that the man has a way with words. This was quite the unique read! Excellent!
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Summary: The best of the series so far!
Review: If Sean Penn read this book before walking his last "mile" in Dead Man Walking, he wouldn't have been so brave! Of course, Stephen King ain't exactly Susan Sarandon, either!!
The reader not only is walking with Eduard Delacroix as he approaches his fate, he IS Delacroix. The smells are pungent, the sight is vivid, and the end is horrific.
More questions arise, however. What about the mysterious powers of John Coffey? Or the secret plan of the guards? Well, it just so happens...DARN! Have to wait for the next installment to come out for those answers
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Summary: The best of the series so far!
Review: If Sean Penn read this book before walking his last "mile" in Dead Man Walking, he wouldn't have been so brave! Of course, Stephen King ain't exactly Susan Sarandon, either!!
The reader not only is walking with Eduard Delacroix as he approaches his fate, he IS Delacroix. The smells are pungent, the sight is vivid, and the end is horrific.
More questions arise, however. What about the mysterious powers of John Coffey? Or the secret plan of the guards? Well, it just so happens...DARN! Have to wait for the next installment to come out for those answers
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Summary: Where's the suprise? Where's the suspense?
Review: Not bad, I guess. King's hype about using the serial format
to his advantage doesn't mesh with the reality. The endings of each book might make you rush to buy the next one; but the
"pay off" in the subsequent book is a let down. This is a
good series to buy if you travel by plane; a book for each
leg of your flight. But don't go looking for suprises or
interesting plot twists; there aren't many. Everything evolves
pretty much the way you'd think it would. (Plus, three bucks for 90 pages is a bit much.)
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Summary: Part 4 in The Green Mile Serialization
Review: Obviously, by the title, prison inmate Eduard Delacroix is electrocuted in this book. Unfortunately, it's at the hand of Percy Wetmore, the prison guard who's been bullying Eduard from the beginning. He's the one who sabotages the execution, giving Eduard a painfully long-drawn-out death. This scene is rather gruesome and will remind readers that this is still Stephen King writing, even though The Green Mile isn't King's usual horror fare.While Eduard dies, though, Mr. Jingles is "resurrected" by John Coffey, after Percy had stepped on him in the previous book, "Coffey's Hands." Like the sudden endings in most of these books, this one has another good cliffhanger, in regards to Coffey's innocence. These sudden endings can be aggravating, but they were a very good marketing technique at the time of publishing--to keep the loyal reader addicted for the next installment, especially for the following two: "Night Journey" (#5) and "Coffey on the Mile" (#6). However, since the complete serial novel has since been published, I'd recommend getting that one instead.
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Summary: I felt as if I were there with Eduard
Review: Poor Del. That was the most vivid torture sequence I have ever read. I felt like I was right there watching the whole thing. Made me feel sorry for Del, despite what he had done to be there in the first place. Well, at least Percy will be out of the picture soon.
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