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Summary: Deserves more than 5 stars
Review: If you have not watched the movie or read the book, I highly recommend that you read the book first... both the book and the movie will be more interesting. This book is quite different from Stephen King's other books, so even non-Stephen King fans will love it. The Green Mile is on the long side, but once you get into it you will not notice that and will find that when you get to the end you want the story to continue. The characters are well developed and the story is so well written that you feel you are among them. This is a very beautiful story of human compassion and the struggles between right and wrong (good and evil). READ IT!
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Summary: This book touched my heart!
Review: Before I picked up this book in the library, I thought that alll Steven King books were horrifying, yet engrossing slashers like "Cujo" and "Christine," which I both read. Yet after I finished this book, I knew that I was wrong. Steven King may write a lot of horror stories, but this book is a great example of tear-jerking, beautiful work on his part. I personally read this book as a full part, instead of in serial installments, which I prefered over tiny parts that I could finish in one night. In this way, if you moved on into a different part of the book, and was dying to know what happens next to John Coffey and/or Paul Edgecombe or whoever, you didn't have to worry about making multiple trips down to the library to pick up the next installment. I just thought that it was way easier to have the whole story in my hands, instead of multiple tiny books that would be annoying to handle for the time I read the book. I strongly encourage future readers of this book to use the full version of the book. As for the actual story, the book is about a prison in the southern United States, which is accompanied by; Eduard Delacroix, a non-intelligent french man sentenced to death for the murder of six people; "Wild Bill" Warton, a crazy ape of a man who was previously at a mental institution before going to Cold Mountain Penitentiary (the prison that I'm talking about); and John Coffey, a strangely quiet man with hidden supernatural powers that are later used in the book. John Coffey is also sentenced to death for the raping and murdering of two white girls. The main character is Paul Edgecombe, a merciful prison guard at Cold Mountain, who, before John Coffey, was a man who didn't fully believe in supernatural miracles. Then, one day, Paul Edgecombe is ill, and John Coffey calls him over to his cell to "help him" John then places his hand on Paul's injured spot, and Paul feels a odd rush of electricity going through his body. After John does this, Paul is cured, and is walking away in wonder, with a single, enduring thought placed in his head, "is he really guilty, or are we dealing with God's miracle right here in this very prison?" This sets the internal conflict of the book that goes on until the very ending. The conflict is curiosity and compassion on Paul Edgecombe's part, that he is feeling towards John Coffey. As you read what I have just said above, you are probably thinking, "Well, if that is all that happens in this story, I am definitely not going to read it" This is simply not true. The book is written with many minor characters that interest you for a good amount of time in the masterful plot of the book. As you read the book, and discover all the characters in the book you start to develop wonder and compassion for all of them (even the vicious prison guard Percy Wetmore, and the equally, if not more, vicious inmate "Wild Bill" Wharton) Sometimes when you are reading about Paul's adventures in the book, you might suddenly have an unexpected thought in your head about another character, like, "Whatever happened to Mr. Jingles?", or "Will Delacroix die humanly, or painfully?" Whatever thoughts you are thinking about the other characters will stay with you constantly until you figure out the answers. I guarantee it. The part that I enjoyed the most was the very ending. I won't reveal it to you, because I don't want to ruin the secret of it, but I can tell you that I cried at least 3 or 4 times during the end, because the book reached out to me from the confines of its pages, and touched my heart in a way that I have never felt before in my life. If you are wondering about the movie version of the book, I can tell you that the movie is very well done, and Tom Hanks does a spectacular job as the role of Paul Edgecombe, but nonetheless, as you may have already guessed, the book is better than the movie. After you have read the book, and have seen the movie, you may observe to your surprise, that the movie is three hours long. Even though this fact is true, it sure doesn't seem like it with all the engrossing detail of the book that wasn't mentioned as well in the movie. For this reason, the movie seems to have only about a third of all the book's engrossing acts. If you love Steven King books, and you like his dramas more than his horror, than this book is just right for you! Now, stop reading this review, get on a bike, and go to town and buy this book! Hurry before it is too late!
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Summary: This book ROCKS
Review: The Green Mile is easily the greatest book I've ever read. I've read many of Stephen King's other books, but none have ever gripped me as much as this one. I couldn't stop reading, I was finished with it in under a day, and I wanted it to go on forever. This is definetely my favorite book EVER.
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Summary: Trashy Movie
Review: Word up. What the hell is this. Its like a shawshank redemtion(the best movie) with no action. The movie was good, but this was just peer boaring bull. What the hell people saying its good. Overall the movie is better than the book. And Stephen King should find somthing new to do like not writting books. The only good thing he did was write the Shawshank Redemption. What. Thats what I got to say to you Stephen King.
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Summary: A really good book.
Review: This is the first Stephen King book that I have read, and I have to say that I was really pleased with it. The book is in the first person view of the prison warden of the E-block, or the Green Mile, a sort of Death Row. He discribes life at the prison and how it changes with a new prisoner, John Coffey. Coffey seems to have an extrordinary healling power, and is fairly simple minded. He was charged with killing two young girls, but he didn't kill them. The writing in the book flows smoothly, and you begin to think of the other inmates as people, not prisoners. Del, who owns Mr. Jingles the mouse, William, the Billy the Kid of the 'row and Toot Toot, the sarcastic and joker. You also meet the Wardens, Percy the Stuck-up and annoying, Brute, a large and sometimes rough guard and Paul, the narrator. This is an excellent book and one of the best that I have read.
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Summary: Powerful.
Review: I like Stephen King anyway - so? This was an exceptional story (and the movie was actually very close in form). I was impressed and passed this one on to a friend and who doesn't care for Stephen King - and liked this book.
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Summary: walking our green mile
Review: I rate it as one of the most beatiful book that Steven King wrote. It's extraordinary how he mixed normal peoples life with the short remaining life of those called "Dead Man Walking". At the end of the book I felt very attached to those inmates, to the guards. I bought the book and the DVD of this peace of art. Right now I have seen the movie over 10 times and reading the book for the third time. It's a "Must have" title, and I would never sell it back. Instead I would buy it as a gift for someone special.
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Summary: A DIFFERENT STEPHEN KING
Review: I am normally not a Stephen King fan simply because I am not a horror fan. However, THE GREEN MILE was recommended as something very different, and it truly was. This book is very emotional ... sad, but sweet, and it was a pleasure to read. It's the story of a "death row" housing unit in a southern prison. It concentrates on the inhabitants, both guards and prisoners. We are led to "witness" three electric chair executions, all very different in acceptance and expenditure. Although THE GREEN MILE is narrated by one of the guards, it's apparent that the main character is John Coffey, a gentle, black, childlike giant, who is accused of murdering two white girs. It's also apparent that Coffey is innocent. But there's something else going on. Coffey has a special mental and physical power. To see how he uses that power is well worth reading this book. THE GREEN MILE is highly recommended. It's excellent
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Summary: Sensational Story--Two Thumbs up!
Review: I was given this book by a counselor. I had read the series once before. It was then made into a novel and later made into a movie. This book was very interesting from beginning to end. It is exciting, absorbing, filled with wonderfully eccentric characters, and tinged with wonder. The pages almost turn by themselves! It is very satisfying, very introspective, and thought-provoking. The Green Mile might carry Stephen King's most important message to date. He's a master of character and motivation. His fans and others will love this novel. This book has much to teach and a lot of mixed feelings. The book was based on a true story. This book is very suspenseful. I really advise this book to anyone from ages thirteen and up!
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Summary: Great Book!
Review: The Green Mile was a sad and touching book about a prisoner named John Coffey, who was sentenced to death for raping and murdering two 9 year old girls. Paul Edgecomb was the man that helped every prisoner spend his last days of being alive peacefully, but when he met this giant, he began to believe that he may be innocent. The story is set in the 1930s at the Cold Mountain Penitentiary's death-row facility. John Coffey was a gentle inmate that wanted to die, but had the power to heal. As the story goes, Edgecomb discovers that Coffey's gift has a terrible truth. I liked this book very much, and would love to read it again, especially for the very touching ending. I would give this book a perfect five because I think it had a great story line which was different from Stephen King's normal horror type books, and I thought that the story line was very touching and had a twisted ending. I also give this book a perfect score because I think it was so interesting to read, that it would not take you more than two weeks to read, because of how interesting it was. Another reason is for it's incredible attention grabber, I felt that this book could grab your attention, and change your feelings in a very short time.
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