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Summary: My first Stephen King, but not my last.
Review: I've never read anything by Stephen King, so this was new for me. The Green Mile was an incredible literary experience. This story is amazing. The characters are well drawn, the plot exciting and moving, and the descriptions are great. Paul Edgecombe is a very sympathetic character. It is very easy to see eye to eye with him. He's not simple, but all of us can identify with him. John Coffey is something of a mystery. He's a miracle, and you'd like to know him better. Percy Wetmore is good-for-nothing. It's easy to hate him, but he does have a part in the story. He is crucial to the story. The other characters are important as well, but because of time I won't describe them. I would highly recommend this book to anyone, ages 12 and up. I'm only 12 myself, and I loved it. Go out, buy this book, and sit-down with it. I guarantee you'll love it. I read it, cover-to-cover, in three days. Mr. King is a genius!
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Summary: EXCELLENT!
Review: Stephen King is, of course, my FAVORITE author. But I love ALL of his work. This is not the King most people are used to. Depending on what you like, if you're new to him and like realistic stories, start with "Cujo". If you like strange stories, this is the one for you!
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Summary: Green Mile is more than a fictional story.
Review: This story can only be experinced if you ever ask yourself when is my next "mile". I like the ending part of this show even though,this novel, I have not read it. But, I recommend you to see the movie first and then buy it. It worths more than your money and enhances the value of this best "piece of truth".
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Summary: Really Enjoyed It!
Review: Stephen King was able to make the characters "come alive" in this book, even "Mr Jingles". This book will even make you consider what your "Green Mile" will be like! I was completely satisfied with this one, and have even purchased a second as a gift.
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Summary: Interesting, but Hard Reading
Review: I must admit, that once I started the first book, I was hooked! However, almost halfway through, say like the 2nd & 3rd series had me kinda drifting off. Characters like Paul Edgecomb, John Coffey, and Brutal seemed to be the most interesting characters. And of course King did a good job on making you hate characters like Percy Wetmore and that "Wild Bill" But, like most of King's novels, The Green Mile seemed to have lost me at some points where it was hard to understand. But the movie enlighted me as to what he was trying to say.
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Summary: The Green Mile
Review: This is Stephen King's best work! I read it very fast and did not want the story to end. I have recommended it (and the movie) highly to all other S. King readers I know. If there could be a sequel to this, I would want to read it.
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Summary: An electrifying experience
Review: I recently saw the movie, fell in love with it, and decided I HAD to read the book. I had come across the novel a few years back when it first came out, but lost interest after the first few pages. But after seeing the movie, I thought the book was excellent. It did drag on a little, but it had parts that were not in the movie which made me think that maybe they should have been. I shed a few tears when dear Del met his end while watching the movie, and a little more at the end. While reading the book, I bawled my eyes out during the ending. This novel has beat King's other novels by far, it shows perhaps more depth and sincerity, and the fact that the beginning to end was not planned out makes it more the novel it is.
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Summary: Gripping Read Even After the Film!
Review: I had left Stephen King by the wayside a few years back. Am I ever glad I came back. I saw the film the day it was released. Loved almost every minute of the three hours. I decided I needed to read the book afterward but hesitated since I would already know the ending. It didn't matter! I only wish I had read it in the original serialized version so it would have lasted longer. This is one of King's best... it was amost impossible to put it down! The depth of this amazing novel is incredible. Very moving! I'm definitely back on the King bandwagon. I had this same experience with "Shawshank" so I don't know why I even hesitated. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
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Summary: The final disappointment
Review: The last time I read a King book was about twelve years ago. The title was "It," and at 1,100 pages, it was sickeningly bloated. Half of it could have easily been chopped, and it occurred to me then that because of his growing fame, King's books were no longer being edited. I decided not to read him anymore. That is until last week, when I picked up The Green Mile in an airport. I can't deny that King is a good storyteller. His pacing is good and he knows how to maintain suspense. But again, and even at only 500 pages, there is much which could be cut. I kept telling myself, "C'mon, get on with it!" The other thing, and which for obvious reasons I hadn't thought about in some time, is that King is just not a deep thinker. This is evident in all of his books, and no better exemplified than in this one. He seems to have accepted the simplistic platitudes we are all spoon fed as children in this country, and without ever making any effort to question them, accepted them. These are then regurgitated to the reader as if they were something new. We come away from his books entertained, perhaps, but utterly unchallenged to any intellectual or spiritual degree whatsoever. This shallowness causes him to miss great opportunities. In this book, the narrator comes to the conclusion that when we ask God for understanding, God replies, "Who cares?" In light of the horror and sadness that he has witnessed, this is a reasonable and potentially devastating conclusion. But in King's hands, it is not. The narrator, through King, expresses practically no interest in religion whatsoever, other than occasionally referring to it sarcastically as the church of "Praise Jesus the Lord is Mighty." If this is his feeling throughout, why should his conclusion be important to us? What has changed? And what about even deeper philosophical musings? The recently canonized French nun, Sister Theresa, believed that God allows us to suffer on earth because our life here is insignificant compared to the everlasting and eternal joy which awaits us all. Whether you agree with this or not, it is obvious that this kind of thinking has never, apparently, made its way into King's mind. Nor will it. For years and years I held out hope that King would eventually become the great writer he seemed to be capable of being. But unfortunately, he either can not or will not, and to this day he remains nothing more than a one trick pony. A horror writer.
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Summary: Interesting but ....
Review: This book is a good read by all means. Every page will draw you and it will be difficult to leave it once you start. However, once I finished the book, I was bothered by the way John Coffey's situation was dealt with. It made no sense at all. There is no reason, excuse, nor time period that justifies the actions of Edgecombe and his mates in this regard. Gifts in life are meant to be cherished and preserved. Coffey is not only a gift, but a miracle.
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