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Summary: Interesting but incomplete.
Review: Although I did enjoy this book, I think that some parts were a little sick. The ending was incomplete in a sense that I wanted to know more. I wanted to har the major say that he was the winner just to confirm it. This book was the first Steven King book I've ever read and I liked it so its my third favorite book. It does make me want to read all of his other books.
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Summary: Good but not great
Review: On the whole, this book was really good but the ending was kinda 'incomplete'. I don't really know how to describe it but I had this feeling like it wasn't totally finished yet... I knew right from the start that Garraty was going to out-walk them all. Another thing is that once more than one fourth of them had died, the rest of them just started dying too quickly. Apart from those few pointers, this book was very nice to read.
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Summary: Quite possibly one of King's greatest books ever written.
Review: "The Long Walk" was a fantastic story about a young boy named Ray Garraty, one of one-hundred others selected to participate in this annual event. Garraty befriends another boy named Peter McVries and constantly analyzes a young boy named Stebbins, the quiet one of the walkers. Garraty and McVries also befriend several others during their participation in the Long Walk, which is probably one of the worst things to do in an event such as this.The reason for this, is because of the rules of the Long Walk. Once it begins, you must stay at a steady pace of four miles per hour or above. If you drop below that pace, you are issued a warning. If you can continue walking for an hour straight, that warning is removed. But if you should be unfortunate enough to recieve three warnings and then allow it to happen again, then you are issued what is called a "ticket" ... the result of which being three carbine rifles to take you out of the Walk. Through this story, Garraty must come to grips with the things that are really important in his life ... but with the hope of staying alive dwindling with each blast from the carbines, Garraty begins to wonder if he'll make it out alive to see those things again. The object of the Long Walk is to stay alive so that you can be the one to claim what is called "the Prize" ... and for those of you who weren't paying attention and that have read it, "the Prize" was to have anything you want, along with a large sum of money. But the point of The Long Walk, is not "the Prize", however, the point is what is truly important in life ... and that no prize or sum of money could ever amount to the love and friendship of others. And to those of you who were expecting a better ending, I don't think that there could have been one. It just goes to show what happens to someone's mind when they must go through a traumatic event such as The Long Walk. All-in-all, I thought that this book was a very realistic interpretation of the trials one must go through when their life is on the line and the many reasons as to why events such as this should never take place. Another classic from Stephen King, to say the very least.
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Summary: terrifying experience
Review: 99 guys walk towards death. One walks towards glory.But he doesn't know. A great book about loss of innocence, about the border between life and death, about friendship. After reading this, you won't be afraid of any other horror story.
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Summary: Almost got it Stephen
Review: Awesome book, minus one star for the ending. Even if Garraty died, it would have been more clear or satisfying than the ending given. i love the comradery that develops among the boys and i felt that i was one of them, just trying to stay alive. this book gripped me, as all of King's work does.
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Summary: The scary thing is that it could really happen!!!
Review: The Long Walk is an old book that Stephen King wrote under his pseudonym of Richard Bachman. It encircles a few days in the life of Richard Garrarty, when he is on a "Long Walk" with 99 other teenagers. They all walk until the last man is down, and the winner gets "the Prize," which is something that is really good, I suppose. A walker gets three warnings, a warning being issued every time they fall under four miles per hour. If they fall, or sit down, they get a warning. Each hour that passes, they lose a warning. After three warnings, a "ticket" is issued, where the soldiers on a half-track shoot the walker to death with their carbines. Consequently, Garraty wants to win. He befriends Peter McVries, another walker, and analyzes the behavior of Stebbins, a kid who never talks, and especially never acknowledges the Major, the chairman of the event. Later in the story, Stebbins reveals his plan and it is discovered that he is the Major's son and wants revenge for something that happened a long time ago. It takes several days of pure punishment for the walkers to wear each other down. Garraty is the last one standing, and he wins the Prize, but he concludes that there isn't any importance in it anyhow. The Long Walk is somewhat like J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye" where the teen protaganist rambles within his thoughts, but it is a bit more tame in that. It is a chilling story, based on death marches that the Nazis put Jews through during the Holocaust. Do not read this book by yourself!
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Summary: Vintage, Classic King. A Great summer afternoon read...
Review: I read this novella last year, this time in the collection, "The Bachman Books". It is similar in plot to King's, "The Running Man". This novel should wet the appetites of King's more discriminating fans. It's definately more Kingly than some of his recent novels, save, "Bag of Bones" which rocked!!!
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Summary: A brilliant novel
Review: This is a book eveyone should read. It presents a horrifying picture of what the future can hold. Definetly one of Stephen Kings best novels.
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Summary: Don't waste your time
Review: I have enjoyed King's books until this one. The ending was disappointing. The entire novel you are wondering what the winner will receive and are never told.
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Summary: This book is one of the greastest books I have ever read
Review: The Long Walk is a book that will engulf you and your soul. Reading this book will give anyone a new look on life. To do as much as you can do in one day of your life.
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