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Summary: his deepest
Review: participants in a contest has to obey certain rule. a minimum speed limit, keeping straight a head, not hindering the others, etc.if you don't, you'll get shot. this is a story from the contest. 100 participants. during the walk they start talking, playing, etc. lurking is death. the main character, garraty, talks to some. observes the others and spectators. thinks. looks back. SK shows great psychology here. and there is something about the book that always grabs my interest. why would anypne participate in such a contest, you may ask. that's the book's real depth. there is no one reason. some want to die, one wants to see others die, some look for the meaning of life. the book tells something about humans. how we look for a meaning. how men try to become men. what life is about. the book is actually SK's deepest and most interesting. the one who works best on a human-to-human level too.
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Summary: Hoofing It, For Good Reason....
Review: The "Long Walk" is one of the earliest books written by Stephen King under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, and it's not a horror story per se. King wrote this during his freshman year in college during the Fall of 1966 and Spring of 1967. This is a great book. And, one can tell at this early time of writing King had a knack for description, in addition to creative ideas and story-telling. When King submitted it in a writing competition it was rejected without any comments. So, he through it into an old box. In the "Long Walk" the backgrounds, motivations, beliefs, and social attitudes come out in the characters as they walk together. Ray Garraty (the main), McVries, Olson, Baker, Stebbins, and Barkovitch. Each has a distinct personality. The latter, Barkovitch, is the vituperative, harping, anti-social antagonist. What piques the reader and human nature, is that these guys chose to participate in this competition. They were among 100 selected across America. The very few to be accepted for the Long Walk. The prize for the single winner is everything you want for the rest of your life. For the rest of the 99 they get to rest, eternally. Like in almost all good stories, the conversations among these fellas can lead one to think about his/herself. To find out who wins, read this great piece of work by a young Stephen King.
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Summary: hail
Review: i would have to say this is maybe Stephen King's best normal novel(meaning don't include The Stand or the Dark Tower). in my opinion, this is the scariest of all of his books, hands down. it delves deep into the human psyche and really makes you care about a few of the characters, and when they leave the story, it's a sad day indeed. anyway, it's short, so if you're one of the rare few that don't get into it, you won't be in for too much suffering. i recommend it to anyone that's ever read a book.
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Summary: Stephen King takes all the fun out of going for a long walk
Review: "The Long Walk" is one of the Richard Bachman novels that has a clear distinction from the rest of Stephen King's body of work. Like "The Running Man," it is essentially a dystopian novel, which is extremely rare in King's fiction because his greatest strength as a horror writer has always been that he could take the fantastic and put it in the world of the commonplace. King's horrors are always around the corner or in the near future (each edition of "The Stand" is revised towards just that end) and they usually happen to relatively normal persons. But even though "The Long Walk" takes place in some sort of fascist America, this not a warning in the tradition of "Fahrenheit 451" or "The Handmaid's Tale." It is simple the world that King needed to construct in order to tell his story. The Long Walk takes place each year and only 100 applicants, selected from around the country, are allowed to participate. The prize, which speaks to the nature of the world in which it takes place, is everything you want for the rest of your life. Evita did something similar to this to distract the people of Argentina from the fact the thievery of the Perons, but there is a key difference in that she just granted wishes at her whim while the Long Walk consists of a competition. The basic rule is simple: whoever walks the farthest wins. The conditions of the competition are what makes this a horror story: the participants must walk four miles an hour and not stop. Failing to do so results in a warning. Three warnings and you are shot. The story works because who has not had to keep on walking when they wanted to stop, sit down, and rest? The difference is that nobody is going to put a bullet in our head when we do so. But for Ray Garrity and the other Long Walkers that is going to happen to every single one of them save the winner. The reasons why these young men would spend their lives on such a desperate gamble are second to the Long Walk itself. In the end the story turns out to be vintage King, where he displays the horrors of the journey and milks it for everything it is worth. I will end with my strongest recommendation that you read "The Long Walk" in a single sitting. Ray and the others do not have a respite during their walk and I really think you lose something essential to the experience otherwise and the book is closer to a novella than an epic novel.
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Summary: Good, but not his best
Review: When I first read this book, I thought this would be one of King's worst works due to the rumors he had lost his touch, but I learned i was very wrong.As soon as I picked it up, I couldn't put it down. The concept of the walk is defiently an amazing idea the King has come up with, and puts out a very powerful message to the reader about... nah, just figure it out for yourself. BE SURE TO READ IT, OR YOU DEFIENTLY WILL MISS OUT ON A GREAT BOOK.
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Summary: i loved this
Review: a story about a boy who, like many others agreed to take a walk. not just any walk but a walk where if you fall back far enough..they kill you. the characers are great and the story if riveting. i could not put this one down. if you like king, or just want something different, then you have found a good one.
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Summary: Stunning
Review: This book is horrible... horrible. and it was one of the best books I've ever read. I am stunned. I read it in 2 sittings... A few pages in I knew this book was special, I read it for 5 hours into the night, then forced myself stop. The Long Walk was the theme of my disturbed thoughts as I drifted in and out of confused sleep. A few times I woke up thinking "keep going" first and wondering where I was second. I can not say enough about it; it will consume my thoughts for days. Not much of a review, but then reading it has left me exhausted like I was there. King is a genius. Yet he is popular for all the wrong reasons. Amazing... I have some thinking to do. Don't read the reviews or the synopsis, just go directly to page one.
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Summary: Absolutely Terrific Book!!!!!!
Review: This book was absolutely amazing. I was drawn in from the second I started reading it. My friend suggested it and the idea sounded quite weird. So I entered this book with an open mind and absolutely loved it. It is one of my favorite reads along with Road to Perdition. Who would have thought a book could be written about a walk? Well King did it under the pseudonym "Bachman." I am absolutely amazed with this novel and will definitely have to check out some other novels under "Bachman." Bottom Line--- Any doubt, Check it out!!!!
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Summary: Do you Dare To Walk?
Review: Before you even read this book, you'd never guess what it was about. The first time it happened, I had to read it again just to be sure I read it correctly. It's not a horror by any means and it's not even a thriller. The book is very repetitive but for some reason, not boring.
Once again though, I'm confused with the ending. This is the third Stephen King book I've read where the ending doesn't make sense and I feel cheated.
Overall, it was a decent book although I don't know I'd recommend it to many people.
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Summary: A disturbing tale
Review: I have read Stephen King for the last 16 years or so and am an avid fan of his work. All are pretty good, many are great. 'The Long Walk' is one of the greatest of the great. I have read this story three times over the last decade and a half and have gotten more out of the story each time. This story simply gives a lot and keeps on giving. The characters are unforgettable. Ray Garraty and Pete McVries form a bond that is so strong they are willing to risk "the Prize" and their lives for one another. Interestingly, at the time this bond becomes the strongest, the two have only known each other for about two days. This is only one example of how this terrible contest forges relationships between its many participants. The storyline, while simple, and at times existing only in the minds of the various Walkers, keeps you enthralled and you will find yourself unable to put the book down until the end. You never know what will happen next or who will be the next walker to be eliminated from the contest. As a long distance runner I often think about this story while on long runs. While not exactly the same, the real horror hits home when I think about not being able to stop or slow down and the price to pay if you do. The ending of the book is a little fast and abrupt but is very disturbing, particularly the last line. Overall this is one of the first King books (written as Bachman) that I have ever read and over the years I find myself going back to it again and again. It is a short read and an excellent story. Highly recommended.
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