Rating: Summary: He's Baaaccckkk!!! Review: After reading ALL of Stephen King's books, I was pleased to discover this "new" genre. I find myself anxiously anticipating the next book in the series and find that I don't want the series to end...despite the fact that I have no idea what the future holds. I was instantly drawn to the narrator and the simple, "down-home" method he uses to describe life in the prison. King provides unsettling visual images of the girls being found murdered. Though I have felt little fear while reading this book, there is a strong foreshadowing of things to come. Some of King's previous works have been disappointing...becoming almost a chore to read. This can't be said about The Two Dead Girls. It's an exceptionally fast read, only 100 pages or so and it leaves you waiting for more. The Green Mile Series, thus far, has certainly proven that Stephen King has not lost the ability to keep his readers on the edge of their seats, just like he did in The Shining, Carrie and Pet Sematary. I continue to look forward to further installments
Rating: Summary: King writes here like a child with a new toy. Review: I am a fan of King. Have been since I was thirteen andpicked up Salem's Lot. I can feel the short hairs on the back of my neck rise just thinking about it. Unfortunatly, I was dissappointed by Dolores Claiborne and everything since. Just when I thought Mr. King lost the means to make my skin crawl he comes up with The Green Mile. King writes in this book like he's found a brand new toy. I guess everything old is new again. I did not think I would be pleased with the serial format but was I ever wrong. I couldn't put this short book down and was ready, oh so ready, to get my hands on the next installment immediately after I did. This is Stephen King at his absolute best. The protagonist and narrator is someone King makes you care for. The setting is as dark as you could possibly request of any writer of horror. And if you don't feel claustrophobic after just a few pages, you should go get a transfusion because you can't have much blood running through your veins.
Rating: Summary: PLEASE HELP OUT RIGHT AWAY Review: i read this book and i liked a lot, but i need to right a book report on it and im not the greatest writer. could someone please help me. thanx to anyone who helps out.
Rating: Summary: Excellent!! Review: I very much enjoyed this first book of the series & have already started book 2. I'd recommend reading these book's even if you saw the movie.
Rating: Summary: Excellent!! Review: I very much enjoyed this first book of the series & have already started book 2. I'd recommend reading these book's even if you saw the movie.
Rating: Summary: Great Start to a wonderful Mini Series Review: It's what the title says. YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK AND DONT STOP READING THE SERIES!
Rating: Summary: A Must Read! You'll tear up! Review: Once again King writes a book that makes you think and ponder life. Wonderful metaphors and imagery. The Green Mile has my eyes wide open. My favorite character is Mr. Jingles, although that name truly gives me the creeps!I don't know how well it will translate into a movie because King's writing is so phenomenal that often the mental picture he's able to paint makes the movie pale in comparison. Is that a run-on sentence? Who cares! I absolutely LOVED this book. It's so hard to stop and take a break from reading because you feel like the characters are still going about their daily life while the book is closed. King deserves a lifetime achievement award!
Rating: Summary: The Green Mile Review: Someone please send me a book report on The Green Mile. Thank you so very much.
Rating: Summary: First Part in The Green Mile Serialization Review: Stephen King is a one of the best writers in our time!The Green Mile Part I-The Two Dead Girls starts off with the narrative Paul Edgecomb who is a prison good at Cold Mountain. In the year 1932, many events are going on. First and foremost, there is the Great Depression. Needless to say, this doesn't stop crime and criminals getting punished. Edgecomb describes the Green Mile in a way that makes you intrigued with the story that he is telling. In the year 1932, Paul already sets you up the feel that something truly amazing and devasting and sad will happen while he is there at the Green Mile. First, there is Percy Wetmore, a man who is mean and conceited, and thinks he is a tough guy that play with the big boys. But then, Paul know that there is more to one of the new prisoners that has been brought in to walk the mile-John Coffey. There is something strange about John Coffey---and Paul Edgecomb is intrigue by Coffey and the gruesome murder that he committed---killing two twin girls. There is also a mouse by the name "Steamboat Willie" (later named "Mr. Jingles" by Eduard Declorix). Mr. Jingles is a very intelligent mouse, and he will also have everything to do with the events that happen on the Mile. Paul knows that something big is about to happen on the mile. King is a wonderful writer. They way he sets off events in amazing, and he gets you thinking about the possiblities of Coffey's situation in this book. I cannot wait to read all five.
Rating: Summary: The Greatness of the Green Mile Review: Steven King's portrayal of the guards and their relationship with the inmates is what sets his talent apart from most authors. He reached inside the soul of these characters, yet kept them strict enough to uphold their responsibilities and job. One regret I have was that the central inmate character was black. I hope the impact of this book and movie would be equal if this larger than life character had been white. It played your emotions from shock, shame, shock again. It was unpredictable, and kept you hoping somehow the black inmate would be "redeemed". It the end he was redeemed!
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