false 9014 14 Phenomenal bestselling horror. On the first day of May, one hundred teenage boys meet for an event known throughout the country as "The Long Walk," a deadly contest of endurance and determination, where each step could literally be their last. If you break the rules, you get three warnings. If you exceed your limit, what happens is absolutely terrifying. 522169 book 1987 The Long Walk total:4559|5:1739|4:1492|3:1030|2:252|1:46| 4559 18303 5508 290 4 6 false false Sun Dec 02 12:42:38 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 02 12:45:52 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 4 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 20 08:01:13 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 20 08:48:24 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 3 false false Fri Dec 21 16:29:10 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 21 16:29:10 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 09:01:20 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 02:15:48 -0800 2009 Bachman book, Rage did, but The Long Walk is still a blinder of a book, containing much of the same kind of pure, distilled adolescent energy its predecessor was brimming with. In a way, it's the mirror image of the previous book I read, but whereas The...more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Jan 15 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Apr 30 21:27:41 -0700 2008 Sun May 25 18:52:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Apr 27 11:56:59 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 17 15:03:32 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 19 22:18:05 -0700 2008
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This isn't a horror book, like some of Stephen King's other works. This was the second book in the "Bachman Books" that ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Sep 29 10:46:08 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 26 12:31:26 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 29 10:46:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Dec 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 06 22:04:56 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 23:03:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 12:31:11 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 12:39:10 -0800 2009
While I can't say I was "wowed" by this, I can say that it's stuck with me. Excellent pace, mood, and characters. I feel like it was almost a writing excerise for Stephen King (aka Richard Bachman...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Sep 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 01 20:01:54 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 20:02:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 14:00:58 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 14:10:10 -0700 2009
The Long Walk really pulls you into the story. First, the whole concept is such...more...]]> 3 0 false true Sat May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 15:05:17 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 09:27:37 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Thu Oct 01 23:29:32 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 08:00:02 -0700 2009 4
I suppose that as always I love the tone of the narrato...more...]]> 4 0 false true Thu Sep 17 16:14:59 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 14:00:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 1999 Sat Jan 31 11:24:14 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 11:24:14 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 10:07:45 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 12:43:23 -0800 2009
This really was a fantastic,...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Jun 10 01:59:34 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 02:02:51 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Sep 24 14:35:46 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 16:09:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Fri Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 14:04:39 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 15:02:41 -0700 2009 more...]]>