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The Long Walk
by Stephen King, Richard Bachman
by Stephen King, Richard Bachman
The story starts when a hundred boys from different states of America joined a yearly "Long walk" contest. The participants need to walk without decreasing their speeds and without stopping until they reach the finish line. Each time they fail sustaining their walks is equivalent to a ticket, they can only get three tickets, the next one will be a gunshot in their heads.
What made me buy this book is because it is in my favorite genre, Dystopia. Maybe, I expect too much when I'm about to read this book.
Many reviews gave it a 4 and 5 stars ratings, which means, it is one of the best dystopian novel. And besides, I read somewhere that
this is where Suzzanne Collins got her idea of her novel, The Hunger Games(One of my favorite novel).
I am disappointed when I finished the book. I felt like I wasted too much time reading the book. Though the premise of the book is
good, but I think it is poorly written. I'm not sure if King rushed the novel or if he lacks in idea when he is writing the novel.
The sub plots are so hollow that it felt that it is not really needed in the story, that they are just a filler to reach King's
word quota.
The novel is just an OK for me, nothing special or spectacular that happened in the story. I will not recommend this novel to those who are looking for a "hardcore dystopian novel".
What made me buy this book is because it is in my favorite genre, Dystopia. Maybe, I expect too much when I'm about to read this book.
Many reviews gave it a 4 and 5 stars ratings, which means, it is one of the best dystopian novel. And besides, I read somewhere that
this is where Suzzanne Collins got her idea of her novel, The Hunger Games(One of my favorite novel).
I am disappointed when I finished the book. I felt like I wasted too much time reading the book. Though the premise of the book is
good, but I think it is poorly written. I'm not sure if King rushed the novel or if he lacks in idea when he is writing the novel.
The sub plots are so hollow that it felt that it is not really needed in the story, that they are just a filler to reach King's
word quota.
The novel is just an OK for me, nothing special or spectacular that happened in the story. I will not recommend this novel to those who are looking for a "hardcore dystopian novel".
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Mar 10, 2011 04:12pm
Nice review, Ace!
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Thanks for the likes :) I'm just a bit disappointed when I finished the book, 2 weeks ko pa naman din pinagtiyagaan yung book...
I hear you. I actually enjoyed the story immensely. While it is set in a dystopian universe, I believe the focus is on the characters and not the setting so I can see where it would be disappointing to you.
if you want to read something "like" the hunger games then this is what you get. lord of the flies, the running man, the long walk and battle royale are much stronger than the hunger games. in the long walk you get shot no matter what, there are no outside influences or people to help out. read these books as stand alone novels, not potential other versions of the hunger games. if you approach them with an open mind you won't get disappointed.
Wait you rated the hunger games 4 stars and this book 2? The hunger games is a generic and trite "best seller" piece of garbage compared to this. To be fair hunger games is a young adult novel while this is an adult novel. But the character development is great, the metaphor for life itself as the road? The purpose or lack there of that motivates all of the characters? Did you miss all of that?
Yeah it's not a 3 book "epic" but it is a kick ass story.
