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The Long Walk

Richard Bachman (Pseudonym),

Stephen King

Start date: March 1, 2025

Finish date: March 31, 2025

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Feb 10, 2018 Linda Boyd rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audio-books

Finished, finally!!!

I felt like it took forever to finish this book.(view spoiler) ...more

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Jun 30, 2018 Stephen rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Afraid that I didn't like this one at all - contrary to most of my Goodreads friends for once.
Every other Stephen King book that I've read, I've been desperate to pick up again when I've put it down but I found this one just one long drag. It's not even that long a book for an SK one but "The Long Walk" felt like a very Long Book. Didn't get any empathy with the characters whom there just wasn't enough detail about and just found it all a bit boring. Maybe a bit blasé as we've had the Hunger Gam ...more

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Jul 15, 2019 Michelle rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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One hundred eighteen year old males begin walking across Maine at the Canadian border, four miles per hour, no stopping, no slowing down until only one is left. The winner gets everything he wants. The losers don't survive. This makes The Hunger Games look tame. ...more

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