Name: The Green Mile
ISBN: 9780451933027

Stephen King

At Col Mountain Penitentiary, along the lonely stretch of cells known as the Green Mile, killers as depraved as the psychopathic "Billy the Kid" Wharton and the possessed Eduard Delacroix await death strapped in "Old Sparky."

The Complete Six Part Novel

The Green Mile

Iris van der zanden

He kill them with they love. That's how it is everyday. All over the worl'

I'm tired of all the pain I feel and hear in the world.

Dess.

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Sercan Solmaz

filmini izlediğimiz bir çok kitap gibi 'yeşil yol' da, kafamızdaki kurduğumuz dünyayı film sahnelerinden çok daha fantastik bir haliyle bize sunuyor.

Stephen King'e laf söylemek ne haddimize zaten.

Katherine Bates 

Definitely my favorite King book I’ve read so far.

Lorenzo Barretta

Isabela H 

a m a z i n g
this was the first Stephen King novel that I read and I'm already in love with the writing. Not only was the overall plot of the series enthralling, but the writing was incredibly engaging. Even when the plot slowed down, or events had to be recapped, the writing style had such a strong hold on me that I couldn't be bored. 
In general, this had a delightful mix of true crime with touches of the supernatural in a way that didn't invalidate the realistic while fully integrating the mystical.

Sian Wadey

** spoiler alert **
           Although he's the King of Horror, I often enjoy the other King stories, more. The ones that feature realistic characters that you can sympathise with and plots about life. This is one of those stories. I immediately fell in love with the characters, even John Coffey, who you aren't really supposed to care for, not in the beginning at least. King has that amazing ability to make readers really fall in love with characters, and really hate others. If you've yet to read King, I suggest this should be your first.

chloe mcpherson

So this is my first Stephen King book and I honestly don’t know why it took me so long to get to this book. The green mile is one of my all time favourite movies, Tom Hanks done the movie justice and makes me cry every time. And the book was just 10 x as good and made me cry 10 x as more. 
The book and movie makes me so angry because John Coffey does not deserve to die, he is like a soft little bunny that needs to be protected at all costs. 
If you haven’t read this then you need to. Just read it.

Tania Santos Ferro

Es un libro intenso y muy profundo que permite dos cosas: disfrutar de una buena historia y a la vez, sumergirte en la reflexión en temas como la muerte y la vida en torno a su temática principal: La silla eléctrica.

Anne Sofie Stavad

Natalie Manuel

I was expecting to like this but I wasn't expecting how powerful and layered it was.

It's hard to miss the parallels with the other famous JC. I don't think it's a 'religious' book as such, but it is essentially the story of an innocent miracle healer who feels the emotions and sins of humanity and is executed alongside two other guilty men. It is also the story of the men who are forced by humanity's failings and corruption to participate and carry out the death, and this is where it shines.

The men who work on the green mile are a mixed bunch, but they are written with understanding and empathy in the same way they extend their own empathy towards the condemned. The criminals are also three dimensional - Delacroix in particular. 

The book asks so many questions but ultimately shows us the tragedy of mankind. That we use each other's love and kindness against each other, that our prejudice and ignorance causes the innocent to suffer. John Coffey dies partly because of racism and prejudice but he also dies because he crumbles under the weight of our sins.

At the same time though, it is not a novel without hope. The people who work on the green mile are decent men who show respect for the fear and vulnerability even the most horrible criminals feel on the day they die. 

While John Coffey remains dead unlike the other JC, he also gives the gift of life to others who continue on.

I deliberately haven't mentioned Percy, because we all hate him so. 

Love to Mr. Jingles.

FIVE stars!

Ariel Himboi

I listened to the Green Mile while I was working, going off my Stephen King binge after reading and loving his book IT. I quickly realized just how consistent King's writing style is, unfortunately it's heading towards a slippery slope. I believe that one should read King's work one at a time and once in a while, as to not get tired of the same energy, tone of narration and word choice. 

I enjoyed The Green Mile, especially after going in plot-blind and not knowing how things would go. At first I was weary, listening to the narration of a man who works as some sort of guard at a prison, in the section where prisoners are sentenced to the electric chair. It was interesting and I was amazed at how much research and interest King put into the characters and story. I thoroughly loved the characters, their developments and how they interacted and the choices they made.

One of my favorite minor character's was the MC's wife who was every bit passionate and brutal, honest and amazing and I adored her every time she showed up in the story. After finding out she was created for King's wife, it made me want to know more about his wife as well and what kind of stories she would write. 

I loved the characters a lot more than the story, when in the middle it seemed to never end, and I often thought there wasn't much in terms of drama. It was realistic, and sometimes I wished King would bend the story and to bring an element of unreality other than a character who, like a god, could heal.

I felt like the ending was a sham. It was realistic, maybe, a little over-dramatic if you ask me, the whole "oh there's so much pain just end me". I was also frustrated that the MC's wife gave the other characters so much leeway into helping John and doing something, and I loved when she called them out on being cowards... there was much that COULD be done, but after all the events in the story, it felt like he thought the characters wouldn't. Which says a lot about the characters he created and wrote with. Come on King, you gotta force your hand sometimes. 

Anyway. It was pretty good. The ending was eh and I felt like I needed a lot more. But whatever. I look forward to reading another one of his books in a few weeks or months or so.

Leonie

Lisette Wijkhuijs

I already knew the story due to the movie. But man what an amazing book!! It still took me by surprise.

Jana Pashovska

One of the best books I have ever read, and one that has earned its place on my list of all time favourites. It's a heartbreking story that touches upon all niches of human existence and the storytelling itself is done so marvelously that I felt like I was transported back in time and felt everything that the characters did. I'm so glad I haven't seen the movie yet, because I got to fully experience this masterpiece of a book unabridged by previous recollections.

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