This is the second Stephen King book that I have had the pleasure of reading and I can’t wait to get my hands on more! The only reason that I decided to choose this book to read, out of all of the options my friend Shannon gave me from her book selection, is because it was the smallest and most lightweight of all of the options. I needed a small compact novel to take with me on my Explore trip to Jonquiere, Quebec because I had taken up enough space in my bag with the abundance of clothes I was packing and I couldn’t really carry it by myself to begin with. I will make a post on my experience in Explore and some tips and tricks on how to succeed. When I got to the Cegep , I quickly realized that because of the strict ‘no English’ rules I would be somewhat cheating by reading an English novel (even if it was within the confines of my residence room). I have always been a stickler for the rules and didn’t want to deter my French learning by any means (because it could use all of the help it could get). The second I got home a month later I started ‘The Long Walk’ and finished by the end of the week.
Just by reading the back of the novel I could tell that I was going to enjoy it. I love futuristic story-lines like this where you get to see the different ways in which the characters react to the difficult situation that they are placed in and how they are able to cope. The characters you expect to excel end up breaking down the most inside and vice versa. The relationships that are built between the walker boys are complex and ever-changing as the mentality and physicality of the boys depletes.
The ending of ‘The Long Walk’ is one of those endings that makes you want to create a little book club of your own just so you can discuss the final pages of a novel. I reread it at least ten times
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