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The Green Mile
At Cold Mountain Penitentiary, along the lonely stretch of cells known as the Green Mile, condemned killers such as 'Billy the Kid' Wharton and the possessed Eduard Delacroix await death strapped in 'Old Sparky'. But good or evil, innocent or guilty, prisoner or guard, none has ever seen the brutal likes of the new prisoner, John Coffey, sentenced to death for raping and murdering two young girls. Is Coffey a devil in human form? Or is he a far, far different kind of being?
There are more wonders in heaven and hell than anyone at Cold Mountain can imagine and one of those wonders might just have stepped in amongst them.
There are more wonders in heaven and hell than anyone at Cold Mountain can imagine and one of those wonders might just have stepped in amongst them.
536 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1996
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Stephen King
2,571听books872k听followersStephen Edwin King was born the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. After his father left them when Stephen was two, he and his older brother, David, were raised by his mother. Parts of his childhood were spent in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his father's family was at the time, and in Stratford, Connecticut. When Stephen was eleven, his mother brought her children back to Durham, Maine, for good. Her parents, Guy and Nellie Pillsbury, had become incapacitated with old age, and Ruth King was persuaded by her sisters to take over the physical care of them. Other family members provided a small house in Durham and financial support. After Stephen's grandparents passed away, Mrs. King found work in the kitchens of Pineland, a nearby residential facility for the mentally challenged.
Stephen attended the grammar school in Durham and Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in 1966. From his sophomore year at the University of Maine at Orono, he wrote a weekly column for the school newspaper, THE MAINE CAMPUS. He was also active in student politics, serving as a member of the Student Senate. He came to support the anti-war movement on the Orono campus, arriving at his stance from a conservative view that the war in Vietnam was unconstitutional. He graduated in 1970, with a B.A. in English and qualified to teach on the high school level. A draft board examination immediately post-graduation found him 4-F on grounds of high blood pressure, limited vision, flat feet, and punctured eardrums.
He met Tabitha Spruce in the stacks of the Fogler Library at the University, where they both worked as students; they married in January of 1971. As Stephen was unable to find placement as a teacher immediately, the Kings lived on his earnings as a laborer at an industrial laundry, and her student loan and savings, with an occasional boost from a short story sale to men's magazines.
Stephen made his first professional short story sale ("The Glass Floor") to Startling Mystery Stories in 1967. Throughout the early years of his marriage, he continued to sell stories to men's magazines. Many were gathered into the Night Shift collection or appeared in other anthologies.
In the fall of 1971, Stephen began teaching English at Hampden Academy, the public high school in Hampden, Maine. Writing in the evenings and on the weekends, he continued to produce short stories and to work on novels.
Stephen attended the grammar school in Durham and Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in 1966. From his sophomore year at the University of Maine at Orono, he wrote a weekly column for the school newspaper, THE MAINE CAMPUS. He was also active in student politics, serving as a member of the Student Senate. He came to support the anti-war movement on the Orono campus, arriving at his stance from a conservative view that the war in Vietnam was unconstitutional. He graduated in 1970, with a B.A. in English and qualified to teach on the high school level. A draft board examination immediately post-graduation found him 4-F on grounds of high blood pressure, limited vision, flat feet, and punctured eardrums.
He met Tabitha Spruce in the stacks of the Fogler Library at the University, where they both worked as students; they married in January of 1971. As Stephen was unable to find placement as a teacher immediately, the Kings lived on his earnings as a laborer at an industrial laundry, and her student loan and savings, with an occasional boost from a short story sale to men's magazines.
Stephen made his first professional short story sale ("The Glass Floor") to Startling Mystery Stories in 1967. Throughout the early years of his marriage, he continued to sell stories to men's magazines. Many were gathered into the Night Shift collection or appeared in other anthologies.
In the fall of 1971, Stephen began teaching English at Hampden Academy, the public high school in Hampden, Maine. Writing in the evenings and on the weekends, he continued to produce short stories and to work on novels.
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June 18, 2016
So I cheated on my local library last week. I don't think she knows yet, and I feel kind of bad about it. I discovered a smaller library that was actually much closer to my house. She definitely caught my attention, but I never went because it just seemed like the selection was going to be much smaller, and my current library and I have a great thing going right now.
But now I'm involved with two libraries and, boy, is my life going great!
I found this book at the new library where I couldn't find anything else that jumped out to me. I mean, the fiction section is like three rows, maybe four. That includes every genre of fiction. No mystery, romance, horror... it's all fiction.
This is the book I left with last week, and this is now my favorite Stephen King book. This is King at the top of his game. It's the perfect length with all six parts, it ends well, and he doesn't rely on horror or too much salty language to tell a fantastic story.
I've always said King is the best when he stays under 400 pages or so and doesn't write about vampires or monsters. He dabbles in the supernatural here, but not for the sake of scaring the reader. He just really, really hit a home run with this thing.
I liked having six separate parts combined into one novel. Each new section felt fresh with a new plot element, and King helps reset the scene from where he left off before. The characters are all well developed and none of them are too outlandish or over-the-top. Even the antagonist. That was great.
I have a solid love/hate relationship with Mr. King, but I loved this one. Seriously, this is my favorite book I've read from him. Go read it if you haven't already. And watch the movie because it's a classic on its own.
And, thank you Stephen King for a beautiful first date with my local library. I hope our future encounters are this incredible.
But now I'm involved with two libraries and, boy, is my life going great!
I found this book at the new library where I couldn't find anything else that jumped out to me. I mean, the fiction section is like three rows, maybe four. That includes every genre of fiction. No mystery, romance, horror... it's all fiction.
This is the book I left with last week, and this is now my favorite Stephen King book. This is King at the top of his game. It's the perfect length with all six parts, it ends well, and he doesn't rely on horror or too much salty language to tell a fantastic story.
I've always said King is the best when he stays under 400 pages or so and doesn't write about vampires or monsters. He dabbles in the supernatural here, but not for the sake of scaring the reader. He just really, really hit a home run with this thing.
I liked having six separate parts combined into one novel. Each new section felt fresh with a new plot element, and King helps reset the scene from where he left off before. The characters are all well developed and none of them are too outlandish or over-the-top. Even the antagonist. That was great.
I have a solid love/hate relationship with Mr. King, but I loved this one. Seriously, this is my favorite book I've read from him. Go read it if you haven't already. And watch the movie because it's a classic on its own.
And, thank you Stephen King for a beautiful first date with my local library. I hope our future encounters are this incredible.
April 20, 2017
Deserve more than 5 stars
December 13, 2022
I can now clarify, not only with myself, but with every other King fan, that this particular book gave me rather noticeable palpitations and for a moment or two, it made me feel quite faint. I've seen 'The Green Mile' Tom Hanks film adaptation, and although that was also amazing, and it makes for edge-of-the-seat viewing at times, when all is said and done, it has nothing on this book.
This book is up there with my list I like to call "King mind-fucks" and in that group are books like and and right there, just on the outside looking in, is , who didn't quite make that group, but still, it's a book I consider a 'classic King'
There are elements of horror within these pages, but it is done in a subtle way, and I think King gets more of a result with subtle, and not with in your face blood and gore. It just works better, especially for me, and it admittedly makes my toes curl.
The story is led by Paul Edgecombe, who is a guard in charge of 'The Green Mile' which is a block that houses purely death row inmates. While Paul was there, his block housed some wild and mostly unforgettable characters, one being John Coffey, a larger than life man, who was afraid of the dark, and had been accused of a absolutely horrific crime. John Coffey changes the lives of the inmates, and the guards who work on the mile, and we feel human compassion and emotion at it's finest.
The characters are finely drawn with such care, and I felt as if I knew some of those personally. I completely loathed the little dick Percy Whetmore, and I haven't hated a character as much as I did Percy Whetmore at poor Del's execution. It made for horrendously uncomfortable reading, and that was mainly due to Percy Whetmore. He is a despicable excuse for a human being, that literally thrived on watching other people suffer.
I admire the way King writes about how Paul Edgecombe and his men attempt to give the men on death row respect, and dignity until the day when they have to sit on the 'Old Sparky'. I think King captures these tender but also powerful moments with ease, and with a skilful level that is pretty rare to me.
I finished this book this morning, and I'm still sitting about thinking about it. I can report that my heart is somewhat calmer, but I very much doubt that I'll be able to forget this book for the years ahead of me. But, let's be honest here, why on earth would I want to?
This book is up there with my list I like to call "King mind-fucks" and in that group are books like and and right there, just on the outside looking in, is , who didn't quite make that group, but still, it's a book I consider a 'classic King'
There are elements of horror within these pages, but it is done in a subtle way, and I think King gets more of a result with subtle, and not with in your face blood and gore. It just works better, especially for me, and it admittedly makes my toes curl.
The story is led by Paul Edgecombe, who is a guard in charge of 'The Green Mile' which is a block that houses purely death row inmates. While Paul was there, his block housed some wild and mostly unforgettable characters, one being John Coffey, a larger than life man, who was afraid of the dark, and had been accused of a absolutely horrific crime. John Coffey changes the lives of the inmates, and the guards who work on the mile, and we feel human compassion and emotion at it's finest.
The characters are finely drawn with such care, and I felt as if I knew some of those personally. I completely loathed the little dick Percy Whetmore, and I haven't hated a character as much as I did Percy Whetmore at poor Del's execution. It made for horrendously uncomfortable reading, and that was mainly due to Percy Whetmore. He is a despicable excuse for a human being, that literally thrived on watching other people suffer.
I admire the way King writes about how Paul Edgecombe and his men attempt to give the men on death row respect, and dignity until the day when they have to sit on the 'Old Sparky'. I think King captures these tender but also powerful moments with ease, and with a skilful level that is pretty rare to me.
I finished this book this morning, and I'm still sitting about thinking about it. I can report that my heart is somewhat calmer, but I very much doubt that I'll be able to forget this book for the years ahead of me. But, let's be honest here, why on earth would I want to?
December 26, 2021
Racism, capital punishment, and healing magic are a trifecta match made on death row
A grain of white magic
Of about a potion of a few percent given to the most important ingredient, characterization, and everything runs just so much more smoothly. That麓s another King trademark, to never go the epic, high fantasy road with loads of big, badass superpowers with rock paper scissors dynamic, but with just a Shining, psi power, or some special medical treatment skills that give the little extra bonus to a great story. Less is so often more and demonstrating how the soft magic influences the magician, witch, or demon and the people confronted with her/him/it, how perception and world view change in other characters and how everything slowly accelerates towards total escalation, is always a hell of a ride.
Coffey lets Paul stay up all night
The main focus is on the interaction and developing relationship of these 2 very different characters, a disillusionized jailer and the gentle giant. The other inmates, colleagues, and the double homicide backstory are just the instigators to get Paul more and more obsessed about what麓s really going on with Coffey, both regarding his case and himself as a person, while some, once good, magical realism is making the whole thriller background plotline even more mysterious.
Death penalty and evil inherent flaws of retributive justice
A restorative justice system without killing, hopefully guilty, criminals, wouldn麓t have made such an incomparable monument of the shoals of human made systems, and King criticizes the heck out of this escalating, greed driven, not big history vivisected, system called American justice system. No other democratic country combined, or to a certain extent could because they hadn麓t enough poor, discriminated groups of people in their own population, neoliberal turbo capitalistic privatization of military industrial prison complexes fed by the legislation that runs on lobbyism, corruption, and neoconservatism, with eliminating close to all free social and welfare services to forever feed the moloch with the fresh souls of the ones who have no other option than to be criminal or live and die young in poverty.
Reasons for that
American history and the current system could be seen as a continuation of the triangular trade with extra steps, one could certainly make interesting graphics including the new big players and masterminds behind it, including historical, sociological, political, and economic legitimations. But that would need objective, big history research no one is interested in because it could awake the extremely expensive monster of compensation for Africans, native Americans, and all the others enslaved, killed, and suppressed people from Columbus to the wild west until the 21st century. That麓s nothing elites are interested in.
It麓s no problem that it wasn麓t meant to be a real book, but just a serial novel
Kings麓 ingenuity makes it seem as if it麓s one piece, never intentioned to be published part by part, and one bonus of this writing method is that there are even more cliffhangers than in an average novel, because there had to be a bigger hook at each end. Maybe it even wouldn麓t have been that good if King would have written another, normal story without this new convention.
Racism and the prison system
King doesn麓t directly point the finger at this problem, but just the fact that a could be seen as a metaphor. Just as with his story Hope Springs Eternal culminating in the epic The Shawshank Redemption, King is dealing with the inhumanity, madness, and injustice of many draconic, hellhole prison unjustice systems, focusing on poverty, hate, and the third, most underrated justice that tends to be forgotten for dogmatic and economic reasons, distributional justice with a focus on racism. With free health care and education, and strong social services, most of this suffering could, just as in Europe, easily be avoided.
Tropes show how literature is conceptualized and created and which mixture of elements makes works and genres unique:
A grain of white magic
Of about a potion of a few percent given to the most important ingredient, characterization, and everything runs just so much more smoothly. That麓s another King trademark, to never go the epic, high fantasy road with loads of big, badass superpowers with rock paper scissors dynamic, but with just a Shining, psi power, or some special medical treatment skills that give the little extra bonus to a great story. Less is so often more and demonstrating how the soft magic influences the magician, witch, or demon and the people confronted with her/him/it, how perception and world view change in other characters and how everything slowly accelerates towards total escalation, is always a hell of a ride.
Coffey lets Paul stay up all night
The main focus is on the interaction and developing relationship of these 2 very different characters, a disillusionized jailer and the gentle giant. The other inmates, colleagues, and the double homicide backstory are just the instigators to get Paul more and more obsessed about what麓s really going on with Coffey, both regarding his case and himself as a person, while some, once good, magical realism is making the whole thriller background plotline even more mysterious.
Death penalty and evil inherent flaws of retributive justice
A restorative justice system without killing, hopefully guilty, criminals, wouldn麓t have made such an incomparable monument of the shoals of human made systems, and King criticizes the heck out of this escalating, greed driven, not big history vivisected, system called American justice system. No other democratic country combined, or to a certain extent could because they hadn麓t enough poor, discriminated groups of people in their own population, neoliberal turbo capitalistic privatization of military industrial prison complexes fed by the legislation that runs on lobbyism, corruption, and neoconservatism, with eliminating close to all free social and welfare services to forever feed the moloch with the fresh souls of the ones who have no other option than to be criminal or live and die young in poverty.
Reasons for that
American history and the current system could be seen as a continuation of the triangular trade with extra steps, one could certainly make interesting graphics including the new big players and masterminds behind it, including historical, sociological, political, and economic legitimations. But that would need objective, big history research no one is interested in because it could awake the extremely expensive monster of compensation for Africans, native Americans, and all the others enslaved, killed, and suppressed people from Columbus to the wild west until the 21st century. That麓s nothing elites are interested in.
It麓s no problem that it wasn麓t meant to be a real book, but just a serial novel
Kings麓 ingenuity makes it seem as if it麓s one piece, never intentioned to be published part by part, and one bonus of this writing method is that there are even more cliffhangers than in an average novel, because there had to be a bigger hook at each end. Maybe it even wouldn麓t have been that good if King would have written another, normal story without this new convention.
Racism and the prison system
King doesn麓t directly point the finger at this problem, but just the fact that a could be seen as a metaphor. Just as with his story Hope Springs Eternal culminating in the epic The Shawshank Redemption, King is dealing with the inhumanity, madness, and injustice of many draconic, hellhole prison unjustice systems, focusing on poverty, hate, and the third, most underrated justice that tends to be forgotten for dogmatic and economic reasons, distributional justice with a focus on racism. With free health care and education, and strong social services, most of this suffering could, just as in Europe, easily be avoided.
Tropes show how literature is conceptualized and created and which mixture of elements makes works and genres unique:
August 11, 2021
The Green Mile, Stephen King
The Green Mile is a 1996 serial novel by American writer Stephen King.
It tells the story of death row supervisor Paul Edgecombe's encounter with John Coffey, an unusual inmate who displays inexplicable healing and empathetic abilities. The book is an example of magical realism.
Featuring a first-person narrative told by Paul Edgecombe, the novel switches between Paul as an old man in the Georgia Pines nursing home writing down his story in 1996, and his time in 1932 as the block supervisor of the Cold Mountain Penitentiary death row, nicknamed "The Green Mile" for the color of the floor's linoleum.
This year marks the arrival of John Coffey, a 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) tall powerfully built black man who has been convicted of raping and murdering two young white girls.
During his time on the Mile, John interacts with fellow prisoners Eduard "Del" Delacroix, a Cajun arsonist, rapist, and murderer; and William Wharton ("Billy the Kid" to himself, "Wild Bill" to the guards), an unhinged and dangerous multiple murderer who is determined to make as much trouble as he can before he is executed.
Other inhabitants include Arlen Bitterbuck, a Native American convicted of killing a man in a fight over a pair of boots; Arthur Flanders, a real estate executive who killed his father to perpetrate insurance fraud; and Mr. Jingles, a mouse, to whom Del teaches various tricks. ...
Characters: John Coffey, Paul Edgecombe, Percy Wetmore, Brutus "Brutal" Howell, American Law Enforcement.
鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 乇賵夭 丿賴賲 賲丕賴 丿爻丕賲亘乇 爻丕賱 2002 賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 賲爻蹖乇 爻亘夭貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 丕爻鬲蹖賵賳 讴蹖賳诏貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 倬乇賵蹖夭 讴乇蹖賲蹖 賳丕氐乇蹖貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 丿乇爻丕貙 1380貙 丿乇 525氐貙 卮丕亘讴 9646104509貨 賲賵囟賵毓 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 丕蹖丕賱丕鬲 賲鬲丨丿賴 丌賲乇蹖讴丕 - 爻丿賴 20賲
毓賳賵丕賳: 賲爻蹖乇 爻亘夭貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 丕爻鬲蹖賵賳 讴蹖賳诏貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 賲丕賳丿丕賳丕 賯賴乇賲丕賳賱賵貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 丕賮乇丕夭貙 1386貙 丿乇 624氐貙 卮丕亘讴 9789647640527貨 趩丕倬 丿賵賲 爻丕賱1388貨
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The Green Mile is a 1996 serial novel by American writer Stephen King.
It tells the story of death row supervisor Paul Edgecombe's encounter with John Coffey, an unusual inmate who displays inexplicable healing and empathetic abilities. The book is an example of magical realism.
Featuring a first-person narrative told by Paul Edgecombe, the novel switches between Paul as an old man in the Georgia Pines nursing home writing down his story in 1996, and his time in 1932 as the block supervisor of the Cold Mountain Penitentiary death row, nicknamed "The Green Mile" for the color of the floor's linoleum.
This year marks the arrival of John Coffey, a 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) tall powerfully built black man who has been convicted of raping and murdering two young white girls.
During his time on the Mile, John interacts with fellow prisoners Eduard "Del" Delacroix, a Cajun arsonist, rapist, and murderer; and William Wharton ("Billy the Kid" to himself, "Wild Bill" to the guards), an unhinged and dangerous multiple murderer who is determined to make as much trouble as he can before he is executed.
Other inhabitants include Arlen Bitterbuck, a Native American convicted of killing a man in a fight over a pair of boots; Arthur Flanders, a real estate executive who killed his father to perpetrate insurance fraud; and Mr. Jingles, a mouse, to whom Del teaches various tricks. ...
Characters: John Coffey, Paul Edgecombe, Percy Wetmore, Brutus "Brutal" Howell, American Law Enforcement.
鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 乇賵夭 丿賴賲 賲丕賴 丿爻丕賲亘乇 爻丕賱 2002 賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 賲爻蹖乇 爻亘夭貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 丕爻鬲蹖賵賳 讴蹖賳诏貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 倬乇賵蹖夭 讴乇蹖賲蹖 賳丕氐乇蹖貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 丿乇爻丕貙 1380貙 丿乇 525氐貙 卮丕亘讴 9646104509貨 賲賵囟賵毓 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 丕蹖丕賱丕鬲 賲鬲丨丿賴 丌賲乇蹖讴丕 - 爻丿賴 20賲
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No c贸偶, sko艅czy艂o si臋 tytu艂em najlepszej ksi膮偶ki 2024
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June 20, 2022
隆Una de las mejores obras de Stephen King! Este libro podr铆a convertirse en la mejor lectura del a帽o de cualquier lector del mundo.
Es incre铆ble el talento que posee Stephen King para escribir. Cada parte, cada escena, cada frase, todo, todo es espectacular en este libro. Mi libro favorito de este gran autor estadounidense seguir谩 siendo Misery, por la crueldad y giros inesperados del argumento; no obstante, esta historia ha llegado a mi vida para robarme una parte de mi alma e instalarse directamente en mi coraz贸n. Es muy, pero muy probable, que si hubiera le铆do primero esta obra antes que Misery, mi elecci贸n de 芦libro favorito禄 ser铆a completamente diferente. 驴Qu茅 me ha gustado del libro? Me ha gustado absolutamente todo. De inicio a fin. Desde la primera palabra, hasta el 煤ltimo rengl贸n, todo, absolutamente todo me ha cautivado y me ha producido un mont贸n de sentimientos. Siempre me gusta sentirme agradecido por la oportunidad de leer libros como este; libros, que me ayudan a descubrir esa faceta tan sensible que poseo. Esa sensibilidad en a帽os anteriores me daba p谩nico expresarla por miedo al rid铆culo, pero ahora, con obras tan dram谩ticas, melanc贸licas, pero a la vez tan preciosas como esta, puedo lograr sentir millones de emociones que me erizan hasta el 煤ltimo vello de mi cuerpo y es completamente inevitable no expresar lo que hay dentro de m铆. Esta historia la recordar茅 eternamente y ser谩 una de las recomendaciones que siempre mencionar茅 a cualquier persona que se interese por la lectura.
Cuando lees no es f谩cil resultar enganchado desde el inicio, pero aqu铆 lo viv铆 desde el mism铆simo pr贸logo en el cual el autor nos explica la estructura de la historia, y la forma como fue publicada. La milla verde se public贸 de forma peri贸dica en seis entregas, una parte a la vez, asemej谩ndose al modo con el que Charles Dickens present贸 sus historias en su 茅poca. M谩s que una estrategia de marketing, fue una apuesta sin expectativas, pero que result贸 convirti茅ndose en uno de los mejores trabajos de King. Para aquellos lectores que siguieron con fidelidad 鈥攅n tiempo real鈥� la publicaci贸n de esta historia debi贸 ser completamente torturante leer una de aquellas partes, y despu茅s tener que forzosamente esperar a la siguiente publicaci贸n. Este estilo de estructura le ha proporcionado a La milla verde la oportunidad de no poseer escenas de transici贸n, debido a que cada entrega deb铆a presentar un momento impactante y escenas s煤per interesantes que atraparan al lector y lo siguieran convenciendo de buscar la futura entrega. Para hacernos a la idea es como si un mangaka, en vez de publicar su manga cap铆tulo tras cap铆tulo, decidiera lanzar un volumen a la vez. Angustiante debieron ser las horas de espera para los lectores, aunque interesantes para reflexionar, crear teor铆as y conversar con amigos, sobre el futuro y resoluci贸n de la triste historia que ocurre en la penitenciaria Cold Mountain.
Es una suerte que este libro se publicara con este estilo porque nos permite conocer la prosa m谩s seductora pero ligera de Stephen King. Este es el libro de King m谩s sencillo de leer con el que me he topado de momento, y soy consciente que en sus dem谩s obras no encontrar茅 algo similar. Aqu铆 las descripciones son pulcramente estilizadas, permitiendo un mayor desarrollo de los personajes que parecen tener vida propia, y tambi茅n a todas las escenas que se vuelven en un aspecto muy importante del libro. Son importantes porque cada una ofrece una ense帽anza, un sentimiento, una reflexi贸n, como lo es por ejemplo la perspectiva interior de una penitenciar铆a, o los abusos que se cometen en un asilo de ancianos. Sobre el estilo tambi茅n es importante recalcar la gran din谩mica de finalizar cada parte con un momento cr铆tico o emotivo, para luego recapitular con estilo y calidad la continuaci贸n inmediata en los primeros p谩rrafos de la siguiente parte. Realmente es un estilo literario que me ha quedado gustando mucho, por lo que me gustar铆a repetir la experiencia con otros autores, sin importar que tuviera que leer en ingl茅s.
Algo que me ha encantado y sorprendido a la vez es la combinaci贸n de oscuridad y luz que presenta esta historia. La maldad representa la oscuridad; la ternura a la luz. Imaginar una penitenciar铆a atiborrada de terribles criminales nos hace imaginar que encontraremos personajes groseros, vulgares, y completamente corrompidos por sus cr铆menes. Sin embargo, es una sorpresa encontrar en algunos condenados una luz de nobleza, bondad, amor y ternura, que podr铆a no corresponder con las expectativas, pero que resulta demostrando una gran verdad en la vida: Estamos compuestos de varias facetas que se contradicen entre s铆, como la perversidad y la nobleza. Quiz谩s nunca seremos completamente mal茅volos por m谩s odio que lleguemos a sentir; quiz谩s, cada persona posee en el fondo de su alma una chispa que al encender logra transformarnos completamente, erradicando la maldad de nuestro coraz贸n, embriag谩ndonos de amor. Quiz谩s estar en una c谩rcel, cerca de nuestra propia ejecuci贸n, logra alterar nuestra mente positivamente. Cada uno de los criminales de este libro han llegado a la penitenciaria Cold Mountain por cometer cr铆menes atroces, pero a pesar de conocer su inevitable final, procuran vivir sus 煤ltimos d铆as pac铆ficamente, recordando su pasado, reflexionando, hablando con los guardias, distray茅ndose, etc茅tera: Conocer que moriremos pronto nos obliga a cambiar nuestras prioridades m谩s inmediatas. Obviamente, no todos los criminales ser谩n as铆, por lo que disfrutaremos de una interesante gama de matices, distintas personalidades. A la vez, descubriremos que en esta historia los guardias tambi茅n son diferentes, por lo que igualmente conoceremos el contraste de un buen guardia que intenta mantener un ambiente tranquilo en las celdas, sin llegar a ser permisivo, con otro que es adicto al sufrimiento ajeno y que aprovecha cada oportunidad para maltratar a los presidiarios.
Esa combinaci贸n de luz y oscuridad provoca al lector que por momentos sienta repulsi贸n por las injusticias y maldad expuesta, pero en otras ocasiones tristeza por la ejecuci贸n de personajes con los cuales se resulta encari帽ando. El enfrentamiento entre el bien y el mal siempre se llevar谩 a cabo en cualquier parte del mundo, pero leer este libro nos ayuda a tener la peque帽a esperanza de que en los lugares menos inesperados pueden desarrollarse escenas tiernas y amorosas, que permiten peque帽as victorias del bien sobre el mal. No todo est谩 perdido, no todo es tan malo, a veces se nos olvida que es igual de f谩cil hacer el bien, que el mal.
Los personajes han sido excelentes, cada uno tiene su historia muy bien desarrollada, personalidades claramente definidas, e incluso Cascabel, un peque帽o rat贸n, resulta siendo muy importante en esta obra. Sobre los personajes no hay ninguna queja: Los buenos han representado bien su papel; los malos igualmente haci茅ndose odiar profundamente. Mi personaje favorito ha sido Cascabel, no me queda la menor duda. Su inocencia le ha otorgado mucha belleza, y a la vez tristeza a esta historia.
Cada ejecuci贸n ha sido tremenda, la ambientaci贸n fue tan perfecta que sent铆 como si estuviera all铆 observando la muerte de cada preso, y me doli贸 mucho pensar en el sufrimiento y miedo que iban sintiendo los criminales una vez llegaba su momento de irse para siempre de este mundo. Cada ejecuci贸n tiene tanta m铆stica que incluso los guardias tambi茅n sufren por hacer su trabajo. Es su trabajo, deben hacerlo, y no pueden renunciar porque fue una 茅poca dif铆cil para conseguir empleo, pero asesinar a una persona tampoco es f谩cil de procesar para ellos. T茅cnicamente est谩n cumpliendo muy bien su trabajo, pero moralmente los afecta demasiado seguir en ese cargo. No es f谩cil cuando la conciencia nos recuerda a cada segundo que est谩 mal asesinar a otro ser, que no tenemos derecho a jugar a ser dioses, y que nuestra alma siempre permanecer谩 sucia por lo acontecido.
Y sobre el final, lo 煤nico que tengo que decir es que ha sido completamente conmovedor. El autor eligi贸 la parte final para presentar muchas escenas tristes y lo hace de forma consecutiva, por lo que no nos da tiempo de recuperarnos de las l谩grimas del anterior suceso. Todo se acumula, te genera tristeza, nostalgia, y te sientes impotente porque quisieras cambiar las injusticias que existen en el mundo. En la mayor parte del libro King te hace sufrir con ciertos dolores f铆sicos que padecen los personajes, pero, en la parte final, te hace sufrir con los dolores emocionales del protagonista. Es uno de los mejores finales que he le铆do en mi vida.
Ya para terminar, quiero expresar que este libro se ha vuelto a煤n m谩s especial para m铆, debido a que con esta obra he estrenado mi Kindle que me anim茅 a comprar en los primeros d铆as de febrero. Leer f铆sicamente un libro siempre es genial, no lo niego, pero es bueno adaptarnos a las lecturas digitales: No todo lo podemos adquirir f铆sicamente. Realmente ha sido un estreno maravilloso, perfecto, m谩gico.
En resumen, una obra recomendada para todo lector. Prosa, personajes, estilo de la obra, todo ha sido genial, y seguramente nunca se arrepentir谩n de tomar este libro y devor谩rselo. Todo me ha gustado, todo me ha encantado, lo releer茅 muchas veces en el futuro, lo tendr茅 siempre en mi coraz贸n. Libro completamente recomendado.
Es incre铆ble el talento que posee Stephen King para escribir. Cada parte, cada escena, cada frase, todo, todo es espectacular en este libro. Mi libro favorito de este gran autor estadounidense seguir谩 siendo Misery, por la crueldad y giros inesperados del argumento; no obstante, esta historia ha llegado a mi vida para robarme una parte de mi alma e instalarse directamente en mi coraz贸n. Es muy, pero muy probable, que si hubiera le铆do primero esta obra antes que Misery, mi elecci贸n de 芦libro favorito禄 ser铆a completamente diferente. 驴Qu茅 me ha gustado del libro? Me ha gustado absolutamente todo. De inicio a fin. Desde la primera palabra, hasta el 煤ltimo rengl贸n, todo, absolutamente todo me ha cautivado y me ha producido un mont贸n de sentimientos. Siempre me gusta sentirme agradecido por la oportunidad de leer libros como este; libros, que me ayudan a descubrir esa faceta tan sensible que poseo. Esa sensibilidad en a帽os anteriores me daba p谩nico expresarla por miedo al rid铆culo, pero ahora, con obras tan dram谩ticas, melanc贸licas, pero a la vez tan preciosas como esta, puedo lograr sentir millones de emociones que me erizan hasta el 煤ltimo vello de mi cuerpo y es completamente inevitable no expresar lo que hay dentro de m铆. Esta historia la recordar茅 eternamente y ser谩 una de las recomendaciones que siempre mencionar茅 a cualquier persona que se interese por la lectura.
Cuando lees no es f谩cil resultar enganchado desde el inicio, pero aqu铆 lo viv铆 desde el mism铆simo pr贸logo en el cual el autor nos explica la estructura de la historia, y la forma como fue publicada. La milla verde se public贸 de forma peri贸dica en seis entregas, una parte a la vez, asemej谩ndose al modo con el que Charles Dickens present贸 sus historias en su 茅poca. M谩s que una estrategia de marketing, fue una apuesta sin expectativas, pero que result贸 convirti茅ndose en uno de los mejores trabajos de King. Para aquellos lectores que siguieron con fidelidad 鈥攅n tiempo real鈥� la publicaci贸n de esta historia debi贸 ser completamente torturante leer una de aquellas partes, y despu茅s tener que forzosamente esperar a la siguiente publicaci贸n. Este estilo de estructura le ha proporcionado a La milla verde la oportunidad de no poseer escenas de transici贸n, debido a que cada entrega deb铆a presentar un momento impactante y escenas s煤per interesantes que atraparan al lector y lo siguieran convenciendo de buscar la futura entrega. Para hacernos a la idea es como si un mangaka, en vez de publicar su manga cap铆tulo tras cap铆tulo, decidiera lanzar un volumen a la vez. Angustiante debieron ser las horas de espera para los lectores, aunque interesantes para reflexionar, crear teor铆as y conversar con amigos, sobre el futuro y resoluci贸n de la triste historia que ocurre en la penitenciaria Cold Mountain.
Es una suerte que este libro se publicara con este estilo porque nos permite conocer la prosa m谩s seductora pero ligera de Stephen King. Este es el libro de King m谩s sencillo de leer con el que me he topado de momento, y soy consciente que en sus dem谩s obras no encontrar茅 algo similar. Aqu铆 las descripciones son pulcramente estilizadas, permitiendo un mayor desarrollo de los personajes que parecen tener vida propia, y tambi茅n a todas las escenas que se vuelven en un aspecto muy importante del libro. Son importantes porque cada una ofrece una ense帽anza, un sentimiento, una reflexi贸n, como lo es por ejemplo la perspectiva interior de una penitenciar铆a, o los abusos que se cometen en un asilo de ancianos. Sobre el estilo tambi茅n es importante recalcar la gran din谩mica de finalizar cada parte con un momento cr铆tico o emotivo, para luego recapitular con estilo y calidad la continuaci贸n inmediata en los primeros p谩rrafos de la siguiente parte. Realmente es un estilo literario que me ha quedado gustando mucho, por lo que me gustar铆a repetir la experiencia con otros autores, sin importar que tuviera que leer en ingl茅s.
Algo que me ha encantado y sorprendido a la vez es la combinaci贸n de oscuridad y luz que presenta esta historia. La maldad representa la oscuridad; la ternura a la luz. Imaginar una penitenciar铆a atiborrada de terribles criminales nos hace imaginar que encontraremos personajes groseros, vulgares, y completamente corrompidos por sus cr铆menes. Sin embargo, es una sorpresa encontrar en algunos condenados una luz de nobleza, bondad, amor y ternura, que podr铆a no corresponder con las expectativas, pero que resulta demostrando una gran verdad en la vida: Estamos compuestos de varias facetas que se contradicen entre s铆, como la perversidad y la nobleza. Quiz谩s nunca seremos completamente mal茅volos por m谩s odio que lleguemos a sentir; quiz谩s, cada persona posee en el fondo de su alma una chispa que al encender logra transformarnos completamente, erradicando la maldad de nuestro coraz贸n, embriag谩ndonos de amor. Quiz谩s estar en una c谩rcel, cerca de nuestra propia ejecuci贸n, logra alterar nuestra mente positivamente. Cada uno de los criminales de este libro han llegado a la penitenciaria Cold Mountain por cometer cr铆menes atroces, pero a pesar de conocer su inevitable final, procuran vivir sus 煤ltimos d铆as pac铆ficamente, recordando su pasado, reflexionando, hablando con los guardias, distray茅ndose, etc茅tera: Conocer que moriremos pronto nos obliga a cambiar nuestras prioridades m谩s inmediatas. Obviamente, no todos los criminales ser谩n as铆, por lo que disfrutaremos de una interesante gama de matices, distintas personalidades. A la vez, descubriremos que en esta historia los guardias tambi茅n son diferentes, por lo que igualmente conoceremos el contraste de un buen guardia que intenta mantener un ambiente tranquilo en las celdas, sin llegar a ser permisivo, con otro que es adicto al sufrimiento ajeno y que aprovecha cada oportunidad para maltratar a los presidiarios.
Esa combinaci贸n de luz y oscuridad provoca al lector que por momentos sienta repulsi贸n por las injusticias y maldad expuesta, pero en otras ocasiones tristeza por la ejecuci贸n de personajes con los cuales se resulta encari帽ando. El enfrentamiento entre el bien y el mal siempre se llevar谩 a cabo en cualquier parte del mundo, pero leer este libro nos ayuda a tener la peque帽a esperanza de que en los lugares menos inesperados pueden desarrollarse escenas tiernas y amorosas, que permiten peque帽as victorias del bien sobre el mal. No todo est谩 perdido, no todo es tan malo, a veces se nos olvida que es igual de f谩cil hacer el bien, que el mal.
Los personajes han sido excelentes, cada uno tiene su historia muy bien desarrollada, personalidades claramente definidas, e incluso Cascabel, un peque帽o rat贸n, resulta siendo muy importante en esta obra. Sobre los personajes no hay ninguna queja: Los buenos han representado bien su papel; los malos igualmente haci茅ndose odiar profundamente. Mi personaje favorito ha sido Cascabel, no me queda la menor duda. Su inocencia le ha otorgado mucha belleza, y a la vez tristeza a esta historia.
Cada ejecuci贸n ha sido tremenda, la ambientaci贸n fue tan perfecta que sent铆 como si estuviera all铆 observando la muerte de cada preso, y me doli贸 mucho pensar en el sufrimiento y miedo que iban sintiendo los criminales una vez llegaba su momento de irse para siempre de este mundo. Cada ejecuci贸n tiene tanta m铆stica que incluso los guardias tambi茅n sufren por hacer su trabajo. Es su trabajo, deben hacerlo, y no pueden renunciar porque fue una 茅poca dif铆cil para conseguir empleo, pero asesinar a una persona tampoco es f谩cil de procesar para ellos. T茅cnicamente est谩n cumpliendo muy bien su trabajo, pero moralmente los afecta demasiado seguir en ese cargo. No es f谩cil cuando la conciencia nos recuerda a cada segundo que est谩 mal asesinar a otro ser, que no tenemos derecho a jugar a ser dioses, y que nuestra alma siempre permanecer谩 sucia por lo acontecido.
Y sobre el final, lo 煤nico que tengo que decir es que ha sido completamente conmovedor. El autor eligi贸 la parte final para presentar muchas escenas tristes y lo hace de forma consecutiva, por lo que no nos da tiempo de recuperarnos de las l谩grimas del anterior suceso. Todo se acumula, te genera tristeza, nostalgia, y te sientes impotente porque quisieras cambiar las injusticias que existen en el mundo. En la mayor parte del libro King te hace sufrir con ciertos dolores f铆sicos que padecen los personajes, pero, en la parte final, te hace sufrir con los dolores emocionales del protagonista. Es uno de los mejores finales que he le铆do en mi vida.
Ya para terminar, quiero expresar que este libro se ha vuelto a煤n m谩s especial para m铆, debido a que con esta obra he estrenado mi Kindle que me anim茅 a comprar en los primeros d铆as de febrero. Leer f铆sicamente un libro siempre es genial, no lo niego, pero es bueno adaptarnos a las lecturas digitales: No todo lo podemos adquirir f铆sicamente. Realmente ha sido un estreno maravilloso, perfecto, m谩gico.
En resumen, una obra recomendada para todo lector. Prosa, personajes, estilo de la obra, todo ha sido genial, y seguramente nunca se arrepentir谩n de tomar este libro y devor谩rselo. Todo me ha gustado, todo me ha encantado, lo releer茅 muchas veces en el futuro, lo tendr茅 siempre en mi coraz贸n. Libro completamente recomendado.
December 17, 2022
鈥淲e each owe a death, there are no exceptions, I know that, but sometimes, oh God, the Green Mile is so long.鈥�
Stephen King can write. Capital-W write. In that trademark way of his that has me stay up for half of the night 鈥� at age 16 and 38 alike 鈥� just so that I can finish his story, sleep be damned. It鈥檚 that strange spellbinding storytelling magic he鈥檚 so good at.
And this is King at his best, on the level of 鈥淪hawshank鈥� and 鈥淭he Body鈥�.
The Green Mile is a quieter King, the one who knows the power of subtle unease and the strength of understated stories that are at their core just about life. It鈥檚 a King that can break your heart so easily and leave both teenage and adult me slowly blinking off that inconvenient moisture in my eyes while trying to pretend that it鈥檚 all fine, man, all good. It鈥檚 a King that catches you with emotion and sadness and then with seeming casualness gut punches you. And it鈥檚 great. Cruel but great.
King is perfect yet again. The characters - easily drawn and actually human, both good ones and the slimy little shits. The easy and completely natural dialogue with good ear for actual quirks in speech; the dialogue that sounds real, like it should be spoken rather that stuffily written. The slice of life moments that never feel overlong despite the leisurely pace. The beauty of strangest moments and the slow creepiness of others. The things that stay with you when you are at the end of your own Green Mile - the mix of regrets and loveliness and kindness and pain that鈥檚 life.
One moment he has me pondering along with his protagonist Paul Edgecombe, a death row prison guard in the 1930s South when he comes across something strange and wonderful and also awful, 鈥淪ometimes there is absolutely no difference at all between salvation and damnation.鈥� And the next moment he has me admire through chuckles his ability to cunningly turn a phrase in such a way that it鈥檚 both precise and funny and weirdly memorable (鈥淒uring that time I didn鈥檛 dare fart sideways, let alone take a day off to investigate the idea I鈥檇 gotten at my kitchen table on the morning after all the upheavals.鈥�) Fart sideways indeed.
He鈥檚 good. He鈥檚 got me under his spell for life.
King will always be among my favorite writers, and honestly, one of the best writers of our time, and it鈥檚 pointless to try to convince me otherwise.
5 stars.
鈥斺赌斺赌斺赌斺赌�
Buddy read with Dennis.
Stephen King can write. Capital-W write. In that trademark way of his that has me stay up for half of the night 鈥� at age 16 and 38 alike 鈥� just so that I can finish his story, sleep be damned. It鈥檚 that strange spellbinding storytelling magic he鈥檚 so good at.
And this is King at his best, on the level of 鈥淪hawshank鈥� and 鈥淭he Body鈥�.
The Green Mile is a quieter King, the one who knows the power of subtle unease and the strength of understated stories that are at their core just about life. It鈥檚 a King that can break your heart so easily and leave both teenage and adult me slowly blinking off that inconvenient moisture in my eyes while trying to pretend that it鈥檚 all fine, man, all good. It鈥檚 a King that catches you with emotion and sadness and then with seeming casualness gut punches you. And it鈥檚 great. Cruel but great.
鈥淭ime takes it all, whether you want it to or not. Time takes it all, time bears it away, and in the end there is only darkness. Sometimes we find others in that darkness, and sometimes we lose them there again.鈥�
King is perfect yet again. The characters - easily drawn and actually human, both good ones and the slimy little shits. The easy and completely natural dialogue with good ear for actual quirks in speech; the dialogue that sounds real, like it should be spoken rather that stuffily written. The slice of life moments that never feel overlong despite the leisurely pace. The beauty of strangest moments and the slow creepiness of others. The things that stay with you when you are at the end of your own Green Mile - the mix of regrets and loveliness and kindness and pain that鈥檚 life.
One moment he has me pondering along with his protagonist Paul Edgecombe, a death row prison guard in the 1930s South when he comes across something strange and wonderful and also awful, 鈥淪ometimes there is absolutely no difference at all between salvation and damnation.鈥� And the next moment he has me admire through chuckles his ability to cunningly turn a phrase in such a way that it鈥檚 both precise and funny and weirdly memorable (鈥淒uring that time I didn鈥檛 dare fart sideways, let alone take a day off to investigate the idea I鈥檇 gotten at my kitchen table on the morning after all the upheavals.鈥�) Fart sideways indeed.
He鈥檚 good. He鈥檚 got me under his spell for life.
King will always be among my favorite writers, and honestly, one of the best writers of our time, and it鈥檚 pointless to try to convince me otherwise.
5 stars.
鈥斺赌斺赌斺赌斺赌�
Buddy read with Dennis.
April 2, 2024
zielona mila
pelna zalu historia mezczyzny, ktory pracowal jako straznik wiezienny. pewnego dnia na blok przychodzi nowy wiezien- wielki i wrazliwy mezczyzna. zarzeka sie, ze probowal pomoc, a glowny bohater popada w obled starajac sie dowiesc mu racji. ksiazka jest przeplatana tez jego przyszloscia z domu opieki, a sa to fragmenty przerazliwie smutne.
rozpaczliwie inteligentna pozycja traktuje o niesprawiedliwosci i nostalgii. czuje sie jakbym dalej byla na bloku z nimi i nie wiem czy juz bedzie inaczej.
pelna zalu historia mezczyzny, ktory pracowal jako straznik wiezienny. pewnego dnia na blok przychodzi nowy wiezien- wielki i wrazliwy mezczyzna. zarzeka sie, ze probowal pomoc, a glowny bohater popada w obled starajac sie dowiesc mu racji. ksiazka jest przeplatana tez jego przyszloscia z domu opieki, a sa to fragmenty przerazliwie smutne.
rozpaczliwie inteligentna pozycja traktuje o niesprawiedliwosci i nostalgii. czuje sie jakbym dalej byla na bloku z nimi i nie wiem czy juz bedzie inaczej.
April 30, 2025
The Green Mile ...a nickname acquired because of the color on the floor in the cheerless Cold Mountain Penitentiary's (somewhere in the American South), E Block , death row under a different alias, during the gloomy year of 1932, the inmates taking the long, long walk their last, to see Old Sparky, the electric chair that will end the lives of these miserable convicted killers ...Nevertheless , the unique green surface is the last thing the nervous residents are thinking about , in their humble cells, peering through the bars... besides it isn't a distant mile, much shorter they will find out... soon. When the recently convicted murderer of two nine- year- old twin girls, the Detterick's, John Coffey, a giant black man, strong as an ox, enters his final home, sadistic prison guard Percy Wetmore, the governor's wife's, nephew, he brags about the political connection constantly, enthusiastically shouts "Dead man walking ", the vicious young officer got that idea, reading it in a cheap magazine. Paul Edgecombe, the official in charge of the block, starts to believe he's innocent...a hopeless situation, Coffey's face is always covered with tears, he is afraid of the dark asking if the lights are kept on at night, the simple minded assassin can't read or write has trouble remembering, a gentle person that has unknown powers though..He cures Paul's very painful urinary tract infection, the very grateful guard tries to find out more information , about the stranger's case ...Mr. Jingles is not an official inmate in E Block, an unregistered guest you might say, a stowaway they would call him if this was a ship, in fact a mouse, quite intelligent for sure , but some others think , is something else entirely . The pet of soon to be extinct inmate M. Eduard Delacroix a Cajun from Louisiana, yet Mr. JINGLES , is obviously smarter then the doom Frenchman. All the guards love this brave little critter, feeding and even getting him a cigar box to sleep in, except you guessed it Percy , an enemy he got, by escaping his deadly clutches hiding in another room. John Coffey saves the mouse's life, the other men hate the creep Percy but cannot get rid of ....tensions increase as a murderer is put to death by Old Sparky ... an ugly, disgusting sight, the mistakes ( or are they) are caused by Mr.Wetmore, not realizing the consequences of his vengeance, he loathe the convict ...watched by witnesses who faint and get sick, puking their dinners. The officers involved in the execution including Paul , despises the job, but during the Great Depression, with long bread lines , they need to feed their families and themselves, many people would be eager to do it. Warden Hal Moores, (a good friend of Mr. Edgecombe)... wife , Melinda , is very ill she will die shortly if nothing is done now.. Paul has an audacious , risky notion, maybe the healer Coffey can save this wonderful, kind woman , it can get him and his pals, the other correctional officers into a big mess...even jail time here in Cold Mountain, ironically. ..A superb story by Stephen King, always entertaining, you will learn also, and even feel the pain of the interesting characters...As good as the glorious film version.
June 9, 2020
Some books are worth waiting years for to read and I have certainly waited a very long time to read this one.
I have to confess I am not a Stephan King fan as Horror or science fiction just doesnt work for me but having watched the Green Mile Movie some years ago I have always wanted to read the book and when I happened to find a copy among a pile of books lately I just knew there was no time like the present.
My only problem with reading a book after watching such an iconic movie is that I am unable to imagine the characters for myself, but setting that aside.......What a phenomenal read this was Now I am actually jealous of readers who haven't read the book yet because this one is such a beautiful, compelling and brilliant story, I was blown away by the read.
The Green Mile is a unique tale of Paul Edgcombe, a prision guard in charge of death town in Cold Mountain Penitentiary. Convicted Killers all await their turn to walk the Green Mile and their date with the Electric Chair. When John Coffey is condemned for a terrifying and horrendous crime, Paul Edgecombe is confronted with the terrible wondrous truth that will change his life forever.
I went though all sorts of emotions when reading this story. The writing is vivid and the story believable and you feel and experience everything this tale has to offer. There were actually times I felt the humid heat so well described in the book. The characters are so realistic and believable, and the plot twists and turns kept me turning the pages. A little sprinkle (just a little) of magical happenings make this novel the perfect story that I will remember a long time from now. John Coffey鈥檚 character made me well up on so many occasions and yet there is a lovely sense of hope in the novel that keeps the book from becoming depressing.
I only have a tiny paperback copy of this book which I really have to replace with a hard copy for my real life bookshelf.
If you have this on your TBR Shelf ...........Do yourself a favor this summer and bump it right up to the top of the pile as this is a book you won鈥檛 regret reading and only after you have finished then watch the movie.
I have to confess I am not a Stephan King fan as Horror or science fiction just doesnt work for me but having watched the Green Mile Movie some years ago I have always wanted to read the book and when I happened to find a copy among a pile of books lately I just knew there was no time like the present.
My only problem with reading a book after watching such an iconic movie is that I am unable to imagine the characters for myself, but setting that aside.......What a phenomenal read this was Now I am actually jealous of readers who haven't read the book yet because this one is such a beautiful, compelling and brilliant story, I was blown away by the read.
The Green Mile is a unique tale of Paul Edgcombe, a prision guard in charge of death town in Cold Mountain Penitentiary. Convicted Killers all await their turn to walk the Green Mile and their date with the Electric Chair. When John Coffey is condemned for a terrifying and horrendous crime, Paul Edgecombe is confronted with the terrible wondrous truth that will change his life forever.
I went though all sorts of emotions when reading this story. The writing is vivid and the story believable and you feel and experience everything this tale has to offer. There were actually times I felt the humid heat so well described in the book. The characters are so realistic and believable, and the plot twists and turns kept me turning the pages. A little sprinkle (just a little) of magical happenings make this novel the perfect story that I will remember a long time from now. John Coffey鈥檚 character made me well up on so many occasions and yet there is a lovely sense of hope in the novel that keeps the book from becoming depressing.
I only have a tiny paperback copy of this book which I really have to replace with a hard copy for my real life bookshelf.
If you have this on your TBR Shelf ...........Do yourself a favor this summer and bump it right up to the top of the pile as this is a book you won鈥檛 regret reading and only after you have finished then watch the movie.
February 13, 2019
One of King鈥檚 best, up there with and .
King is able to terrify because he is adept at drawing us into a scene, luring the reader in with deft characterization and attention to detail that creates empathy and understanding.
In Francis Ford Coppola鈥檚 brilliant The Godfather part II, in the scene where a young Vito Corleone (played by Robert De Niro) shoots Fanucci, he wrapped his pistol in a towel and the cloth catches fire after the shots. That detail has stayed in my mind in greater clarity than the actual murder. Coppola drew us in to that grisly sight with detail that we can feel, a towel can get scorched and catch fire, and we become a part of what鈥檚 going on.
Likewise, in Steven Spielberg鈥檚 1975 film Jaws, when Roy Scheider鈥檚 character is shoveling chum into the water, the shark surfaces right in front of Scheider. The audience laughs at the irreverent profanity, but then is immediately shocked at the monster鈥檚 appearance. Spielberg鈥檚 direction played us like a fiddle, drawing us in with humor and then, when we are open and vulnerable, scaring us with the surprise.
King provides that kind of detail and can also play with our emotions. He understands and makes use of the technique of adding unusual but memorable detail and also mixes shades of humor in with the darker hues of terror to make the portrait more tangible.
The Green Mile is also a minimalist statement about institutional life in America reminiscent of . Set in the south during the great depression, King does not let us forget that these men endured this job because it was employment, one they were happy and lucky to have. But more than this, King鈥檚 description of prison life, like Kesey鈥檚 portrayal of mental hospitals and treatment, carries with it a sense of desperate inevitability, the harsh realities of this life come down the line like a freight train coming down a track, unavoidable and unstoppable. There is a detail from the book that I don鈥檛 think was included in the 1999 film, that was hard to take, injustice always is, but King鈥檚 depiction of this was more complicated than what could have been in the movie and so all the more heart wrenching.
A story about executioners, in this case a shift of prison guards working on death row and whose job it is to both care for the condemned inmates and then to actually carry out the sentence, is a setting custom made for King鈥檚 great talent. We are walked through the rehearsals for the executions (by electric chair) and then seen the performance of that instrument. We get to know the men who have this unenviable task and to also spend time with the men who await death in a prose similar in its sympathetic representation to Capote鈥檚 .
John Coffey (played so well by Michael Clarke Duncan in the Frank Darabont film) was as tragic a figure as ever appeared in our literature and while a cursory comparison could be made to Lenny in Steinbeck鈥檚 , King鈥檚 inclusion of fantasy and supernatural elements adds an almost theological tone to the narrative. Clearly this is no coincidence as King describes several men as devout and Biblical references and symbolism are ubiquitous.
Highly, highly recommended.
King is able to terrify because he is adept at drawing us into a scene, luring the reader in with deft characterization and attention to detail that creates empathy and understanding.
In Francis Ford Coppola鈥檚 brilliant The Godfather part II, in the scene where a young Vito Corleone (played by Robert De Niro) shoots Fanucci, he wrapped his pistol in a towel and the cloth catches fire after the shots. That detail has stayed in my mind in greater clarity than the actual murder. Coppola drew us in to that grisly sight with detail that we can feel, a towel can get scorched and catch fire, and we become a part of what鈥檚 going on.
Likewise, in Steven Spielberg鈥檚 1975 film Jaws, when Roy Scheider鈥檚 character is shoveling chum into the water, the shark surfaces right in front of Scheider. The audience laughs at the irreverent profanity, but then is immediately shocked at the monster鈥檚 appearance. Spielberg鈥檚 direction played us like a fiddle, drawing us in with humor and then, when we are open and vulnerable, scaring us with the surprise.
King provides that kind of detail and can also play with our emotions. He understands and makes use of the technique of adding unusual but memorable detail and also mixes shades of humor in with the darker hues of terror to make the portrait more tangible.
The Green Mile is also a minimalist statement about institutional life in America reminiscent of . Set in the south during the great depression, King does not let us forget that these men endured this job because it was employment, one they were happy and lucky to have. But more than this, King鈥檚 description of prison life, like Kesey鈥檚 portrayal of mental hospitals and treatment, carries with it a sense of desperate inevitability, the harsh realities of this life come down the line like a freight train coming down a track, unavoidable and unstoppable. There is a detail from the book that I don鈥檛 think was included in the 1999 film, that was hard to take, injustice always is, but King鈥檚 depiction of this was more complicated than what could have been in the movie and so all the more heart wrenching.
A story about executioners, in this case a shift of prison guards working on death row and whose job it is to both care for the condemned inmates and then to actually carry out the sentence, is a setting custom made for King鈥檚 great talent. We are walked through the rehearsals for the executions (by electric chair) and then seen the performance of that instrument. We get to know the men who have this unenviable task and to also spend time with the men who await death in a prose similar in its sympathetic representation to Capote鈥檚 .
John Coffey (played so well by Michael Clarke Duncan in the Frank Darabont film) was as tragic a figure as ever appeared in our literature and while a cursory comparison could be made to Lenny in Steinbeck鈥檚 , King鈥檚 inclusion of fantasy and supernatural elements adds an almost theological tone to the narrative. Clearly this is no coincidence as King describes several men as devout and Biblical references and symbolism are ubiquitous.
Highly, highly recommended.
September 16, 2021
I鈥橫 NOT CRYING! YOUR ASS IS CRYING! 馃槴
I鈥檝e watched the movie so many times and it always broke my heart and made me rage and all the feels! I finally read the book and damn it all to hell if it鈥檚 not just the same 馃槴
I love John Coffee!
Mr. Jingles鈥�
Mel 馃枻馃惗馃惡馃惥
I鈥檝e watched the movie so many times and it always broke my heart and made me rage and all the feels! I finally read the book and damn it all to hell if it鈥檚 not just the same 馃槴
I love John Coffee!
Mr. Jingles鈥�
Mel 馃枻馃惗馃惡馃惥
September 28, 2020
*4.5 stars *
Loved the movie, loved the book!
Loved the movie, loved the book!
October 13, 2020
A wondrous book on so many levels. Two very young white girls are brutally raped and murdered - the missing girls' search party come across a distraught and crying, huge black man holding their corpses(!) - his name is John Coffey. This is the story of what really happened during his incarceration, trial and sentencing as told by his warden, many decades later.
A Stephen King masterclass with a tremendous use of pacing, tone and historical setting. A semi reliable and definitely biased narrator tells a story that has almost every key development clearly foreshadowed, yet the book is a delight and as King oft does, damning on America's treatment of African-Americans. And yet King manages to overly, almost engulf this with a concurrent supernatural and beautiful tale about Coffey's humanity. A gem! 9 out of 12.
A Stephen King masterclass with a tremendous use of pacing, tone and historical setting. A semi reliable and definitely biased narrator tells a story that has almost every key development clearly foreshadowed, yet the book is a delight and as King oft does, damning on America's treatment of African-Americans. And yet King manages to overly, almost engulf this with a concurrent supernatural and beautiful tale about Coffey's humanity. A gem! 9 out of 12.
November 11, 2023
Rarely does it happen to me that I read a book which actually causes me to tear up to some extent and which I can't stop thinking about even months after turning the last page. You might should have heard about the movie adaption starring Tom Hanks and the late Michael Clarke Duncan (may he rest in peace), and if you haven't considered watching it yet, then please don't hesitate to do so for even one moment. The Green Mile is easily one of my favorite movies of all time, and to be completely honest, I had certain doubts about whether the Stephen King novel it was actually adapted from would be capable of causing the same range of emotions in me as the movie did.
And oh, how it succeeded with doing that.
First off, allow me to mention something about my love-hate-relationship with Stephen King. During the 80's, he built up for himself a reputation as being one of the major horror writers of his time, but few people actually know about the few touching, emotionally affecting stories he can be called responsible for - let me just mention Stand By Me and Shawshank Redemption, both of which are beautiful movies actually based on a less famous work by Stephen King. I am the first one to admit that King has a capability to write novels you will have a lot of troubles with if you expect to find stories with literary worth. But books like The Green Mile are what I love this author for.
For those who are unfamiliar with the story, The Green Mile is the nickname for the death row at Cold Mountain Penitentiary, a prison in Louisiana. During the 1930s, our protagonist Paul Edgecomb receives John Coffey into his custody as supervisor of the death row. Coffey turns out to be physically intimidating, but mentally challenged. How could a man like him, a man who is afraid if the lights are not kept on during the night, have been capable of murdering two innocent girls? Trust me, this is not a story about Coffey's guilt or innocence, however. What King confronts us with is a character-driven story about the daily events on the death row, raising moral and ethic questions along the way, allowing us to care about the small amount of characters he presented to us. Untypically for King's novels, we only meet a few characters, but even those of minor importance to the story are drawn out in such a fascinating way that it becomes difficult to resist caring for all of them.
Originally, King published this book in six different installments before releasing the six parts altogether in this novel. Each of those six parts focuses on different elements to the story, with all these parts interfering with each other along the way and finally weaving together a convincing picture of a prison in the 30's. Is this book only about life in prison, however? No, it isn't - by far it isn't. In a frame story, King introduces us to the older Paul Edgecomb who revisits the events on the Green Mile in an attempt to write down his story before his memory can begin to fade away. King starts off each of the six installments of the story by including more insight on the story of Paul's older self, until he finally manages to masterfully create the illusion of two deeply connected plots.
Supernatural elements are a minor part of the story, though - as skeptical as I usually am about stories involving magical realism - its inclusion mainly just allowed to emphasize the beauty of the story.
"Coffey like the drink, only not spelled the same way." Coffey is introduced as a simple-minded man who is not capable of even understanding what he is accused of, and Paul Edgecomb realizes this - just like he realizes that there is more to the character of John Coffey than just the accusation of having raped and murdered two girls. The cast of characters in this novel is truly convincing - we meet Brutus "Brutal" Howell, Eduard Delacroix with his beloved pet mouse Mr. Jingles, and of course Percy Wetmore. If you haven't met Percy yet, you just have to know that there are actually polls circling around the internet asking whether Hannibal Lecter or Percy Wetmore is the most evil antagonist ever to be introduced in a novel/movie. And Percy actually has more than just a few votes.
Talking about Mr. Jingles, I will miss him. Oh, how I will miss him.
In the end, this story manages more than just to raise questions. It turned me into a pile of emotions, ranging from nostalgia over grief up to relief - but mostly nostalgia. The last pages included some of the best writing I have ever encountered and yes, I will gladly admit that both the movie and the book made me cry, and I don't find it difficult to believe that they will continue to make me do so in future. Because out of all the movies I have seen and the books I have read, The Green Mile in both its book and its movie version is a story I am going to revisit over and over.
If you have only seen the movie, then please don't fear reading the book because even though it is a completely different experience due to a few minor changes and, obviously, a huge distinction in its narrative, the book doesn't fail to convince even after having watched the movie. And if you have only read the book - then what are you waiting for? The Green Mile is, in my opinion, one of the best book-to-movie adaptions which have ever entered the big screen.
A beautiful, touching book which I am never going to forget.
Buddy Read with Anne who I have to truly thank for continuously encouraging me to keep up reading!
And oh, how it succeeded with doing that.
First off, allow me to mention something about my love-hate-relationship with Stephen King. During the 80's, he built up for himself a reputation as being one of the major horror writers of his time, but few people actually know about the few touching, emotionally affecting stories he can be called responsible for - let me just mention Stand By Me and Shawshank Redemption, both of which are beautiful movies actually based on a less famous work by Stephen King. I am the first one to admit that King has a capability to write novels you will have a lot of troubles with if you expect to find stories with literary worth. But books like The Green Mile are what I love this author for.
For those who are unfamiliar with the story, The Green Mile is the nickname for the death row at Cold Mountain Penitentiary, a prison in Louisiana. During the 1930s, our protagonist Paul Edgecomb receives John Coffey into his custody as supervisor of the death row. Coffey turns out to be physically intimidating, but mentally challenged. How could a man like him, a man who is afraid if the lights are not kept on during the night, have been capable of murdering two innocent girls? Trust me, this is not a story about Coffey's guilt or innocence, however. What King confronts us with is a character-driven story about the daily events on the death row, raising moral and ethic questions along the way, allowing us to care about the small amount of characters he presented to us. Untypically for King's novels, we only meet a few characters, but even those of minor importance to the story are drawn out in such a fascinating way that it becomes difficult to resist caring for all of them.
Originally, King published this book in six different installments before releasing the six parts altogether in this novel. Each of those six parts focuses on different elements to the story, with all these parts interfering with each other along the way and finally weaving together a convincing picture of a prison in the 30's. Is this book only about life in prison, however? No, it isn't - by far it isn't. In a frame story, King introduces us to the older Paul Edgecomb who revisits the events on the Green Mile in an attempt to write down his story before his memory can begin to fade away. King starts off each of the six installments of the story by including more insight on the story of Paul's older self, until he finally manages to masterfully create the illusion of two deeply connected plots.
Supernatural elements are a minor part of the story, though - as skeptical as I usually am about stories involving magical realism - its inclusion mainly just allowed to emphasize the beauty of the story.
"Coffey like the drink, only not spelled the same way." Coffey is introduced as a simple-minded man who is not capable of even understanding what he is accused of, and Paul Edgecomb realizes this - just like he realizes that there is more to the character of John Coffey than just the accusation of having raped and murdered two girls. The cast of characters in this novel is truly convincing - we meet Brutus "Brutal" Howell, Eduard Delacroix with his beloved pet mouse Mr. Jingles, and of course Percy Wetmore. If you haven't met Percy yet, you just have to know that there are actually polls circling around the internet asking whether Hannibal Lecter or Percy Wetmore is the most evil antagonist ever to be introduced in a novel/movie. And Percy actually has more than just a few votes.
Talking about Mr. Jingles, I will miss him. Oh, how I will miss him.
In the end, this story manages more than just to raise questions. It turned me into a pile of emotions, ranging from nostalgia over grief up to relief - but mostly nostalgia. The last pages included some of the best writing I have ever encountered and yes, I will gladly admit that both the movie and the book made me cry, and I don't find it difficult to believe that they will continue to make me do so in future. Because out of all the movies I have seen and the books I have read, The Green Mile in both its book and its movie version is a story I am going to revisit over and over.
If you have only seen the movie, then please don't fear reading the book because even though it is a completely different experience due to a few minor changes and, obviously, a huge distinction in its narrative, the book doesn't fail to convince even after having watched the movie. And if you have only read the book - then what are you waiting for? The Green Mile is, in my opinion, one of the best book-to-movie adaptions which have ever entered the big screen.
A beautiful, touching book which I am never going to forget.
Buddy Read with Anne who I have to truly thank for continuously encouraging me to keep up reading!
April 16, 2023
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丕賱夭賲丕賳: 夭賲賳 丕賱賰爻丕丿 丕賱賰亘賷乇 賮賷 孬賱丕孬賷賳賷丕鬲 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱賲丕囟賷
丕賱丨丿孬: 丕賱乇兀爻賲丕賱賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賱鬲賴賲 丕賱丨乇賷丞 毓賱賶 賲賴賱 丿賵賳 兀賳 賳丿乇賷 毓賳 匕賱賰 卮賷卅丕
賱賲 賷毓丿 賮賷 丕爻鬲胤丕毓鬲賷 丕賱賯賷丕賲 亘賴匕丕 丕賱毓賲賱 亘毓丿 丕賱兀賳. 爻賵丕亍 兀丨丿孬 丕賱賰爻丕丿 兀賲 賱賲 賷丨丿孬. 賱賲 兀毓丿 兀爻鬲胤毓 賲卮丕賴丿丞 丕賱賲夭賷丿 賲賳 丕賱乇噩丕賱 賵 賴賲 賷賲乇賵賳 亘賲賰鬲亘賷 賮賷 胤乇賷賯賴賲 賱賲賱丕賯丕丞 丨鬲賮賴賲. 賵 丨鬲賶 卮禺氐 賵丕丨丿 兀禺乇 爻賷賰賵賳 賰孬賷乇丕 毓賱賷 兀賳 兀乇丕賴.丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲賱睾賲丞 亘丕賱乇賲賵夭 賲賳匕 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 賮賰賱 丕爻賲 賷丨賲賱 亘賷賳 胤賷丕鬲賴 賯氐丞 賵 賴丿賮 賵 賰賱 丨丿孬 賲賴賲丕 亘丿丕 睾乇賷亘丕 兀賵 鬲丕賮賴丕 賮賴賵 賲賯氐賵丿 賲乇鬲賷賳. 賲乇丞 賱匕丕鬲賴 賵 賲乇丞 賱丿賱丕賱鬲賴 丕賱乇賲夭賷丞.
賮賷 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 賵噩丿鬲賳賷 兀賯賵賱: 鬲亘丕 賱賴 兀賷賮乇丿 賰賱 鬲賱賰 丕賱賲爻丕丨丞 賱賷丨丿孬賳丕 毓賳 賮兀乇責!! 賵 賱賰賳 亘毓丿 兀賳 丕賳賯卮毓 丕賱囟亘丕亘 賵 亘丿兀鬲 卮賲爻 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 鬲賱賵丨 賮賷 丕賱兀賮賯 鬲亘賷賳 賱賷 賲丿賶 毓亘賯乇賷丞 丕賱賰賷賳噩.
賳乇爻賮 噩賲賷毓丕 賮賷 兀睾賱丕賱賳丕 賲賳 丕賱賲賴丿 廿賱賶 丕賱賱丨丿 賮廿賳 賰賳鬲 賲卮丕睾亘丕 賮爻鬲噩鬲丕夭 丕賱賲賷賱 丕賱兀禺囟乇 丕賱匕賷 爻賷爻賱賲賰 廿賱賶 爻亘丕乇賰賷 丕賱毓噩賵夭 .. 匕賱賰 丕賱賰乇爻賷 丕賱賰賴乇亘丕卅賷 丕賱匕賷 賱丕 賷乇丨賲. 兀賲丕 丕賳 賰賳鬲 胤賷亘丕 賵丕賲鬲孬賱鬲 賱廿賷賯丕毓 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賮丕賱胤乇賷賯 賲賮鬲賵丨 兀賲丕賲賰 丨賷孬 丿丕乇 丕賱毓噩丕卅夭 丕賱鬲賷 爻鬲賲賵鬲 賮賷賴丕 亘毓丿 兀賳 鬲亘賱賱 賮乇丕卮賰 賲卅丕鬲 丕賱賲乇丕鬲 賵 鬲賮賯丿 毓賯賱賰 賵 賱丕 鬲噩丿 賲賳 賷夭賵乇賰 賮賷 賵丨丿鬲賰 丕賱丕 賲卮乇賮 丕賱丿丕乇 丕賱匕賷 賷鬲爻賱賶 亘賲囟丕賷賯鬲賰 賵 丕賳鬲賴丕賰 賲丕 鬲亘賯賶 賱賰 賲賳 禺氐賵氐賷丞.
丕賱毓丕賱賲 賷丿賵乇. 賴匕丕 賰賱 賲丕 賮賷 丕賱兀賲乇. 賷賲賰賳賰 兀賳 鬲賵丕氐賱 丨賷丕鬲賰 賵 鬲丿賵乇 賲毓賴. 兀賵 兀賳 鬲賯賮 賲賰丕賳賰 賱鬲丨鬲噩 賵 賷賯匕賮 亘賰 廿賱賶 禺丕乇噩 丕賱毓丕賱賲.賷氐賵乇 爻鬲賷賮賳 賰賷賳噩 丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓 丕賱兀賲乇賷賰賷 賮賷 兀亘卮毓 氐賵乇賴 丨賷孬 丕賱乇兀爻賲丕賱賷丞 賯丿 鬲噩匕乇鬲 賮賷 兀毓賲丕賯賴 賵 氐丕乇 丕賱爻毓賷 毓賱賶 丕賱乇夭賯 賵 丕賱乇賰囟 賵乇丕亍 丕賱賯乇卮 賴賵 丕賱賴丿賮 賮賷 丨丿 匕丕鬲賴 賵 氐丕乇鬲 丕賱賯丕毓丿丞 丕賱氐賵賮賷丞 丕賱卮乇賯賷丞 賲胤亘賯丞 亘卮丿丞 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓!. 賱丕 賯丕毓丿丞 丕賱夭賴丿 賵 丕賱鬲賯卮賮 亘賱 賯丕毓丿丞 丕賱胤丕毓丞 賵 丕賱丕賳氐賷丕毓 賱賱賯丿乇. 賲賳 丕毓鬲乇囟 丕賳胤乇丿.
賳賯賱 賮丕賳 賴丕賷 丕賱鬲賷丕乇 廿賱賶 丕賱丿乇噩丞 丕賱孬丕賱孬丞 賵 毓丕丿 噩爻賲 丕賱夭毓賷賲 賷乇鬲噩賮 賲賳 噩丿賷丿 賵 賴賵 賷鬲賲丕賷賱 亘卮丿丞 賲賳 噩丕賳亘 廿賱賶 兀禺乇 鬲丨鬲 乇丨賲丞 丕賱鬲賷丕乇 丕賱賰賴乇亘丕卅賷. 賵 丨賷賳賲丕 賵囟毓 丕賱胤亘賷亘 爻賲丕毓鬲賴 賴匕賴 丕賱賲乇丞 賰丕賳 丕賱兀賲乇 賯丿 丕賳鬲賴賶. 賰賳丕 賯丿 賳噩丨賳丕 賲乇丞 兀禺乇賶 賮賷 兀賳 賳賲賷鬲 賲丕 賱丕 賷賲賰賳賳丕 兀賳 賳丨賷賷賴 ... 賳賮爻丕 亘卮乇賷丞. 毓丕丿 丕賱賴賲爻 賷毓賱賵 亘賷賳 丕賱卮賴賵丿 賵 兀睾賱亘賴賲 賷賯亘毓 賲賰丕賳賴 禺丕賮囟 丕賱乇兀爻 .. 賷賳馗乇 廿賱賶 丕賱兀乇囟 賲氐丿賵賲丕 兀賵 禺噩賱丕.賰賱 卮禺氐賷丞 賲賳 丕賱丨乇丕爻 鬲毓亘乇 毓賳 卮乇賷丨丞 賲賳 丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓 丕賱兀賲乇賷賰賷 丨鬲賶 丕賱爻噩賳丕亍 賲賳賴賲 丕賱乇卅賷爻 賵 丕賱夭毓賷賲 賵 賲賳賴賲 丕賱賴賳丿賷 丕賱匕賷 丕睾鬲丕賱賴 丕賱丨賱賲 丕賱兀賲乇賷賰賷 亘毓丿 賲賳毓賴 丨鬲賶 賲賳 丕賱鬲夭賷賳 亘乇賷卮鬲賴 賱丨馗丞 丕賱賵賮丕丞 廿賱賶 丕賱夭賳噩賷 廿賱賶 丕賱賮乇賳爻賷 丕賱匕賷 氐丿乇 賱賴賲 丕賱丨乇賷丞 賵 鬲賲孬丕賱賴丕 賵 丕賱賯賷賲 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷丞 丕賱乇丕賯賷丞 賵 丕賱賮賳賵賳 賮噩丕亍 賴賳丕 賱賷乇賵囟 匕賱賰 丕賱賮兀乇. 丕賱賮兀乇 丕賱匕賷 賴賵 乇賲夭 丕賱丨賱賲 丕賱兀賲乇賷賰賷 賵 亘胤賱 乇賵丕賷鬲賴 丕賱賰乇鬲賵賳賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 賱賲 賷賲賱 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賲賳賴丕 丨鬲賶 賴匕賴 丕賱賱丨馗丞. 亘丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 丕毓丿丕賲 丕賱賮乇賳爻賷 廿賱丕 兀賳 丕賱賮兀乇 馗賱 賰丨賱賲 賷賳鬲馗乇 鬲丨賯賯賴 毓賱賶 賷丿 丕賱兀噩賷丕賱 丕賱噩丿賷丿丞 賮賯丿 鬲乇賰 丕賱賲賰丕賳 賱兀賳賴 賰丕賳 賷鬲賵賯 廿賱賶 丕賱丨乇賷丞 亘毓丿 兀賳 兀賳賯匕賴 丕賱賰賱亘 賰丕賱毓丕丿丞 賵 賰賲丕 賷丨丿孬 賮賷 丕賱丨賱賯丕鬲 丕賱賰丕乇鬲賵賳賷丞 鬲賲丕賲丕.
兀賳丕 賱丕 兀賳丕丿賷 亘毓賵丿丞 丕賱乇賯 亘賱 兀乇賶 兀賳賴 賷噩亘 毓賱賷賳丕 兀賳 賳賰賵賳 丌丿賲賷賷賳 賵 賰乇賲丕亍 賮賷 噩賴賵丿賳丕 賱丨賱 丕賱賲卮賰賱丞 丕賱毓乇賯賷丞. 賵 賱賰賳 毓賱賷賳丕 兀賳 賳鬲匕賰乇 丿賵賲丕 兀賳 匕賱賰 丕賱夭賳噩賷 爻賷毓囟 丨鬲賲丕 廿匕丕 賲丕 賵丕鬲鬲賴 丕賱賮乇氐丞. 鬲賲丕賲丕 賰賲丕 爻賷賮毓賱 丕賱賰賱亘 丕賱賴噩賷賳 廿匕丕 賲丕 賵丕鬲鬲賴 丕賱賮乇氐丞 賵 禺胤乇 賱賴 兀賳 賷賮毓賱.噩賵賳 賰賵賮賷 賴賵 丕賱賰賱亘 丕賱囟禺賲 丕賱胤賷亘 兀丨賷丕賳丕 賵 丕賱睾亘賷 丿丕卅賲丕. 賴賱 賯鬲賱 丕賱賮鬲丕鬲丕賳 兀賲 丨丕賵賱 丕賳賯丕匕賴賲丕責
賱賯丿 賯賲鬲 賮賷 丨賷丕鬲賷 亘毓丿丿 賲賳 丕賱兀賲賵乇 丕賱鬲賷 賱丕 兀賮鬲禺乇 亘賴丕 廿賱丕 兀賳 賴匕賴 賴賷 丕賱賲乇丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶 丕賱鬲賷 兀卮毓乇 賮賷賴丕 丨賯丕 亘丕賱禺賵賮 賲賳 丕賱匕賴丕亘 賱賱噩丨賷賲.賵 胤亘賯丕 賱賱賵丕賯毓 賮廿賳 丕賱胤賷亘賵賳 賵 丕賱毓馗賲丕亍 賱賷爻 賱賴賲 賲賰丕賳 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賵 賱賰賳 乇亘賲丕 賵噩丿賳丕 賱賴賲 賲賰丕賳 毓賱賶 丕賱賲賷賱 丕賱兀夭乇賯 孬賲 賮賷 兀丨囟丕賳 爻亘丕乇賰賷 丕賱毓噩賵夭
賳馗乇鬲 廿賱賷賴 賱兀鬲賷賯賳 兀賳賴 賱丕 賷賲夭丨. 賱丕 兀毓鬲賯丿 兀賳賴 賰丕賳 賷賲夭丨 "賲丕匕丕 鬲毓賳賷責"
賯丕賱: 兀毓賳賷 兀賳賳丕 賳毓丿 丕賱毓丿丞 賱賳賯鬲賱 卮禺氐丕 賱賲 賷丐匕 兀丨丿 賲賳丕 兀賵 兀賷 卮禺氐 兀禺乇. 賲丕匕丕 毓爻丕賷 兀賳 兀賯賵賱 毓賳丿賲丕 賷賳鬲賴賷 亘賷 丕賱兀賲乇 賵丕賯賮丕 亘賷賳 賷丿賷 丕賱丿賷丕賳 賵 賷胤賱亘 賲賳賷 兀賳 兀賮爻乇 賱賲丕匕丕 賮毓賱鬲 匕賱賰責 賴賱 兀賯賵賱 兀賳 賴匕賴 賵馗賷賮鬲賷.
兀賳丕 賲鬲毓亘 賲賳 丕賱兀賱賲 丕賱匕賷 兀爻賲毓賴 賵 兀卮毓乇 亘賴 兀賷賴丕 丕賱夭毓賷賲. 賲鬲毓亘 賲賳 丕賱爻賷乇 毓賱賶 丕賱胤乇賷賯 賵丨賷丿丕 賰胤丕卅乇 氐睾賷乇 賮賷 丕賱賲胤乇. 賱賲 賷賰賳 賱賷 賲胤賱賯丕 卮禺氐 兀爻賷乇 賲毓賴 兀賵 賷禺亘乇賳賷 廿賱賶 兀賷賳 賳丨賳 爻丕卅乇丕賳 兀賵 賲賳 兀賷賳 賳丨賳 賯丕丿賲丕賳 兀賵 賱賲丕匕丕. 兀賳丕 賲鬲毓亘 賲賳 賯爻賵丞 丕賱賳丕爻 毓賱賶 亘毓囟賴賲 亘毓囟丕. 廿賳 丕賱兀賱丌賲 鬲賲賱丕 乇兀爻賷 賰卮馗丕賷丕 賲賳 夭噩丕噩 賲賰爻賵乇. 賲鬲毓亘 賲賳 丕賱賲乇丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 丨丕賵賱鬲 賮賷賴丕 丕賱賲爻丕毓丿丞 賵 賱賲 兀爻鬲胤毓. 賲鬲毓亘 賲賳 丕賱亘賯丕亍 賮賷 丕賱馗賱丕賲. 廿賳 丕賱兀賱賲 賲氐賷乇賷 賮賷 賰賱 卮賷亍 賵 賷賳鬲馗乇賳賷 兀賷賳賲丕 鬲賵噩賴鬲. 兀賱丌賲賷 兀賳賵亍 鬲丨鬲 丨賲賱賴丕 賵 賱賵 賰丕賳 亘廿賲賰丕賳賷 丕賱鬲禺賱氐 賲賳賴丕 賱賮毓賱鬲. 賱賰賳賳賷 賱丕 兀賯丿乇.丕賱賲賷賱 丕賱兀禺囟乇 賲丕 夭丕賱 賷賱鬲賴賲 丕賱賲夭賷丿 賲賳 丕賱賯賷賲 賵 丕賱賲亘丕丿賷亍 賵 丕賱兀禺賱丕賯賷丕鬲 賵 賲丕 夭丕賱 爻亘丕乇賰賷 丕賱毓噩賵夭 卮乇賴丕 賵 賳賴賲丕 賵 賲鬲胤賱毓丕 賱賱賲夭賷丿 賲賳 丕賱丿賲丕亍 丕賱鬲賷 賷丨亘 鬲噩賮賷賮賴丕.
丕賱賵賯鬲 賷兀禺匕 賲毓賴 賰賱 卮賷亍 爻賵丕亍 乇囟賷賳丕 兀賲 兀亘賷賳丕. 丕賱賵賯鬲 賷兀禺匕 賰賱 卮賷亍 賵 賷丨賲賱 賰賱 卮賷亍 亘毓賷丿丕 賵 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 賱丕 賳噩丿 廿賱丕 丕賱馗賱丕賲. 兀丨賷丕賳丕 賳噩丿 丕賱兀禺乇賷賳 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱馗賱丕賲 賵 兀丨賷丕賳丕 賳賮賯丿 兀孬乇賴賲 賲乇丞 兀禺乇賶
July 30, 2024
A re-read of The Green Mile on my journey to reading all of SK's book in publication order and it's still a 5 star read.
I feel like I say this a lot but this is one of my favourite SK books. I did see the film before I read the book and although the film is super accurate to the book, the book is 100% worth the read. There are some difference between the film and the book and somehow the book is even sadder. If this book doesn't make you shed a tear then you must be pretty hardcore.
The main reason why the books hit so hard is because of Jon Coffey and Paul's relationship, they couldn't be much more opposite, one condemned to death and the other man pulling the switch. Their relationship starts to blossom as soon as they meet and in another world/life maybe they would have been best friends. SK is a master with words and the way these characters interact is masterful. I have to talk about Percy to, one of the best written villain's King has ever created and it's not because he's the evilest or most sick villain but because we all know a Percy. Percy is sleezy, nasty and has short man syndrome he does so pretty awful things, he is a bully.
This is a horror so expect some horrifying moments it isn't as gruesome as other SK books or creepy but it's scary in it's own way. You can't help thinking about your own soul and mortality while reading this book. The death penalty is something very scary to me, Dell's execution in particular sticks in my mind. I remember the first time I watched the film I couldn't stop thinking about Dell.
I think Paul narrating this as an old man is such a nice format, it shows that he's never forgot his time on The Green Mile and never will. I do think the flicking back to Paul's future self could be annoying for some readers, but for me it gave me a break from the horrors of The Green Mile. This book is full of regret and admiration it's bleak, harsh and so powerful. It's a deep delve into what is right and wrong and when the line it blurred. The book has quite a different ending to the film and it's so sad. I will of course mention Mr Jingles a mouse that SK gives so much personality, not a word was uttered by him but he is a main character somehow.
A SK book that is imprinted in my mind, if you want to give SK a try but aren't a big fan of being too scared I think this is the way to go. I don't believe anyone has ever regretted reading this book.
I feel like I say this a lot but this is one of my favourite SK books. I did see the film before I read the book and although the film is super accurate to the book, the book is 100% worth the read. There are some difference between the film and the book and somehow the book is even sadder. If this book doesn't make you shed a tear then you must be pretty hardcore.
The main reason why the books hit so hard is because of Jon Coffey and Paul's relationship, they couldn't be much more opposite, one condemned to death and the other man pulling the switch. Their relationship starts to blossom as soon as they meet and in another world/life maybe they would have been best friends. SK is a master with words and the way these characters interact is masterful. I have to talk about Percy to, one of the best written villain's King has ever created and it's not because he's the evilest or most sick villain but because we all know a Percy. Percy is sleezy, nasty and has short man syndrome he does so pretty awful things, he is a bully.
This is a horror so expect some horrifying moments it isn't as gruesome as other SK books or creepy but it's scary in it's own way. You can't help thinking about your own soul and mortality while reading this book. The death penalty is something very scary to me, Dell's execution in particular sticks in my mind. I remember the first time I watched the film I couldn't stop thinking about Dell.
I think Paul narrating this as an old man is such a nice format, it shows that he's never forgot his time on The Green Mile and never will. I do think the flicking back to Paul's future self could be annoying for some readers, but for me it gave me a break from the horrors of The Green Mile. This book is full of regret and admiration it's bleak, harsh and so powerful. It's a deep delve into what is right and wrong and when the line it blurred. The book has quite a different ending to the film and it's so sad. I will of course mention Mr Jingles a mouse that SK gives so much personality, not a word was uttered by him but he is a main character somehow.
A SK book that is imprinted in my mind, if you want to give SK a try but aren't a big fan of being too scared I think this is the way to go. I don't believe anyone has ever regretted reading this book.
September 16, 2021
A pesar de ser una seguidora incondicional de Stephen King, no hab铆a le铆do este libro porque he visto en incontables ocasiones su adaptaci贸n al cine; esa maravillosa pel铆cula protagonizada por Tom Hanks y el espectacular elenco que lo acompa帽a. No es que me cuestionara que la novela fuera mejor o peor, sino que simplemente conoc铆a el argumento de memoria y pens茅 que por eso mismo la lectura no me despertar铆a mayor inter茅s.
No pod铆a estar m谩s equivocada. Leer esta novela fue una aventura inolvidable, ya que junto a la maravillosa pluma de Stephen King, recre茅 en mi mente cada escena, cada di谩logo, cada gesto..., porque adem谩s, salvo m铆nimos detalles (que podr铆a incluso enumerar, as铆 de fan谩tica), la adaptaci贸n es incre铆blemente fiel al libro.
Por otra parte, como est谩 escrito en primera persona desde el personaje de Paul Edgecombe, se disfruta una narraci贸n muy intimista que adem谩s, hacia el final, nos revela como cada personaje importante en la trama recorri贸 su propia milla verde, con las mismas injusticias que se vivieron en el a帽o 1932 en la penitenciar铆a del Cold Mountain.
搁别肠辞尘别苍诲补诲铆蝉颈尘辞.
No pod铆a estar m谩s equivocada. Leer esta novela fue una aventura inolvidable, ya que junto a la maravillosa pluma de Stephen King, recre茅 en mi mente cada escena, cada di谩logo, cada gesto..., porque adem谩s, salvo m铆nimos detalles (que podr铆a incluso enumerar, as铆 de fan谩tica), la adaptaci贸n es incre铆blemente fiel al libro.
Por otra parte, como est谩 escrito en primera persona desde el personaje de Paul Edgecombe, se disfruta una narraci贸n muy intimista que adem谩s, hacia el final, nos revela como cada personaje importante en la trama recorri贸 su propia milla verde, con las mismas injusticias que se vivieron en el a帽o 1932 en la penitenciar铆a del Cold Mountain.
搁别肠辞尘别苍诲补诲铆蝉颈尘辞.
May 28, 2020
This is one of the best serial novels I've ever read. Originally in 6 single issues I can highly recommend buying them as single volume. You won't miss any issue. Paul Edgecombe tells his heart warming story about Could Mountain Penitentiary and reveals everything about John Coffey, Mr Jingles and the characters involved. A very philosophical and moving novel. Absolutely recommended!
March 12, 2025
I have read this book. But almost all of my memories of the story are from the film. So, were I to attempt a review, I'd probably be reviewing the film.
I do remember though that King does a fine job of humanising the chief prison guard (played in the film by Tom Hanks) giving excruciating descriptions of his urinary tract infection, in typical King down-to-earth style, making the hero of piece vulnerable, with the frailties of an everyman. It's also the case that it provides something for the true, non-point-of-view hero to heal, but King does this sort of thing in many of his books, eroding Roland's peerless gun skills through the loss of fingers, for example, or undermining others through addiction (generally to alcohol).
King also spent more time than the film on the aftermath, seeing our guard as an old man, and giving us for once, a rather touching and effective end. King generally writes excellent books with pretty poor endings. The Green Mile - perhaps because its title suggests a definite journey and destination - ends well.
One of his better books, in my estimation, and I've found them all to be at least good.
...
I do remember though that King does a fine job of humanising the chief prison guard (played in the film by Tom Hanks) giving excruciating descriptions of his urinary tract infection, in typical King down-to-earth style, making the hero of piece vulnerable, with the frailties of an everyman. It's also the case that it provides something for the true, non-point-of-view hero to heal, but King does this sort of thing in many of his books, eroding Roland's peerless gun skills through the loss of fingers, for example, or undermining others through addiction (generally to alcohol).
King also spent more time than the film on the aftermath, seeing our guard as an old man, and giving us for once, a rather touching and effective end. King generally writes excellent books with pretty poor endings. The Green Mile - perhaps because its title suggests a definite journey and destination - ends well.
One of his better books, in my estimation, and I've found them all to be at least good.
...
December 31, 2007
I have just finished this book and wow what a read. I'm not at all into horror, either in books or in films, and even though my boyfriend has for years tried to get me to read Steven King I've avoided him like the plague. I did know that he wrote other types of books, namely through the re-makes of these books into Hollywood films, i.e. 'The Shawshank Redemption', 'Stand By Me' and of course 'The Green Mile' but still I was weary of approaching him.
It was only after my boyfriend read this and nagged me into doing the same that I picked it up and I'm so glad that I did. The characters are just so beautifully written and I'm not ashamed to say that I cried many a tear even though I knew exactly what was coming up having seen the movie numerous times. If you are a fan of the movie then you can not fail to fall in love with the book as the movie is one of those rare exceptions in that it is very true to its original source. The delight with the book, as is often the case with books, is that it goes into much more detail in particular with the character of Mr Jingles.
This book just illustrates how versatile King is as a writer and that in years to come will probably be considered one of the great literary genius of the Twentieth century.
It was only after my boyfriend read this and nagged me into doing the same that I picked it up and I'm so glad that I did. The characters are just so beautifully written and I'm not ashamed to say that I cried many a tear even though I knew exactly what was coming up having seen the movie numerous times. If you are a fan of the movie then you can not fail to fall in love with the book as the movie is one of those rare exceptions in that it is very true to its original source. The delight with the book, as is often the case with books, is that it goes into much more detail in particular with the character of Mr Jingles.
This book just illustrates how versatile King is as a writer and that in years to come will probably be considered one of the great literary genius of the Twentieth century.
June 19, 2022
He llorado como un condenado, lo cual es ir贸nico ya que la historia se desarrolla en una c谩rcel.
芦No pasar谩 nada. No son asesinos, debi贸 de pensar Percy. Pero luego, al recordar la Freidora, debi贸 de saber que s铆, que en cierto modo 茅ramos asesinos. Yo solo hab铆a ejecutado a setenta y siete hombres; m谩s de los que hab铆a inmovilizado con la camisa de fuerza, m谩s de los que hab铆a matado el sargento York en la Segunda Guerra Mundial.禄
Pero ya en serio, 驴C贸mo se deja de llorar? Es m谩s, 驴c贸mo se supera un libro de tal magnitud? Con personajes tan humanos y que se sienten en cada p谩gina, en cada conversaci贸n, en cada letra. Es muy pero muy buen libro. Tanto as铆, que hasta me estoy replanteando que sea el que m谩s me gust贸 de este escritor y eso que no es a lo que acostumbra escribir King. Lo 煤nico seguro es que se convirti贸 de mis historias favoritas del maestro. Y definitivamente se habla mucho de King como un referente en el terror pero aquel que se aleja de este g茅nero y se acerca al realismo es igual o m谩s bueno por el nivel de sensibilidad con el que retrata la realidad, el entorno, los temas y los personajes con sus distintas relaciones. Y buena prueba de eso es este libro, y novelas cortas como El cuerpo y Rita Hayworth y la redenci贸n de Shawshank que ya le铆 con anterioridad y recomend贸 much铆simo tambi茅n.
芦鈥擰ue vamos a matar a un elegido de Dios 鈥攔espondi贸鈥�. A alguien que nunca hizo da帽o a nadie. 驴Qu茅 podr茅 decir en mi favor cuando me encuentre con el Creador y me pida explicaci贸n, qu茅 le dir茅? 驴Que era mi trabajo, mi obligaci贸n?禄
La historia sigue a Paul y todo lo que pas贸 por all谩 en 1930 cuando trabajaba como carcelero en la penitenciaria Cold Mountain. Por medio de una narraci贸n ulterior el protagonista poco a poco comienza a desenvolver una historia muy sensible y humana sobre la maldad y la inocencia, la injusticia y la bondad sin esperar nada a cambio, sobre lo cruento, deprimente y turbio que es un lugar como la c谩rcel tanto para los que pagan sus respectivas condenas como para los que trabajan all铆. Una historia que con tan poco detalles como la aparici贸n de un muy curioso y llamativo rat贸n se pone en ejercicio la simpleza y la maravilloso que es la vida cuando encuentras motivos que te pueden alegrar el d铆a o unir a otras personas m谩s que antes. Es fenomenal que solo eso sea material suficiente para contar y recordar an茅cdotas que te dejan indudables ense帽anzas.
Ahora, la trama de la historia viene cuando a la prisi贸n llega John Coffey, un hombre culpado de haber asesinado a dos gemelas. Desde all铆 es un no parar de empatizar, preocuparse o querer saber si alguien que muestra tantos signos de humanidad puede en realidad ser tan asqueroso como para cometer tal aberraci贸n. La historia juega con el dilema de saber si de verdad John Coffey es culpable del crimen que se le imputa, ya que cuando el protagonista conoce a ese negro gigante, con manos grandes e imponente piensa que puede ser verdad; pero cuando lo mira solo ve a un ni帽o temeroso, llor贸n y desolado que le tiene miedo a la oscuridad. Pero all铆 entra otra cuesti贸n m谩s compleja que le lleva a cuestionarse si todas esas reacciones sensibles y tan lamentables son solo producto del mismo arrepentimiento y culpabilidad de haber cometido tal acto monstruoso con las ni帽as o si por el contrario siempre ha sido inocente pero no hay manera de demostrarlo.
芦Nos guste o no, el tiempo lo cura todo. El tiempo se lo lleva todo y al final s贸lo queda oscuridad. A veces encontramos a otros en esa oscuridad y otras veces los perdemos en ella.禄
Lo m谩s curioso de una lectura como estas es que permite mostrar que en ese ambiente oscuro, putrefacto y lleno de abusos pueden haber peque帽as luces de esperanza, empat铆a y un poco de generosidad por parte de algunos personajes, pero tambi茅n mostrar la ruda realidad de otros que est谩n al mando y utilizan su poder para posicionarse sobre los dem谩s y hacer porquer铆as que pueden llegar a compararse con cr铆menes atroces; donde la fina l铆nea que los divide de las rejas que los separan de los presos a veces parece disolverse y terminan parececiendo igual de inhumanos que ellos. O peor.
Y tampoco se puede negar que uno se puede colocar gradualmente poco a poco en el lugar de algunos criminales que parecen tener un rastro de arepentimiento despu茅s de los actos tan b谩rbaros y repugnantes por los que est谩n pagando all铆 encerrados, a la espera de su juicio en la silla el茅ctrica. Un panorama desalentador en el que la vida y la muerte, el bien y el mal, lo moral y lo amoral, lo incorrecto y lo pol铆ticamente correcto no tienen los l铆mites muy claros tanto para ellos como para el lector que empatiza con varias situaciones por las que pasan tanto los carceleros como los prisioneros. Y aunque el t铆tulo m谩s vendido es La milla verde lo cierto es que El pasillo de la muerte es lo que mejor define un lugar plagado de gente que espera el final de su vida a manos de otros que no terminan de acostumbrarse a cumplir el papel de ejecutores en una tarea que no es nada sencilla y les es igual de monstruosa que las cosas malas que suceden a diario all谩 fuera, lejos de esa prisi贸n.
芦No pasar谩 nada. No son asesinos, debi贸 de pensar Percy. Pero luego, al recordar la Freidora, debi贸 de saber que s铆, que en cierto modo 茅ramos asesinos. Yo solo hab铆a ejecutado a setenta y siete hombres; m谩s de los que hab铆a inmovilizado con la camisa de fuerza, m谩s de los que hab铆a matado el sargento York en la Segunda Guerra Mundial.禄
Pero ya en serio, 驴C贸mo se deja de llorar? Es m谩s, 驴c贸mo se supera un libro de tal magnitud? Con personajes tan humanos y que se sienten en cada p谩gina, en cada conversaci贸n, en cada letra. Es muy pero muy buen libro. Tanto as铆, que hasta me estoy replanteando que sea el que m谩s me gust贸 de este escritor y eso que no es a lo que acostumbra escribir King. Lo 煤nico seguro es que se convirti贸 de mis historias favoritas del maestro. Y definitivamente se habla mucho de King como un referente en el terror pero aquel que se aleja de este g茅nero y se acerca al realismo es igual o m谩s bueno por el nivel de sensibilidad con el que retrata la realidad, el entorno, los temas y los personajes con sus distintas relaciones. Y buena prueba de eso es este libro, y novelas cortas como El cuerpo y Rita Hayworth y la redenci贸n de Shawshank que ya le铆 con anterioridad y recomend贸 much铆simo tambi茅n.
芦鈥擰ue vamos a matar a un elegido de Dios 鈥攔espondi贸鈥�. A alguien que nunca hizo da帽o a nadie. 驴Qu茅 podr茅 decir en mi favor cuando me encuentre con el Creador y me pida explicaci贸n, qu茅 le dir茅? 驴Que era mi trabajo, mi obligaci贸n?禄
La historia sigue a Paul y todo lo que pas贸 por all谩 en 1930 cuando trabajaba como carcelero en la penitenciaria Cold Mountain. Por medio de una narraci贸n ulterior el protagonista poco a poco comienza a desenvolver una historia muy sensible y humana sobre la maldad y la inocencia, la injusticia y la bondad sin esperar nada a cambio, sobre lo cruento, deprimente y turbio que es un lugar como la c谩rcel tanto para los que pagan sus respectivas condenas como para los que trabajan all铆. Una historia que con tan poco detalles como la aparici贸n de un muy curioso y llamativo rat贸n se pone en ejercicio la simpleza y la maravilloso que es la vida cuando encuentras motivos que te pueden alegrar el d铆a o unir a otras personas m谩s que antes. Es fenomenal que solo eso sea material suficiente para contar y recordar an茅cdotas que te dejan indudables ense帽anzas.
Ahora, la trama de la historia viene cuando a la prisi贸n llega John Coffey, un hombre culpado de haber asesinado a dos gemelas. Desde all铆 es un no parar de empatizar, preocuparse o querer saber si alguien que muestra tantos signos de humanidad puede en realidad ser tan asqueroso como para cometer tal aberraci贸n. La historia juega con el dilema de saber si de verdad John Coffey es culpable del crimen que se le imputa, ya que cuando el protagonista conoce a ese negro gigante, con manos grandes e imponente piensa que puede ser verdad; pero cuando lo mira solo ve a un ni帽o temeroso, llor贸n y desolado que le tiene miedo a la oscuridad. Pero all铆 entra otra cuesti贸n m谩s compleja que le lleva a cuestionarse si todas esas reacciones sensibles y tan lamentables son solo producto del mismo arrepentimiento y culpabilidad de haber cometido tal acto monstruoso con las ni帽as o si por el contrario siempre ha sido inocente pero no hay manera de demostrarlo.
芦Nos guste o no, el tiempo lo cura todo. El tiempo se lo lleva todo y al final s贸lo queda oscuridad. A veces encontramos a otros en esa oscuridad y otras veces los perdemos en ella.禄
Lo m谩s curioso de una lectura como estas es que permite mostrar que en ese ambiente oscuro, putrefacto y lleno de abusos pueden haber peque帽as luces de esperanza, empat铆a y un poco de generosidad por parte de algunos personajes, pero tambi茅n mostrar la ruda realidad de otros que est谩n al mando y utilizan su poder para posicionarse sobre los dem谩s y hacer porquer铆as que pueden llegar a compararse con cr铆menes atroces; donde la fina l铆nea que los divide de las rejas que los separan de los presos a veces parece disolverse y terminan parececiendo igual de inhumanos que ellos. O peor.
Y tampoco se puede negar que uno se puede colocar gradualmente poco a poco en el lugar de algunos criminales que parecen tener un rastro de arepentimiento despu茅s de los actos tan b谩rbaros y repugnantes por los que est谩n pagando all铆 encerrados, a la espera de su juicio en la silla el茅ctrica. Un panorama desalentador en el que la vida y la muerte, el bien y el mal, lo moral y lo amoral, lo incorrecto y lo pol铆ticamente correcto no tienen los l铆mites muy claros tanto para ellos como para el lector que empatiza con varias situaciones por las que pasan tanto los carceleros como los prisioneros. Y aunque el t铆tulo m谩s vendido es La milla verde lo cierto es que El pasillo de la muerte es lo que mejor define un lugar plagado de gente que espera el final de su vida a manos de otros que no terminan de acostumbrarse a cumplir el papel de ejecutores en una tarea que no es nada sencilla y les es igual de monstruosa que las cosas malas que suceden a diario all谩 fuera, lejos de esa prisi贸n.
November 14, 2012
I'm a huge fan of Stephen King and The Green Mile has got to be one of the best novels he has ever written. In fact, it's one of the best novels I have ever read in my entire life and a great piece of literature to boot!
The novel is simply amazing. Once I started it, I couldn't put it down! It is very beautifully written and extremely moving at times. The plot is original, gripping and heart-breaking. All the characters had depth, and were vivid, intriguing, and believable. The story is told so well that it was easy to imagine yourself in Cold Mountain Penitentiary in Alabama back in 1932.
It takes a terrific writer to evoke feelings of sympathy for murderers, but Stephen King managed this effortlessly. I wished that John Coffey would be set free somehow, but I knew deep down that he would die. I had tears streaming down my face when he was executed. The novel left me thinking about the death penalty and whether it's time it should be abolished worldwide. I've developed quite a convinced moral stance against the death penalty thanks to reading this novel. My country doesn't have the death penalty so I never really thought much about it until I read this book.
I'd give this book more than five stars if I could!
The novel is simply amazing. Once I started it, I couldn't put it down! It is very beautifully written and extremely moving at times. The plot is original, gripping and heart-breaking. All the characters had depth, and were vivid, intriguing, and believable. The story is told so well that it was easy to imagine yourself in Cold Mountain Penitentiary in Alabama back in 1932.
It takes a terrific writer to evoke feelings of sympathy for murderers, but Stephen King managed this effortlessly. I wished that John Coffey would be set free somehow, but I knew deep down that he would die. I had tears streaming down my face when he was executed. The novel left me thinking about the death penalty and whether it's time it should be abolished worldwide. I've developed quite a convinced moral stance against the death penalty thanks to reading this novel. My country doesn't have the death penalty so I never really thought much about it until I read this book.
I'd give this book more than five stars if I could!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 11, 2020
The year is 1932, the place is death row at Cold Mountain Penitentiary.听 Who are the monsters here?听 A gentle giant name of John Coffey, sentenced to death for an unspeakable crime, is a strong possibility.听 But let's look at the prison guards on duty there.听 The one called Brutal, that can't be happenstance, can it?听 What about Percy, high on holding a position with a little power?听 With his girly hands, hand tooled leather baton holster, and his mean stupid bullying ways, I wouldn't count him out.听听Full of miracles and wonders, this is a Stephen King offering that is such a good story.听 Don't expect your heart to come out intact.听 It's apt to break just a little bit.
May 2, 2025
袙械谢懈泻芯谢械锌械薪 褉芯屑邪薪! 肖懈谢屑褗褌 锌芯 鈥炐椥敌恍敌叫秆徰� 锌褗褌鈥� 褋褗褖芯 屑懈 械 谢褞斜懈屑, 薪芯 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪 屑械 褉邪蟹胁褗谢薪褍胁邪 屑薪芯谐芯 锌芯-褋懈谢薪芯... 小褌懈胁褗薪 袣懈薪谐 芯锌懈褋胁邪 锌芯 褋褌褉邪褕薪芯 胁褗蟹写械泄褋褌胁邪褖 薪邪褔懈薪 卸懈胁芯褌邪 胁 芯褌写械谢械薪懈械褌芯 蟹邪 芯褋褗写械薪懈 薪邪 褋屑褗褉褌 胁 褖邪褌褋泻懈 蟹邪褌胁芯褉.
袚谢邪胁薪懈褟褌 薪邪写蟹懈褉邪褌械谢 袩芯谢 袝写卸泻芯褍屑 褋懈 褋锌芯屑薪褟 谐芯写懈薪懈 锌芯-泻褗褋薪芯 (泻芯谐邪褌芯 胁械褔械 褋械 薪邪屑懈褉邪 胁 褋褌邪褉褔械褋泻懈 写芯屑) 蟹邪 芯褌屑懈薪邪谢懈褌械 胁褉械屑械薪邪 胁 鈥炐⊙傃冃葱敌叫把傂� 锌谢邪薪懈薪邪鈥溾€� 袧邪泄-褟褉泻懈褟褌 屑褍 褋锌芯屑械薪 械 褌芯蟹懈 蟹邪 锌褉懈褋褌懈谐邪薪械褌芯 锌褉械蟹 1932 谐. 薪邪 薪械胁械褉芯褟褌薪懈褟 袛卸芯薪 袣芯褎懈. 袨谐褉芯屑薪懈褟褌 褔械褉薪芯泻芯卸 蟹邪褌胁芯褉薪懈泻 薪械 锌褉懈谢懈褔邪 薪邪 芯褋褌邪薪邪谢懈褌械 锌褉械褋褌褗锌薪懈褑懈 懈 懈蟹谐谢械卸写邪 薪械胁懈薪械薪, 邪 芯褋胁械薪 褌芯胁邪 懈屑邪 褋胁褉褗褏械褋褌械褋褌胁械薪邪 褋锌芯褋芯斜薪芯褋褌 写邪 谢械泻褍胁邪鈥� 袧邪写蟹懈褉邪褌械谢懈褌械 褋械 谐褉懈卸邪褌 锌芯褋谢械写薪懈褌械 写薪懈 芯褌 卸懈胁芯褌邪 薪邪 蟹邪褌胁芯褉薪懈褑懈褌械 写邪 锌褉械屑懈薪邪褌 褋锌芯泻芯泄薪芯, 薪芯 芯褌泻邪泻褌芯 锌褉懈 褌褟褏 褋械 械 褍褉械写懈谢 薪邪 褉邪斜芯褌邪 卸械褋褌芯泻懈褟褌 袩褗褉褋懈 校械褌屑芯褉, 薪械锌褉械泻褗褋薪邪褌芯 懈屑邪褌 锌褉芯斜谢械屑懈 褋 薪械谐芯. 袝写薪邪 屑懈褕泻邪, 薪邪褉械褔械薪邪 谐芯褋锌芯写懈薪 袛卸懈薪谐褗谢褋, 褋褗褖芯 懈屑邪 胁邪卸薪邪 懈 懈薪褌械褉械褋薪邪 褉芯谢褟 胁 褋褗斜懈褌懈褟褌邪鈥� 袛械泄褋褌胁懈械褌芯 褋械 褉邪蟹胁懈胁邪 胁 写胁械 胁褉械屑械胁懈 谢懈薪懈懈, 泻邪褌芯 薪邪褋褌芯褟褖械褌芯 薪邪 袩芯谢 胁 写芯屑邪 蟹邪 胁褗蟹褉邪褋褌薪懈 褋褗褖芯 械 褍胁谢械泻邪褌械谢薪芯 锌芯写薪械褋械薪芯. 鈥炐椥敌恍敌叫秆徰� 锌褗褌鈥� 械 写芯褋褌邪 屑褉邪褔薪邪 懈 屑械谢邪薪褏芯谢懈褔薪邪 懈褋褌芯褉懈褟, 薪芯 薪邪锌褗谢薪芯 褋懈 蟹邪褋谢褍卸邪胁邪 褔械褌械薪械褌芯!
鈥炐澬� 泻懈薪芯 褋锌邪褋械薪懈械褌芯 械 械胁褌懈薪芯. 袧械胁懈薪薪芯褋褌褌邪 褋褗褖芯. 袛邪胁邪褕 锌械褌邪泻 懈 锌芯谢褍褔邪胁邪褕 蟹邪 薪械谐芯 写械泄褋褌胁懈褌械谢薪邪褌邪 屑褍 褋褌芯泄薪芯褋褌. 袠褋褌懈薪褋泻懈褟褌 卸懈胁芯褌 褋褌褉褍胁邪 锌芯胁械褔械 懈 胁 谐芯谢褟屑邪褌邪 褋懈 褔邪褋褌 芯褌谐芯胁芯褉懈褌械 褋邪 褉邪蟹谢懈褔薪懈."
鈥炐熜�-泻褗褋薪芯, 泻芯谐邪褌芯 褋械 锌褉懈斜褉邪褏 胁泻褗褖懈, 褉邪蟹斜褉邪褏, 褔械 懈蟹芯斜褖芯 薪械 褋邪 褋懈 锌褉懈谢懈褔邪谢懈 鈥� 锌褉懈褔懈薪邪褌邪, 锌芯褉邪写懈 泻芯褟褌芯 屑懈 褋械 斜械 褋褌芯褉懈谢芯 褌邪泻邪, 褋械 泻褉懈械褕械 胁 锌芯褋谢械写懈褑懈褌械 芯褌 褋褌褉械褋邪 懈 褋泻褉褗斜褌邪, 懈蟹锌懈褋邪薪懈 锌芯 谢懈褑邪褌邪 懈屑. 小褌褉邪薪薪芯, 泻邪泻 斜芯谢泻邪褌邪 芯褋褌邪胁褟 芯褌锌械褔邪褌褗泻邪 褋懈 胁褗褉褏褍 薪邪褋 懈 薪懈 泻邪褉邪 写邪 懈蟹谐谢械卸写邪屑械 泻邪褌芯 械写薪芯 褋械屑械泄褋褌胁芯."
鈥炐Ｐ夹狙€械薪 褋褗屑 芯褌 褏芯褉邪褌邪, 泻芯懈褌芯 褋械 写褗褉卸邪褌 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 谐褉芯蟹薪芯 械写懈薪 泻褗屑 写褉褍谐.鈥�
鈥炐捬€械屑械褌芯 谢械泻褍胁邪 胁褋懈褔泻芯, 胁褉械屑械褌芯 谐芯 芯褌薪邪褋褟 懈 薪邪泻褉邪褟 懈屑邪 褋邪屑芯 屑褉邪泻. 袩芯薪褟泻芯谐邪 芯褌泻褉懈胁邪屑械 写褉褍谐懈 胁 屑褉邪泻邪 懈 锌芯薪褟泻芯谐邪 芯褌薪芯胁芯 谐懈 谐褍斜懈屑.鈥�
鈥炐捬佇秆囆盒� 薪懈械 写褗谢卸懈屑 械写薪邪 褋屑褗褉褌 懈 懈蟹泻谢褞褔械薪懈褟 薪褟屑邪, 蟹薪邪褟 褌芯胁邪, 薪芯 锌芯薪褟泻芯谐邪, 芯, 袚芯褋锌芯写懈, 袟械谢械薪懈褟褌 锌褗褌 械 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 写褗谢褗谐.鈥�
袚谢邪胁薪懈褟褌 薪邪写蟹懈褉邪褌械谢 袩芯谢 袝写卸泻芯褍屑 褋懈 褋锌芯屑薪褟 谐芯写懈薪懈 锌芯-泻褗褋薪芯 (泻芯谐邪褌芯 胁械褔械 褋械 薪邪屑懈褉邪 胁 褋褌邪褉褔械褋泻懈 写芯屑) 蟹邪 芯褌屑懈薪邪谢懈褌械 胁褉械屑械薪邪 胁 鈥炐⊙傃冃葱敌叫把傂� 锌谢邪薪懈薪邪鈥溾€� 袧邪泄-褟褉泻懈褟褌 屑褍 褋锌芯屑械薪 械 褌芯蟹懈 蟹邪 锌褉懈褋褌懈谐邪薪械褌芯 锌褉械蟹 1932 谐. 薪邪 薪械胁械褉芯褟褌薪懈褟 袛卸芯薪 袣芯褎懈. 袨谐褉芯屑薪懈褟褌 褔械褉薪芯泻芯卸 蟹邪褌胁芯褉薪懈泻 薪械 锌褉懈谢懈褔邪 薪邪 芯褋褌邪薪邪谢懈褌械 锌褉械褋褌褗锌薪懈褑懈 懈 懈蟹谐谢械卸写邪 薪械胁懈薪械薪, 邪 芯褋胁械薪 褌芯胁邪 懈屑邪 褋胁褉褗褏械褋褌械褋褌胁械薪邪 褋锌芯褋芯斜薪芯褋褌 写邪 谢械泻褍胁邪鈥� 袧邪写蟹懈褉邪褌械谢懈褌械 褋械 谐褉懈卸邪褌 锌芯褋谢械写薪懈褌械 写薪懈 芯褌 卸懈胁芯褌邪 薪邪 蟹邪褌胁芯褉薪懈褑懈褌械 写邪 锌褉械屑懈薪邪褌 褋锌芯泻芯泄薪芯, 薪芯 芯褌泻邪泻褌芯 锌褉懈 褌褟褏 褋械 械 褍褉械写懈谢 薪邪 褉邪斜芯褌邪 卸械褋褌芯泻懈褟褌 袩褗褉褋懈 校械褌屑芯褉, 薪械锌褉械泻褗褋薪邪褌芯 懈屑邪褌 锌褉芯斜谢械屑懈 褋 薪械谐芯. 袝写薪邪 屑懈褕泻邪, 薪邪褉械褔械薪邪 谐芯褋锌芯写懈薪 袛卸懈薪谐褗谢褋, 褋褗褖芯 懈屑邪 胁邪卸薪邪 懈 懈薪褌械褉械褋薪邪 褉芯谢褟 胁 褋褗斜懈褌懈褟褌邪鈥� 袛械泄褋褌胁懈械褌芯 褋械 褉邪蟹胁懈胁邪 胁 写胁械 胁褉械屑械胁懈 谢懈薪懈懈, 泻邪褌芯 薪邪褋褌芯褟褖械褌芯 薪邪 袩芯谢 胁 写芯屑邪 蟹邪 胁褗蟹褉邪褋褌薪懈 褋褗褖芯 械 褍胁谢械泻邪褌械谢薪芯 锌芯写薪械褋械薪芯. 鈥炐椥敌恍敌叫秆徰� 锌褗褌鈥� 械 写芯褋褌邪 屑褉邪褔薪邪 懈 屑械谢邪薪褏芯谢懈褔薪邪 懈褋褌芯褉懈褟, 薪芯 薪邪锌褗谢薪芯 褋懈 蟹邪褋谢褍卸邪胁邪 褔械褌械薪械褌芯!
鈥炐澬� 泻懈薪芯 褋锌邪褋械薪懈械褌芯 械 械胁褌懈薪芯. 袧械胁懈薪薪芯褋褌褌邪 褋褗褖芯. 袛邪胁邪褕 锌械褌邪泻 懈 锌芯谢褍褔邪胁邪褕 蟹邪 薪械谐芯 写械泄褋褌胁懈褌械谢薪邪褌邪 屑褍 褋褌芯泄薪芯褋褌. 袠褋褌懈薪褋泻懈褟褌 卸懈胁芯褌 褋褌褉褍胁邪 锌芯胁械褔械 懈 胁 谐芯谢褟屑邪褌邪 褋懈 褔邪褋褌 芯褌谐芯胁芯褉懈褌械 褋邪 褉邪蟹谢懈褔薪懈."
鈥炐熜�-泻褗褋薪芯, 泻芯谐邪褌芯 褋械 锌褉懈斜褉邪褏 胁泻褗褖懈, 褉邪蟹斜褉邪褏, 褔械 懈蟹芯斜褖芯 薪械 褋邪 褋懈 锌褉懈谢懈褔邪谢懈 鈥� 锌褉懈褔懈薪邪褌邪, 锌芯褉邪写懈 泻芯褟褌芯 屑懈 褋械 斜械 褋褌芯褉懈谢芯 褌邪泻邪, 褋械 泻褉懈械褕械 胁 锌芯褋谢械写懈褑懈褌械 芯褌 褋褌褉械褋邪 懈 褋泻褉褗斜褌邪, 懈蟹锌懈褋邪薪懈 锌芯 谢懈褑邪褌邪 懈屑. 小褌褉邪薪薪芯, 泻邪泻 斜芯谢泻邪褌邪 芯褋褌邪胁褟 芯褌锌械褔邪褌褗泻邪 褋懈 胁褗褉褏褍 薪邪褋 懈 薪懈 泻邪褉邪 写邪 懈蟹谐谢械卸写邪屑械 泻邪褌芯 械写薪芯 褋械屑械泄褋褌胁芯."
鈥炐Ｐ夹狙€械薪 褋褗屑 芯褌 褏芯褉邪褌邪, 泻芯懈褌芯 褋械 写褗褉卸邪褌 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 谐褉芯蟹薪芯 械写懈薪 泻褗屑 写褉褍谐.鈥�
鈥炐捬€械屑械褌芯 谢械泻褍胁邪 胁褋懈褔泻芯, 胁褉械屑械褌芯 谐芯 芯褌薪邪褋褟 懈 薪邪泻褉邪褟 懈屑邪 褋邪屑芯 屑褉邪泻. 袩芯薪褟泻芯谐邪 芯褌泻褉懈胁邪屑械 写褉褍谐懈 胁 屑褉邪泻邪 懈 锌芯薪褟泻芯谐邪 芯褌薪芯胁芯 谐懈 谐褍斜懈屑.鈥�
鈥炐捬佇秆囆盒� 薪懈械 写褗谢卸懈屑 械写薪邪 褋屑褗褉褌 懈 懈蟹泻谢褞褔械薪懈褟 薪褟屑邪, 蟹薪邪褟 褌芯胁邪, 薪芯 锌芯薪褟泻芯谐邪, 芯, 袚芯褋锌芯写懈, 袟械谢械薪懈褟褌 锌褗褌 械 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 写褗谢褗谐.鈥�
January 5, 2018
This was undoubtedly one of the best books I have ever read and I enjoyed it even more than I expected (and I had set the bar super high!). This was also the most horrible book I have ever read - but in the best possible way!
Not a single sentence was unneccessary; I enjoyed every scene and interaction.
The main character was wonderfully developed - he really seemed like a real person and at times it was hard for me to forget that he's just fictional. It was easy to forget that all of this was just made up (and yes, even the fantastical aspects were written and presented in a way that made them seem realistic and believable!).
Some might say that John Coffey's character development falls a bit on the short side as you do not find out too much about him and his life. But I thought this was perfect for him and for the role he plays in the story.
I found myself wanting to keep reading constantly. I wanted to find out so badly what would happen next, I forgot everything around me! But at the same time, I wanted to set the book aside and never pick it up again, because I just didn't want the story to end.
I also want to mention that I have never seen the movie before (something I will now do as soon as possible!), so I absolutely had no idea what would happen. I'm really glad about this, because the events that unfolded in part 6 completely surprised me. Looking back to it, I have to say that the suspense and the buildup to it was done in a perfectly subtle way - something I would love to see more in other books! I often (correctly) guess what will happen in the end, but this time nothing prepared me and I was completely clueless throughout.
Overall, this was a wonderful reading experience and I already know that this story is going to stay with me for the rest of my life (and will be reread many, many times). I wish I could describe my feelings about the topics of this book better, but there a simply too many feelings I have. I tried telling my mum about my thoughts, but I just couldn't find the right words - nothing seemed to do this fantastic book justice.
Not a single sentence was unneccessary; I enjoyed every scene and interaction.
The main character was wonderfully developed - he really seemed like a real person and at times it was hard for me to forget that he's just fictional. It was easy to forget that all of this was just made up (and yes, even the fantastical aspects were written and presented in a way that made them seem realistic and believable!).
Some might say that John Coffey's character development falls a bit on the short side as you do not find out too much about him and his life. But I thought this was perfect for him and for the role he plays in the story.
I found myself wanting to keep reading constantly. I wanted to find out so badly what would happen next, I forgot everything around me! But at the same time, I wanted to set the book aside and never pick it up again, because I just didn't want the story to end.
I also want to mention that I have never seen the movie before (something I will now do as soon as possible!), so I absolutely had no idea what would happen. I'm really glad about this, because the events that unfolded in part 6 completely surprised me. Looking back to it, I have to say that the suspense and the buildup to it was done in a perfectly subtle way - something I would love to see more in other books! I often (correctly) guess what will happen in the end, but this time nothing prepared me and I was completely clueless throughout.
Overall, this was a wonderful reading experience and I already know that this story is going to stay with me for the rest of my life (and will be reread many, many times). I wish I could describe my feelings about the topics of this book better, but there a simply too many feelings I have. I tried telling my mum about my thoughts, but I just couldn't find the right words - nothing seemed to do this fantastic book justice.
July 6, 2020
An unforgettable and emotional novel. John Coffey has to be the sweetest character King has ever written along with Paul Edgecomb. The ending left me feeling emotionally numb because of the injustice that occurred. The movie adaptation of the novel series is just as good if not better. Personally, I rank this novel in the same level as IT and The Stand.
January 6, 2019
鈽呪槄鈽呪槄/5
Very interesting and thought provoking book. It's certainly a story that really consumes you and then you start reading it you can put it down. In my opinion, it had a few issues, but overall great writing and story itself deserve readers' attention.
Very interesting and thought provoking book. It's certainly a story that really consumes you and then you start reading it you can put it down. In my opinion, it had a few issues, but overall great writing and story itself deserve readers' attention.
November 24, 2016
Siempre hab铆a escuchado cosas positivas en torno a esta historia, pero por alguna raz贸n, siempre le hab铆a escapado. Quiz谩 porque suelo ser muy sensible con ciertos t贸picos, y por lo poco que hab铆a escuchado del libro, sab铆a que iba a sufrir como condenada pun intended. Y as铆 fue, me llor茅 la vida, principalmente luego de la mitad del libro. Pero no me arrepiento de haberlo le铆do, por lo contrario, se ha convertido en uno de mis libros favoritos en la vida, y no solo del autor.
Bella historia, remueve mil emociones, te mantiene enganchado hasta 煤ltimo momento, y toca tus fibras m谩s sensibles. Hermoso libro, recomendad铆simo. Har茅 una rese帽a m谩s extensa en mi canal.
Bella historia, remueve mil emociones, te mantiene enganchado hasta 煤ltimo momento, y toca tus fibras m谩s sensibles. Hermoso libro, recomendad铆simo. Har茅 una rese帽a m谩s extensa en mi canal.
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