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The Long Walk by Stephen King, Richard Bachman

13 reviews

vinett's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Racism, Excrement, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Self harm, Child death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Vomit

empathreads's review against another edition

The reason I couldn't finish the book "The Long Walk" by Stephen King is that I got bored halfway through. I found myself trying to convince myself numerous times to continue, but ultimately, I had to admit that it wasn't my cup of tea. The constant scenarios in the story seemed useless and didn't capture my attention. Additionally, I felt that the pacing of the narrative wasn't to my liking, making it challenging to maintain my interest in the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Torture, and Violence

pjsans's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Child death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Police brutality

Minor: Racism, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Homophobia, and Racial slurs

cosmikhorror's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Murder, and Police brutality

Moderate: Bullying, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide, Body shaming, Infidelity, Grief, and Homophobia

Minor: Vomit, Excrement, Animal death, and Death of parent

asparagushead's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Grief, Police brutality, Homophobia, Child death, Violence, Blood, Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gore, Gun violence, and Vomit

taylorlanxon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Bullying, Excrement, and Sexual harassment

klor's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The book absolutely takes you for a ride in this dystopian world and concept. The first half of the book was a little slow but picks up a lot in the middle and towards the end. It was hard to see friends met along the way perish one by one and even harder when you realize the amount of traume these kids hve been through within the span of days. I honestly got a little annoyed by how horny on the main everyone was but they're also teenagers so there's that. This book is very bleak but very insightful, and definitely a good introduction to some of King's works. Also, I probably should've read this while doing cardio, for extra immersion lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Genocide, Homophobia, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Murder, and Police brutality

bruinrocks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

This book had a looming dread over it from the beginning, which really helped shape the atmosphere. With some many characters in the book I had though it would be a little muddled. But many of the characters get flushed out and are memorable. The whole premise of the novel is simple yet destructive, it really packed a punch with a little mix up of a few genres, Dystopian, Physical Horror, Thriller. I really enjoyed this book, I just wish it was a tad shorter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Police brutality, Self harm, Slavery, Torture, and Gore

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Vomit, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Animal death, and Excrement

lunaloewenherz's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I skipped a 100 pages cause I was getting tired of all the sexist comments in the book. But I did wanted to know how it ends.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

hannahraepierce's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

4.25

Unbelievably rich and dark, and a lovely exploration of a slow descent to madness. Not for the faint of heart. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Mental illness, Police brutality, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, and Homophobia

Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Racial slurs, Self harm, and Sexual content

Minor: Blood, Eating disorder, Excrement, Vomit, Violence, and Suicide