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The Long Walk by Stephen King, Richard Bachman

24 reviews

kirtreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.5

There was no reason for this audiobook to be almost 11 hours long. I thought, surely the whole book cannot be just the long walk but it is. 

Buckle up for a lot of teenage boy inner dialogue that is somehow both overly horny and very contemplative, kids getting

violently shot and killed when they stop walking for over two minutes

and Kings classic over descriptions. 

Also, the ending is classic King, and is annoyingly infuriating. If you are looking to read a King novel, look at almost any other book. It is well written, and you do get attached to the characters but that almost makes the book harder to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

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: Child death and Death

Moderate: Police brutality and Injury/Injury detail

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

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

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

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

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

Minor: Bullying, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Excrement, Police brutality, Toxic friendship, 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: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, and Murder

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

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

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

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, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Sexual harassment