A review by klor
The Long Walk by Stephen King, Richard Bachman

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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