3.89k reviews for:

The Green Mile

Stephen King

4.42 AVERAGE

nandanz's review against another edition

5.0

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“In the movies, salvation is cheap. So is innocence. You pay a quarter, and a quarter's worth is just what you get. Real life costs more, and most of the answers are different.“

jacob_edwards985's review against another edition

4.0

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A lovely read. I wasn’t expecting much out of this one to be honest - I wasn’t aware of it’s legacy or reception and was blown out of the water. It’s a captivating story and one that makes me want to live my life in a better way.
And that last line man.

slimbooks's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Magnificent, really. This is kind of a more philosophical(?) of Stephen Kings books that I've read up until now. One thing that stood out is how he writes the unlikable characters. I don't think I've read a lot where the character was really there to irk and throw a wrench in things but he did a great job at eliciting negative emotions when Percy was present lol. It seems like there's never enough good, it's so easy and accessible to get all of the tragedies and discomforts. Not enough miracles and magic that lasts long. 

thatcrazybookbitch's review against another edition

5.0

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Има нещо в тази книга... не мога да определя точно какво, което едновременно омагьосва и отблъсква. Трудно смилаема е. Не заради самата история или заради изразните средства. И двете бяха невероятни. Не веднъж бях стъписвана от това как, с толкова аскетичен подбор на думи можеш да опишеш изключително комплекси неща. По това можем и да съдим за майсторството на Стивън Кинг.
Самата история също беше много добре развита. Всеки от персонажите имаше свое, разпознаваемо лице. Всеки имаше своя принос. Всичко бе в идеалните пропорции... И въпреки всичко...
Една история с много емоционален заряд, съблечена от всичко излишно, докато от нея не остане само един скелет, който хем буди възхищение (дори известно благоговение), хем известна доза отвращение и откровен ужас.

filipsf92's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-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: No

michaelharren's review against another edition

5.0

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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It seems like every decade or so I fall into a reading binge—and I picked the perfect book to kick off this one. I once swore I’d never cry over a book, and yet… here we are. Like Paul Edgecombe, I find myself crying more easily the older I get.

I read a lot of Stephen King back in high school in the ’80s, so returning to his work now feels like revisiting a version of myself I don’t always recognize. The Green Mile—with its shifting between Paul’s past and present—somehow made me feel more connected to both my younger and older self at once. Both through the action of reading Steven King and the way this story was told.

Last night, I stayed up way too late tearing through the final ninety-something pages. Just like I used to. Some things really do come full circle.

missywhidden's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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: Complicated

aayyrayray's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

terriannegordon's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional 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: Yes

sophialovestoread's review against another edition

2.75

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes