alykat_reads 's review for:

The Green Mile by Stephen King

4.0

slow-paced

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I'm a constant reader. I will go to battle for SK. But I had to watch Shawshank Redemption to be able to get the motivation to tackle this one. It did pick up in part 4 and beyond, but to get there took a green mile. This wasn't at all what I expected of this (was expecting more along Shawshank Redemption, tbh) but by the end I did enjoy this one. I don't think it's his strongest work, but it was still pretty good. It took a while to get all the characters straight as they seemed a little interchangeable in the beginning (perhaps by design).  I was very happy that certain people got their just desserts, but man, I really liked John Coffey and was hoping for a different outcome for him. But it's SK so I should know that no one is ever safe.