Bracket #2: The Long Walk (1979)

[Jean]

The Long Walk, 1979
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Please vote for The Long Walk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Walk) using the following scale:

5: I loved it
4: It was good
3: Average
2: Only so-so
1: I didn't like it

If you haven't read this book yet, please vote Never Read. Feel free to discuss your votes in this thread.

[Heather19]

5!
One of my all-time favorite stories. How could you not love this one? :D

[Jean]

right...

:rose:

[blavigne]

This one was excellent! There was no "supernatural" element but man was it intense and scary as all get out! What a read.

[Stockerlone]

Best Bachman and one of my top 5 SK Stories ever!

[frik]

Absolutely loved it!

sk

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

This is a 5.

[candy]

My favourite short story (tieing only with the Langoliers)

I read this and cried like a baby, the whole story just touched something inside me.

[Iwritecode]

Definitely my favorite Bachman book.

[divemaster]

A good solid 4 for me.

[Hannah]

A good solid 4 for me.

Same here. I remember intensely enjoying this one - but I haven't reread it yet. Maybe I should put it in my stack of books to read.

[Shannon]

5! One of my favorites. Short and sweet, no filler. Great idea and story.

[Jon]

This is one of the few that made me think about the story...nay, daydream...when I wasn't reading it. I read a lot of King during school but sometimes I got caught and had to fly right for a class or two. That is when I day dreamed.

A 4.

[Jean]

last chance to vote, the poll is closing!

[Patrick]

This is my favorite Bachman book. I had read this many years ago, and finally re-read it last year. Still a winner.

5

[mae]

The poll has closed. The Long Walk has earned a FAS (final average score) of 4.586206897 or 91.72%, placing 2nd (runner-up) in this bracket. It will be moving on to Round 2.

[Patrick]

... It will be moving on to Round 2.
Woo hoo!

[mae]

This novel has had a surprisingly strong showing in all three of our Constant Reader Awards for a novel that's not very widely known. In 2009, The Long Walk finished in 7th place, and went down into 14th in 2010.

[Heather19]

And I'm hoping it does even better this year! :D

[mae]

Yeah, it fell out of the top-ten last year, so it didn't participate in the third round. We'll see how it does this time...