The Green Mile
Signet, 1996
Bracket #8
Voting for this Book is Closed
Final Average Score:
4.435897436
Bracket Winner!!
The Green Mile will advance to Round 2
I loved it - 5
It was good - 4
Average - 3
Only so-so - 2
I didnt like it - 1
Never Read
The Green Mile--Bracket 8 Winner!!
The Green Mile
Signet, 1996
Bracket #8
Voting for this Book is Closed
Final Average Score:
4.435897436
Bracket Winner!!
The Green Mile will advance to Round 2
Heng Dai
3
It was good, but it didn't do anything special for me and I've never felt compelled to read it a second time.
I gave it a 4. I really enjoyed it and had a little cry while reading.
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”-Mark Twain
Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me....Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
-Shel Silverstein
This is one of the best King has written. For those who did not like it, I challenge you to reread the series. I know there are recaps and all that because the series was released in parts. My understanding is that those were cleaned up and essentially eliminated in the collected volume. This book gives one of the best descriptions of what prison is like for those living and working there. If you have read this and though some of the prison scenes felt contrived and fake, I'm telling you that they felt very real to me. I worked in a prison for eight years and was a supervisor when I left. Everything except the carrying of guns rang very true to me. And I know of prisons where the officers/guards DID carry guns decades ago.
Give it another try. This one gets a HUGE 5 from me.
Margaret Emmie Mackey Catoe, you are, have been, and always will be my soulmate, and I love you.
Con todo mi corazon, por todo de mis dias. And I always will, in this life and into the next.
August 2, 1947 - September 24, 2010
A four? A three??
This is one of King's masterpieces. A book he will be remembered for.
I rate this story a 5. I read it in it's entirety not in the
installment series. I rather doubt that would have
influenced my vote in any case. It is a brilliant book,
I loved it!
The answer is within
all matter is energy, all energy is GOD
I stand by my 3. I like what I like and don't what I don't. For me it read well because I like King's writing style. Other than that, it didn't do much for me. I don't expect others to agree with me. That's the fun of these polls. If we all thought exactly the same way about every book this would be an exercise in futility.
Sam's thoughts about the realism are interesting to me because of his experience working in a prison. Kudos to King for getting it right.
There are aspects to me that seemed contrived, but nothing about the prison itself.
This is the only King book that made me cry. And I never get emotional when I read or watch movies.
I had tears streaming down my faceSpoiler:
I dunno, it just hit me so hard, the way King wrote it. Just remembering it now gives me cold chills.
That was one of the parts that felt incredibly contrived for me.
How long is this going to be up? I'm currently READING The Green Mile, so I haven't voted yet. I hope to finish it on Monday, so will this poll still be up by then? I do want to vote something other than "Never Read"....
I gave it a big, huge 5. I read it in installments and loved it.
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
meh. it was okay. i gave it a 3.
:ducks for cover:
This will close next Thursday, the 11th, so you should have time.
That's good.Originally Posted by pablo
And I haven't dismissed the notice, so it'll remind me to vote once I do finish.
My current plan is to read one of each of the six books every day, and so far I read the first yesterday.
Definitely a 5 for me.
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
Sadly, I never finished this one.
Quick, read it again and finish it this time!!
Margaret Emmie Mackey Catoe, you are, have been, and always will be my soulmate, and I love you.
Con todo mi corazon, por todo de mis dias. And I always will, in this life and into the next.
August 2, 1947 - September 24, 2010
I know..I know. I didn't not finish it because I didn't enjoy it. It's just hard for me to read/enjoy a book if I've seen the movie first.
Believe me....I will finish it one day.
I understand that, but if you enjoyed the movie, the book is a much richer tale.
Margaret Emmie Mackey Catoe, you are, have been, and always will be my soulmate, and I love you.
Con todo mi corazon, por todo de mis dias. And I always will, in this life and into the next.
August 2, 1947 - September 24, 2010
I didn't like the film version much at all, yet the book is one of my favorites ever.
I know. Sadly, I got very close to the end before getting distracted and not finishing.
But, from what I read...I did really enjoy it.
(I'd have to be a freak not to)
Sorry, I don't see why... I gave it a 1, I never even finished it.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Another 5 for me. Great Book.
I gave a 5. I've only ever read it in it's entire version.
For me it had all the elements I enjoy in a King book - great characters, great villains and an interesting and twisting plot.
I'm not always a fan of plots whereSpoiler:
I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who didn't care for the film.
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