Strength of Plot: Graded "A"
Strength of Plot: Graded "B"
Strength of Plot: Graded "C"
Character Development: Graded "A"
Character Development: Graded "B"
Character Development: Graded "C"
Quality of the Story's Ending: Graded "A"
Quality of the Story's Ending: Graded "B"
Quality of the Story's Ending: Graded "C"
Never Read
Group 4: The Long Walk
The Long Walk, 1979
Please grade The Long Walk in the following three areas using the grades A, B, or C:
- Strength of Plot
- Character Development
- Quality of the Story's Ending
If you haven't read this book yet, please vote Never Read. Feel free to discuss your votes in this thread.
IMPORTANT: Please make sure to select only one grade in each grading area. For complete instructions, see this post.
AAA
perfection incarnate
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, looks like I have a reread to do...
For some reason, I only remember how tragic
and down right scary the story was.
The answer is within
all matter is energy, all energy is GOD
Straight A's. There exists no better Bachman story than this one. It's one of King's best works too.
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
Originally Posted by Jean
I only wish I could give it more.
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
I loved this book.
This is one of the few stories (of any author) that actually reminded me of my childhood.
The hanging out with friends, walking around the neighborhood during the summer talking about anything and everything. We'd sneak out some nights and walk to other neighborhoods to meet other friends.
Was a fun time.
AAA.
I felt bad that I gave it a B for ending. Primarily b/c I can't name WHY I didn't like the ending...it just felt like such a let down. But maybe (in retrospect) it was supposed to. Like after all that walking, the prize didn't mean as much as one would have thought. I'd love to hear from others who gave it a B for ending to see what they think.
Definitely my favorite of the Bachman books, though!
ABA
Sloth Love Chunk
CCB. Decent book but highly overrated.
All A's. I love, love, love this story, particularly because King really gets into the characters.
"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
Great...complete with a "dry hump."
All that's left of what we were is what we have become.
Damn, too late to vote.
I loved this story but it took me so long to finish! I really felt the agony of the characters and so I couldn't read it for too long at a time, seriously it was painful to read.
The poll has closed. This round The Long Walk has earned an OAG (overall average grade) of 2.566666667 or 85.56% in addition to its FAS (final average score), making it 7.060173161 or 88.25%. In 2009, The Long Walk received an OAG of 2.661290322 for a FAS of 7.149095200, so it lost 0.088922039 (-1.24%) this time.
Grade breakdown:
Strength of Plot: 2.680000000 (89.33%)
Character Development: 2.500000000 (83.33%)
Quality of the Story's Ending: 2.520000000 (84.00%)
All A's. The best Bachman book and one of King's best.
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