English is not my native language so I apologize for the errors that are bound to exist.
Letâs ignore the mediocrity of this book just because King wrote it. Shall we?
Not even that. Apparently Bachman was his own person.
That´s the best part of this book, by the way.
Doesnât matter how weak is the characterization of this people. That we donât get to know them that well as to care for them. That their stories are dull because teenagers arenât that interesting. That the majority of them donât have compelling reasons as to why participate in the walk. That they are very forgettable people.
One of the two that really have a strong reason, looks like a fucking idiot by doing this. The chances arenât that great. He should have think this stuff better.
Why does the walk exist? Pure entertainment, I guess. Not a very good one at that. Is pretty worthless and the end. A waste of people. How many have won? The price is pretty big. I donât think they can allow that. Is not a very sustainable thing. It is implied that probably all the winners die anyway. It does take a lot from you.
But if thatâs the case, I canât see many people actually going to it when is practically impossible. Do they fake information? I mean, people go and watch this things, so maybe people are able to see the fishy parts. I donât know, this world is no very well explain.
It feels like King just wanted to have this shit and thatâs pretty much it. Iâm not able to find reasons as to why the walk exist. Have you? Because âIs fuck up entertainment, like gladiators and shitâ is not good enough. Not to be a major premise.
Why do they have to be teenagers anyway? I canât buy it. Donât see many of them wanting to go to this shit. At least young adults, but no. Ok. Whatever.
Yeah, you like the theme? Is fine. I like it too, but, you know, I prefer if it was better done. But whatever.
I canât even recommend it to people who like dystopia because is not very good at that.
Is a very shallow and boring one.
⌠Yeah. I donât like this.
5/10.
I feel Iâm being too hard, but the problems of the walk itself really annoys me.
The ending? Is ok. He went crazy. Cool.
The only reason the protagonist won is because is the protagonist. Not a fan of that. I donât see any reason as to why he would endure more than the rest.
Heâs not particularly great or has a powerful reason.
Well... That´s it.
Alaoz!
The Long Walk Reviews
Walk or die
Posted : 9 years, 2 months ago on 19 February 2015 10:10I had very high expectations about this book. Whole didnât disappoint me, but not left a big 'wow' or any other great affection. The book was just good.
I accompanied these boys from the start to the end, sometimes with more and sometimes with less interest. I must admit that I pulled up the strongest at the end, it remains few friends that we got to know through the entire book and then grew tension and expectation, of what really happens and how The Long Walk will end. Then we got to know some of the reasons which motivated the characters by notifying to the Long Walk, their concerns and their fear.
Earlier, despite the omnipresent death, everything was presented devoid of any feeling, as if all those people really were characterized by insensitivity to death, every minute another participant walked away, just like that, fell like a tree beside the road, and life went on, and the audience clapped and cheered. This caused a thrill on the skin and the true horror.
Why Iâm not fully satisfied? I missed some origins, a more detailed description of the world in which The Long Walk is the largest entertainment for the people living there, a more detailed description of the reasons, why young people voluntarily going to die. I missed the competition, struggle these young people to survive, I thought that the dramatic situation triggers the wildest instincts in them, and that not only the soldiers with weapons will be a threat to them, but also themselves. And a little disappointing ending. At the finish the action took place too quickly. I havenât felt this, as I should.
I accompanied these boys from the start to the end, sometimes with more and sometimes with less interest. I must admit that I pulled up the strongest at the end, it remains few friends that we got to know through the entire book and then grew tension and expectation, of what really happens and how The Long Walk will end. Then we got to know some of the reasons which motivated the characters by notifying to the Long Walk, their concerns and their fear.
Earlier, despite the omnipresent death, everything was presented devoid of any feeling, as if all those people really were characterized by insensitivity to death, every minute another participant walked away, just like that, fell like a tree beside the road, and life went on, and the audience clapped and cheered. This caused a thrill on the skin and the true horror.
Why Iâm not fully satisfied? I missed some origins, a more detailed description of the world in which The Long Walk is the largest entertainment for the people living there, a more detailed description of the reasons, why young people voluntarily going to die. I missed the competition, struggle these young people to survive, I thought that the dramatic situation triggers the wildest instincts in them, and that not only the soldiers with weapons will be a threat to them, but also themselves. And a little disappointing ending. At the finish the action took place too quickly. I havenât felt this, as I should.
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The Long Walk review
Posted : 13 years, 5 months ago on 23 November 2010 04:54Dai confini con il Canada a Boston a piedi, senza soste. E' questo ciò a cui vanno incontro cento ragazzi volontari che partecipano ad uno show televisivo che mette in palio per il vincitore l'ambito Premio. I marciatori non dovranno camminare al di sotto di una certa velocità , altrimenti verranno ammoniti... E dopo la terza ammonizione, c'è il congedo. A colpi di fucile, da un'organizzazione militare che controlla la regolarità del gioco. Durante la gara si intrecciano le vicende di Garraty, il protagonista sedicenne, con i suoi coetanei conosciuti lungo il cammino. Ambientato in un'America cinica che fa anche della morte uno show business, "La Lunga Marcia" è sicuramente uno dei romanzi che riesce a fondere maggiormente sintesi e qualità . La storia in sè infatti, pur essendo buona come idea, viene resa superlativa dal tocco inconfondibile dello stile di King, che riesce a far sentire il lettore proprio lÏ, a fianco dei marciatori, a sentire con loro ogni sofferenza, dolore, attimo di disperazione e rassegnazione... Viene descritto il cammino di Garraty, del suo amico/nemico McVries, dello stoico Olson, del sinistro Stebbins e dello scontroso Barkovitch... Vengono narrati i loro tentativi di diventare amici, i loro dialoghi, le vite che aspettano ognuno di loro nel caso dovessero sopravvivere... Le leggende metropolitane sullo spietato Maggiore, che attenderà il vincitore e gli consegnerà di persona il Premio... I momenti di lucida follia dei ragazzi stremati dalla fatica, la descrizione dei diversi modi di reagire alle avversità , ai malori, a quel crampo che può decidere la sorte di ognuno di essi... Il tutto davanti agli occhi della folla assiepata ai margini della strada, che incita il suo concorrente preferito o quello su cui ha scommesso. Una gelida critica ad una società senz'anima nè rispetto per la vita, verso chi fa del business la sua unica religione, anche a costo di uccidere 99 ragazzi freddandoli con cinismo sul posto. Il punto di forza è certamente la descrizione degli stati d'animo dei marciatori, della disperazione a causa anche della piÚ piccola salita che si prospetta loro davanti, della rassegnazione di alcuni, della pazzia causata dai lunghi giorni di cammino senza dormire... Sembra quasi di avvertirlo in prima persona il dolore alla gamba di un marciatore, di percepire la sua paura quando pur sapendo che in questo modo morirà , le sue gambe non si muovono piÚ... Chi arriverà fino in fondo? E come? Un libro sicuramente all'altezza di King, che con il suo modo di narrare gli eventi e la sua capacità di descrivere la mente umana provata da stanchezza e voglia di sopravvivere riesce a coinvolgere direttamente il lettore... In una storia che, tra attimi di ansia e angoscia pura per la sorte dei concorrenti, terrà con il fiato sospeso fino alla fine.
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