The Green Mile - Stephen King

The Green Mile

By Stephen King

  • Release Date: 2010-05-11
  • Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Score: 4.5
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Description

Masterfully told and as suspenseful as it is haunting, The Green Mile is Stephen King’s classic #1 New York Times bestselling dramatic serial novel and inspiration for the Oscar-nominated film starring Tom Hanks.

Welcome to Cold Mountain Penitentiary, home to the Depression-worn men of E Block. Convicted killers all, each awaits his turn to walk “the Green Mile,” the lime-colored linoleum corridor leading to a final meeting with Old Sparky, Cold Mountain’s electric chair. Prison guard Paul Edgecombe has seen his share of oddities over the years working the Mile, but he’s never seen anything like John Coffey—a man with the body of a giant and the mind of a child, condemned for a crime terrifying in its violence and shocking in its depravity. And in this place of ultimate retribution, Edgecombe is about to discover the terrible, wondrous truth about John Coffey—a truth that will challenge his most cherished beliefs…

Reviews

  • Absolute masterpiece

    5
    By DJJD3
    One of the best books I have ever read period. I find myself filled with almost dread to read another book as it will be hard if not impossible to not compare it unfavorably to this. I write this review still dying tears from my eyes. So intense, so moving, so good. I give it my highest recommendation. Though I almost recommend not reading it so you don’t have the same fear that I do to read another.

  • The movie was much better…

    1
    By Jim's Asus Laptop
    This man has the imagination of an ice cube.

  • Miracles

    5
    By hwilsan
    One of my favorite books of all time. Great story, sad, scary, happy and true. Stephen King tells very true to life stories in his fiction. Great Author my favorite Stephen King.

  • The green mile

    5
    By BJsPearl
    Great book. King on top of the game.

  • 🐁

    5
    By b0s5y
    ☄️🐁🪑⛓💡. Wow

  • Amazing story

    5
    By Rishi_K_M
    Wow, just wow. It has been a long time since I’ve cried reading a book but this is just an amazing story.

  • The Green Mile

    4
    By YouthPastorDougy
    This is a compelling story that is well worth the read through for my second time! Probably in my top ten from SK. This one will have you vested in the characters and pulling at your heart strings. Read this soon!

  • 👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼

    3
    By amandax345
    It was okay. Other books by him I liked better.

  • Unbelievably great book!

    5
    By Depteo
    I have never read a Stephen King book before, but after having watched the film Shawshank Redemption I heard of this one and had to read the book. Compared to Shawshank, you will not be disappointed. The more you read, the better the story gets. After reading this entire masterpiece of a book, I recognize that this is the most emotionally packed book I have ever read. Each chapter has you feeling sad, or happy, maybe even angry at sometimes. I have never cried at any movies or at any books, this one almost cracked me at the end. By far the best book I have read in my life.

  • The Green Mile

    5
    By My dig fat fabulist life
    Best book I’ve read in a while

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