The Long Walk
Written by Stephen King
Narrated by Kirby Heyborne
4/5
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About this audiobook
Against the wishes of his mother, sixteen-year-old Ray Garraty is about to compete in the annual grueling match of stamina and wits known as the Long Walk. One hundred boys must keep a steady pace of four miles per hour without ever stopping...with the winner being awarded “The Prize”—anything he wants for the rest of his life. But, as part of this national tournament that sweeps through a dystopian America year after year, there are some harsh rules that Garraty and ninety-nine others must adhere to in order to beat out the rest. There is no finish line—the winner is the last man standing. Contestants cannot receive any outside aid whatsoever. Slow down under the speed limit and you’re given a warning. Three warnings and you’re out of the game—permanently...
Stephen King
Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes the short story collection You Like It Darker, Holly, Fairy Tale, Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, Doctor Sleep, and Firestarter are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The second time i heard it , i love it
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5No crescendo….perhaps I just unfairly wanted a Hunger games twist…
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This was an interesting novel. I enjoyed it enough to listen to it in one day, but I do wish there was more background information and world building. The audio quality was really good and the narrator enjoyable.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Amazing narration and I enjoyed the thrill and story. His reading from king’s coming out as bachman is amazing,
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Love love this book, this is my second time reading it and enjoyed as much the first time.
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Long winded and boring. Definitely not my favorite from King.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pretty good but not the best King I've ever read. Narration was probably a bit lackluster.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I think this book could only have been written during Vietnam by someone who, like Steven King, was of an age to be drafted. Confused young men act out a ritual of slow death, covered with glory by screaming crowds whose cheers amount to, "You're my hero! All I have to do is cheer, and you're a hero because your death lets me get off easy!"
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Great book, but there’s something wrong with the audio. It often skips and cuts out, words are clearly missing. It ruins the continuity, especially for it being such a short book.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good story but a few brief skips in audio. They were only a second or so each but made the flow weird.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Not what I expected, at all. I absolutely hated the ending & instantly regretted even choosing it. It’s literally “the long walk”...& nothing else.
It could’ve been so much better.
I might feel differently if I’d have read this before The Hunger Games, (pretty sure the idea for that series came from this book)...but because I didn’t, this book actually feels incomplete to me.1 person found this helpful
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5One of Kings best stories. Works well as audio-book
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Really great. Nothing over the top, just a simple compelling story.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Better than The Hunger Game. Yeah. I said it.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book is great!! The ending was surprising, but appropriate.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I read this every year and plot how far along I am in my long walk. This is one of the best books ever written.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Another great story told by the King. I didn’t expect to shed any tears but here we are. I love how attached to his characters you can get. Awesome listen!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Good book, pretty interesting. I would recommend it. Good book
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Poor audio quality. Sounded like every 3rd line was cut off at the end by the editor. Great book though.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book is a little hard to get into at first, but after the first few chapters the characters just suck you in. It is intense and compelling in a way you would not expect. The emotion delivered through this book is genuine and raw. Do be warned it is very likely to have a strong emotional impact on the reader. Some of the dialogue was cheesy and overly vulgar, and the premise a little far fetched,but this is a great read with a wide variety of characters, simply loved it.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I read the book as a young teenager and now in my early 40s I loved it as much and it was well narrated and I adored it as much as I did as a teen and for someone who has trouble reading for medical reasons, this app is the best for books and everything. I adored the story, I love Richard Bachman’s stories as they’re totally different than Stephen king’s ones..l ❤️
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Just about anything. Disappointed in the ending. And parts of it just dragged on and on. Kept waiting for the point to the story.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This was an absolutely incredible and powerful book about the workings of the mind, and of sanity. The audiobook reader did a good job, there was never any issue with the audio quality, nor was there any background noise.
I highly recommend The Long Walk, but know that it is a painful, arduous experience. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This was before the Hunger games and Scorpion Trials. I’ve been reading this book over and over for years now. It is still Classic . A Masterpiece. It never gets old. Even better to Listen to it this time around. The Characters come to life .
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5The recording on this, or maybe the file, is somewhat corrupted. There are frequent drops where the recording skips ahead a little and you can tell words are missing. Very annoying.
The book is fine, though.2 people found this helpful