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Book Review By Mellie
The Long Walk by Stephen King

This story is about a boy named Ray Garraty who is 16 and has joined together with 99 other long walkers. They walk for days, and if they fall under speed and get 3 warnings they're shot on the spot making this a walk for survival. There can be only 1 winner, so this is a walk for one's honour and one's life. The winner is granted everything their heart desires.


Plot & Themes
Tone of story - very upbeat -
How difficult to spot villain? - Somewhat obvious
Time/era of story:
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - a teen

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status:
Motive of antagonist - power
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
United States Yes

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies
Explicit sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - actual description of sex - descript. of breasts
Unusual forms of death - run over - decapitated - perforation--swords/knives
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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