WARNING!!! This book could seriously disrupt your life on the grounds of it being almost impossible to put down. Originally written in six novellas in the Dickensian tradition The Green Mile tells the story of a group of prisoners and the guards who watch over them in a small 'death house', waiting their turn at the electric chair in 1932. It stands alongside his Dark Tower books as being some of King's finest work. I can only imagine what it must have been like having to read them novella by novella with time in between: It must have been like Hell and Christmas five times in a year. ( )

I'm a firm believer that Stephen King is a strong character writer and this book, bereft of his more famous horror tropes, proves it. ( )

A beautiful book, that will make you spit with rage, smile with joy and cry with a deep sense of sadness and loss. For me this is Kings very best, never before and never since had i hated a character as much as Percy and loved one as much As John Coffey. I cried at the end and loved every second of this book, the film is fantastic, but this is in a different league. ( )

Synopsis:Paul Edgecomb works at the Cold Mountain Penitentiary, on Block E - The Green Mile. Most prisoners who come to the Green Mile, do not leave it alive. They leave on Old Sparky - the electric chair. 1932 was a memorable year for Paul - it was the year he had a severe urinary infection. It was also the year that Eduard Delacroix, John Coffey and William Wharton were prisoners on the Green Mile. John Coffey is giant of a man, who was tried for the rape and murder of twin blonde girls. Paul discovered something else about Coffey, a gift that he has. This gift presents a devastating truth that will follow Paul for the rest of his life.

Pros & Cons: This was a great book and I don't know why I waited so long to read it. I have had it for years! I remember watching the movie when it came out and liked it as well. Something I did not realize before I began reading was that Stephen King issued this as a series of 6 books coming out once a month. I do have the complete 6 part novel, but didn't know why it was broken down into 6 books of roughly 90 pages each. King attempted to copy the format that Charles Dickens usually did - write novels in installments to keep the readers in suspense. I don't know if I would have been able to wait for the next book to come out! ( )

The green mile is a good book so far it is and can be confusing so you have to be very focused on it. The story about the lives of guards on death row leading up to the execution of black man accused of child murder & rape, which has the power of faith healing.
I Haven’t finished reading it yet so I don’t know what I can tell you, so ya.