I read this entire book in two days, I just couldn't put it down. The story is sometimes shocking and always intense, you have to keep turning the pages just know what will happen next. Each of the characters is fascinating and once you get attached, it's difficult to watch them go. This is one novel that makes the reader ask questions and it will stick with you long after you finished reading the last page.
I would recommend this book to anyone. ( )

super disappointing ending - very conflicing novel ( )

This was one of the better Bachman books. ( )

This is another novel I try to reread every year, and every time it makes me cry. This novel is bleak and chilling, a frightening look at an alternate universe ruled by a totalitarian government. The focus is on a group of boys as they compete for their lives.

I love that this book leaves the reader with as many questions as answers by the end--questions of motives and setting that develop whilst reading about this underdeveloped outer world that houses the small-scale events of the novel itself. I would kill to see Stephen King write a companion novel to this one, if not a sequel. ( )

Fantastic story. Originally a short story included in The Bachman Books, this story has a great premise. Times are hard, and 100 boys begin a marathon in hopes of being the one remaining that wins a fortune that will enable them to take care of their families. This story has great character development, and you wind up feeling gut-wrenching empathy for the boys as they are "eliminated" from the race one-by-one. This would be one of my favorite Stephen King stories. ( )