audiobooks

The Green Mile is a story about a prison guard at Cold Mountain Penitentary, Alabam whos name is Paul Edgembore. Well, he has seen his fare share of odditties during the years. He has seen every madman, killer, or rapist that was possible and he got to walk them all to Old Sparky ( Cold Mountains electric chair). He thought he has seen everything until a big bear size man comes to the place who asks for the light to be on at night and also weeps all day long in his jail cell. Now, Paul and a couple of his fantastic side characters in the book including Percy WEtmore, Brutal, Dean, Wild BIll Wharton, and even decloraix and his mouse are going to find out the amazing truth about John Coffey ( The big prisoner)and the unspeakable crime which he has allegedly done. This has become one of my favorite books as i read it. Everything is perfect, Stephen King describes every character and every scene with such detail that is really great. Anyone who sees this book in a store or a local library should get it right away!

With my commute to work upwards of 45 minutes each way, a coworker lent me his audio edition of this book to pass the time. After all, how much NPR Morning Edition can one take in a week! I have never read (or listened) to a Stephen King novel as usually his subject matter isn't up my literary alley. But, let me write that this story was very compelling, and sometimes I wished my commute were longer so that I could get to the end of a section!

Frank Muller is an outstanding narrator. He switches gears from voice to voice seemlessly as if there were more than just one person relating the tale over the audio waves. This tale, set in a prison's death row, and starring a very interesting and diverse cast of inmates, including the novel's anti-hero, John Coffey, twisted and turned and kept me guessing from "page" one to the end. And, just when I thought, "well that's it. I figured it out. That's the plot," or something along those lines, it turns out I'm wrong, or I hadn't figured it out, or there was more to the plot that I guessed! This novel had me in its clutches the whole time, just as Coffey had---, well, you'll see (or hear).

Muller, apparently a veteran of Stephen King audio books, even reads King's foreward and afterwards, which give a very interesting glimpse into what it is like to write, and publish, a novel in parts, where one part is published and the next hasn't even been finished. Some authors might not be able to pull this off, but King does.

I haven't seen the movie adaptation yet, but I could imagine Tom Hanks playing the role of the main character, from whose perspective the entire novel is written in first person.

If your commute is as long as mine, get yourself an audio book. If you think you'll enjoy a tale of suspense, drama, mystery, with a big helping of uncensored (after all, this is the unabridged version) swearing by many of the characters, then I'd recommend you pick this one up. (NOTE: This one isn't for kids, as it deals with some mature themes, not the least of which are detailed descriptions of executions, harsh language, and some graphic adult-oriented scenes.)

I was deeply touched by this book. It is captivating and engrossing. It took me all of two days to finish. It was hard for me to actually put the book down. The story is wonderfully written and the characters are very well developed, almost so that you would think they were real people. This book made me laugh and cry all at the same time. It is different than any other Stephen King book I have ever read in the sense that is not filled with the usual horror found in most of King's works, but it none the less a haunting read, just not in the way you would think. It is one of the best books I have read in years. I would highly recommend it.