Terry’s Reviews > The Long Walk > Status Update

This story is a little like the walk: an endurance test. A little hard to calibrate all the characters, half way through and a third of the boys have gotten their tickets. The road goes on forever. And so it goes.

This isn't about the characters; King studiously avoids developing them. So far, 30 or so have dies, and only a couple were felt. This might be a good metaphor for war, where the march goes on without much caring about the participants, but so far I'm just weary hanging out with these fellas.