Might be my favorite Stephen King book so far. It follows Ray, a boy who signed up (along with 99 other boys) to walk until there is only one left standing. 

This is one of those stories that’s going to sit with me for a long time. It’s not a super unique plot, or like brilliantly written, or full of twists and turns. It’s literally just a group of boys walking, and if they stop or slow down, they die. No side plots or anything, just the boys walking, with very little hints on what the world outside The Walk is even like. 

That’s it, but that’s not it at all. I don’t know, something about these kinds of stories where you (and the characters) are just wondering “what’s the point of all this suffering?” really speak to me. It reminds me of “I Who Have Never Known Men”. In both books, you see the characters confront their own mortality, through horrific ends mind you, and you’re just left wondering, why did they go through all that just to die at the end? Isn’t there more? There should be more. 

Idk. I loved this. I need more books like this.