I originally intended to read this series of books each about a month apart, as if I were reading when they first came out. However, the events of the last month in my personal life prevent that this time. Hopefully I’ll get back to that for the remaining books.
I hope to be proved wrong by reading later books on this, but this one really felt like filler to me. The focus is on a mouse that found it’s way to the Green Mile (death row). It seems preternaturally smart and is adopted as a pet by an inmate as well as the guards. Additionally we get to see more of how much Percy Wetmore can be a complete bastard and the introduction of William Wharton at the very end.
Mind you, despite reading like filler or bridging material, I was still mesmerized. I’ve avoided King in the past because his books seemed overly long (self-confirmed when I read The Stand). But he also has a reputation as being one of America’s best writers, and this is evidence of that. For 90+ pages I read mostly about a mouse doing nothing particularly special and I want to read more about it.
Title: The Green Mile: Part Two: The Mouse on the Mile
Author: Stephen King
Cover creator: Mark Geyer
Series: The Green Mile; 2
Imprint / publisher: Signet / Penguin
Format: Mass market paperback
Length: 92 p.
Publication date: April 1996
ISBN-10: 0-451-19052-1
