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想活命，就絕對不能停下來。
漫漫長路的盡頭，
究竟是絕望，還是新生？
這股飄散在空氣中的煙硝味，蓋瑞提總覺得似曾相識。小時候父親曾告訴他，這是「大競走」的特殊氣味，是以生命交換而來的。多年後他才總算明白，父親話中真正的含意。
每年五月的第一天，是「大競走」開始的日子。這是一場舉國矚目的競賽，比賽規則很簡單，沒有終點線，不能超速，也不能停下來，否則就會收到警告。集滿三次警告，你便得用性命來繳付「罰單」。
一百名參賽者必須不斷地行走，直到產生最後的勝利者。而獲勝的人，將能夠實現自己的任何願望作為獎勵。許多人是為了獎勵參賽，但有更多人像蓋瑞提一樣，根本不知道自己為何而來，只期待能走回自家小鎮，與母親及心愛的女友團聚。
比賽日復一日地進行，有人哭泣求饒，有人崩潰自殺，隨著「淘汰」的人越來越多，蓋瑞提發現自己不知不覺地走上了一條孤獨的路。但他知道還沒有結束，一切才剛開始呢，還有這麼多路要走，他必須一直一直地走下去……
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I’m not sure if it was the edition I read or if the ending is truly that abrupt. Rating this book was hard because the writing is phenomenal—the level of detail made me feel like I was walking alongside Garraty. But that ending… it really cut me off. <spoiler> Stebbins’ death felt absurd, Garraty’s trauma is so overwhelming he doesn’t even know what to do, and then the book just ends. </spoiler> No epilogue, no answers, no hope. Was that the point? If so, it confused me.
so i honestly love this book. i wasnt expecting the usual but I also wasnt 100% sure what I was getting into. I enjoyed it. I love how it made me think. it got under my skin still, but not in the way his usual books do. The writing was beautiful per usual. The character growth was fantastic and how we got to know everyone at the same time. absolutely recommend this book.