100 boys walk until only one is left standing.

Early in my reading of this book I imagined Stephen King taking a bet that he couldn't write a whole book where nothing happens except for someone going on a walk. I also thought I'd be disappointed if there wasn't some kind of a plot twist or at least that things get better spelled out about the setting that makes the walk what it is. But the plot, like the walkers, just keeps going down the line.

Doing a little research, this is apparently the first novel Stephen King wrote (and it was published under a pseudonym), so there probably weren't any literary challenge bets going on.

Despite the simplicity of the plot there are a ton of unanswered questions that leave the reader to speculate.

Did I like it? It was brutal and gory at times, so not "enjoyable" but it made me think.