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Summary: Good book.
Review: "The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon" was a pretty good book. I only gave it four stars because I got lost alot in the book and could'nt figure out what he was talking about. Otherwise it is a great book. And it really isn't King's normal blood and gore book, it has a small part with a monster. But the book seemed to center more around a girl getting lost in the woods and struggles for survival.
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Summary: Yawn...what a bore!
Review: I borrowed this audiobook from a relative and found it to be so boring that I had to give it back without finishing the story. From what I can tell, the plot consists of a mother, daughter, and son who fight constantly yet end up going on a hiking trip. This trip is supposed to consist of some quality family time, but ends up in another mother/son fight. In the middle of all the fighting, the daughter (Trisha) ends up stopping to go pee in the woods, which ends up with her getting seperated from her family. And the rest of the story is about her being scared and lost in the woods. It just wasn't very interesting to hear about how scared she was and how she couldn't find her way back to her family. There wasn't a scary twist to it...just a girl lost in the woods.
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Summary: He can do better
Review: This definitely isn't high on my list of great books. It's a big departure from what King usually writes, and I wish he would have just stuck w/ his usual fare. It moves too slow for my tastes...if you want an awesome King book, try Bag of Bones.
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Summary: Dull and Pointless
Review: If you've ever thought that Stephen King shouldn't publish everything he writes, this book will reinforce your belief. It is really quite surprising how King, in this book, will initiate a subplot and then simply abandon it, like he did with the considerably rocky relationship between the main character (Trisha) and her family. Granted, there is little opportunity for them to make appearances, but if the family dynamic is not to play a relevant part in the character's journey, why bring it up at all? The only salvation this book could have found would have been in the eeriness of the setting and the supposed monster hunting Trisha in the woods. At no point are we even tempted to believe that there is another presence out there with her, hunting her for no other reason than she is lost. The writing is simply not engaging enough. In short, this was probably the dullest 225 pages I have ever read. If you're like me, and you hate to have your valuable reading time wasted, steer clear of The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon and spend your six dollars on Richard Laymon's Bram Stoker Award-winning novel, The Traveling Vampire Show. The characters and the plot are much more interesting.
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Summary: great vacation reading
Review: This was a great summer reading book. I started it at home one summer night and finished it on vacation in St.Lucia. it was a book I could not put down. Very well written and kept you in suspense till the end. Not many books keep my attention but this one did! Thanks Stephen King.
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Summary: First Stephen King Book I've Read Left A Good Impression
Review: This was the first book by Stephen King I've read and it made me want to go straight to the bookstore and get another. It tells the story of Trisha McFarland, a 9 year old girl from New England who is hiking along the Appalachan Trail with her mother and brother. She gets separated from them and wanders through the woods getting herself lost deeper and deeper in the forest. At first, Trisha thinks she is alone but soon she discovers she is not. She senses she is being followed. Read this book to figure out what is following her and if Trisha gets rescued before her companion catches up with her.
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Summary: GOOD AFTERNOON READ
Review: After reading this, I felt that Mr. King woke up, ate breakfast, went to his computer and finished the novel before Tabitha called him for supper. Not great, but not bad -- if you're frightened of the woods, this makes a decent companion piece to "PET SEMATARY." If you've ever been lost in the woods, it just might horrify you. Don't expect much and you might like it. A big plus is that it isn't too long, like many of Mr. King's past indulgences. Might be his shortest novel since "CARRIE." It's just right.
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Summary: Amazing to listen to!
Review: While I enjoyed the story, and Stephen King is always wonderful, I really must comment on Anne Heche's reading/performance. She is mezmerizing! I listened to this book in my car commuting to work, but found taking the long way, wanting to hear more. Anne Heche sends chills down your spine as she speaks the words in Tricia's subconscious. I highly recommned listening to this book.
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Summary: A Padded Short Story
Review: Stephen King's The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon is suspenseful and well-written but never kicks it further. The lead character, nine-year-old Trisha McFarland, has to survive in the woods listening to broadcasts of Boston Red Sox games and (perhaps) stalked by some mysterious creature. The nature survival bits were more interesting than the stalker. The author batters the girl up in his usual fashion and pushes her to the edge, figuratively and in reality, but still something is missing. There is not enough material to sustain the two hundred plus pages (a very small novel for Mr. King) and it would have made a tight, thrilling short story instead. A quick read but not nearly as engaging as the author's usual efforts.
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Summary: I Read This One at One Sitting
Review: Big Steve is back, and he's at the top of his form. This is just an amazing piece of work. Much shorter that King is used to writing- he's learning the difference between a novel and a phone book.Central to the story is Trisha, a nine year old girl who can only be described as spunky. She and her brother are trying to recover from their parents' divorce. Mom takes the kids on a nature hike. Trisha gets off the path to answer nature's call, and things go downhill from there. The main character is so real that I had to read the whole thing in one night so as to find out what happens to her. After all, just because you're a little kid doesn't grant you immunity from death and pain in King's stories- witness PET SEMETARY, SALEM'S LOT, and most especially CUJO. Almost as interesting as the main character is the setting. I live in central Texas and DARN but I want to go to Maine next summer. I want to smell those trees and see those stars at night myself. There are scenes in this book of such beauty that you can temporarily forget the grave danger that Trisha is in. Good work, Big Steve!
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