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Summary: Stephen King at his best
Review: I've been reading most of King's earlier novels and expected this one to be like the others, with monsters and various paranormal experiences. But this novel isn't like that. It's actually not much of a horror story at all. But it's still one of the most scary novels he has ever written.The way King descibes a 9-year-old girls struggle through an unfriendly world, a world which couldn't care less about here, is truly fascinating. Being a hiker myself (in the northern Swedish mountains), I can easily picture everything she is going through. And that, I can assure you, is scary... This is a novel about courage and the will to survive against all odds. Even though you know that it's just a novel, you still can't help feeling for the girl. You want her to survive, you want her to get out of there. I was forced to put the book down after reading about half of it, and until I got the time the finish it, I actually found myself thinking about it all the time. I just couldn't keep my mind focused on anything else. The only bad thing about this otherwise great novel was that it was to short...
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Summary: If u go down to the woods today you're in for a big surprise
Review: This book is scary! ok theres no killer dogs or cars. Theres no blood sucking vampires or apocalpyses but its still a scary read. A little girl (nine year Trish, but big for her age) walks of the path and gets lost in the woods. She doesn't have a lot of food, and only has her walkman to keep her company - on which she listens to Red Sox games with her hero Tom Gordon. As she gets lost further (can you get lost even more?) she hears things, see things or thinks she does... Her imagination takes over, but it also keeps her together as she has visions of Tom Gordon looking out for her. I guess its similar to the Blair Witch Project (probably get cruficied for this comparision) but neither is really scary - its what goes on with the characters that is. And it both you're unsure of hows it going to end. Hey its a short book, grab it read and read it on a rainy day - just make sure you put it down before it gets dark! Also next time you go into the woods - stay on the path! Enjoy!
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Summary: GREAT STORY LINE!
Review: I thought that this book was told very well. At times you thought that it was going to be hard for Trisha to get out of the woods. King told the story great by using many things throughout the woods that were helpful to her and harmful to her. The book ended quickly but other than that this book is great!
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Summary: King has made better ones before
Review: If I hadn't been given the novel as a present I probably wouldn't have picked it up in a while, but I believe that Stephen King has written much better novels than this one. He is characterized by being a master of terror, but there wasn't almost any terror portrayed here as in other, usually older, novels of his. Though I guess it would be fine for younger readers. So they won't be scared off too soon by King and dare to read his novels further.
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Summary: Brought me back into the fold!
Review: I used to read a lot of Stephen King's novels. In fact, "The Stand" remains my favorite novel of all time. But I quit reading him in 1993 after I read "Gerald's Game"- too gross and scary for me. I felt forced to finish it against my will because when I stopped I kept having horrible imaginings and dreams about how it would end. I feared my imaginings might be worse than the book's own ending so I begrudgingly and fearfully finished it, but I swore that I would not read anymore King. I turned to the less frightening (and often less interesting) "literary fiction" section of the bookstore and have been happily buried there for much of the last 7 years. Then I unexpectedly caught site of this little book at the check-out aisle at the grocery (a place where I had never previously purchased a book). Hit with a burst of nostalgia for my previous fondness for the author of my favorite book, I tossed it on the counter. I read this book in a single night and yes, I was scared. But, I remembered that I like that! Also, my years away made me realize what a fantastic writer he truly is. His characters and stories are the best of the best. Since then I've been making up for lost time, reading (and listening to and downloading) all the Stephen King I can find. Long Live the King!
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Summary: A haunting story...
Review: Stephen King outdid himself with this book. It was interesting and easy reading. I read the book in less than one day, however, it did make me "itch."
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Summary: A Truly Great Read
Review: This is Stephen King at his best; not too wordy, not too weird, not going into make-believe monsters and things that go bump in the night, just an honest, true-to-life story about a 9-year-old girl lost in the woods. For people that won't read King because he's too scary or gory, this is the book for them. I was surprised when I read it. I have been reading King since I was myself 9, and while some of his work seems derivative at times, this was a new and exciting venture. Everything in it makes you feel like you are right there, that you are in the midst of a huge, unending sea of trees, bugs, dirt, hunger, discomfort, that all you want to do is be safe in your bed at home. Trisha McFarland is a well-written character; you feel at home with her in the harsh surroundings, you root for her when she uses all her wits and strengths to keep on going, you pity her when night closes in and all relative safety evaporates into fear of what you can't see. I actually wished this book was longer, that I could keep on reading well after I was done. At little over 200 pages, this is one of King's shorter works, and it's one that could have kept going for quite sometime before becoming tiresome. If you've never tried King before, here is where you should start.
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Summary: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
Review: OK. I admit it. When I read for work it's usually boring e-mails or some kind of memo or technical document, so I love the escapism of Stephen King. Yet I think he's at his scariest when he writes about something that it's easy to imagine could occur because it doesn't have a huge dose of the supernatural or paranormal (Gerald's Game is an excellent example). That's why I liked this book. Plus, I used to live in Maine and hike in New Hampshire and his descriptions unerringly recreate the atmosphere. Add to that having a kid the age of the protagonist in the book, and it seems close to home. The ending was a little predictable, but at least it gets away from the trend in many books these days of the bad guy squashing the good guy and walking away unscathed (try Hannibal). King's best books are ultimately about redemption more than retribution (try his alter ego Bachman for that). I also like Desperation and The Stand.
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Summary: king repeats himself with this novel.
Review: Stephen King is a writer who has ripened with age. He no longer writes horror stories, but humanity stories. We saw glimpses of it in his earlier work, but as he has gotten older, so have his novels. He wrote a book about a decade ago titled "Gerald's Game". That book, about a woman who is strapped to a bed for four days without rescue, is almost the same novel as "Gordon". A woman is alone with her thoughts,a woman needs a figure to get out of the mess( in this case tom gordon, in "gerald's game" her long time friend), each women is stalked by a mythical, terrifying god-like figure, and each goes deep into the main characters mind to find resolution to what ailement they might have( trisha's mom and brother's fighting,in Gerald's Game her sexual abuse). In "Gerald's Game" it's like somebody dared KING to write a novel about a woman tied to a bed; in "Gordon" it's like somebody dared the authour to write a novel about a girl trapped in the woods. If you read both novels they are incredibly similar. With that having been said, the book isn't entirely bad. There are parts that are very good, but a climax where a walkman is thrown at a bear that has been stalking a girl through a swamp....please! Gordon I must say is nothing more than a wast of an afternoon. A deep love for baseball is the best part about this book, but even that is not enough to redeem it.
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Summary: Fast-paced
Review: I am a huge Stephen King fan and have read as many of his books as I can get my hands on. This story was one I couldn't put down , it's the only one I have read from begining to end without putting it down. I couldn't wait to see if this little girl would overcome the odds facing her on her "journey" through the forest. It's not quite a horror book, but as many true fans would know of Stephen King's books it doesn't have to involve supernatural things to be great.
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