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Summary: Could have been better, but still worthy of a read!
Review: This book started strong, lagged in the middle, then finished on a pretty high note. I did enjoy the story and how it was told by King, but it was just missing something needed to be a great survival story. It was not as scary as most King novels, but it had a few moments of fear. I recommend this story for a good short read, if you have nothing else to do.
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Summary: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
Review: Stephen King's "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon" is an attention-grabbing read that keeps you on your toes. The spine-chilling suspense keeps the pages turning. Trisha, the main character in the novel, is a nine year old girl who constantly drifts off into her own world where the consistent fighting between her brother Pete and her newly-divorced mother seems to disappear. One Saturday, while on an innocent walk with her family, Trisha drifts off and becomes separated from her mother and brother. What happens to her in the following days is enough to keep the suspense alive. A main issue in the story is that of Trisha feeling alone. Her father was an alcoholic and she has always felt so separated from everyone else in her family. Reading this made me think about what it would be like to be alone, and feel so isolated from everyone else. King uses a great amount of detail in describing events and occurances in the novel, and it makes the story behind all of the description, all the more interesting. This novel is excellent for readers who enjoy suspense and frightening excitement. I loved reading this book and I very highly recommend it.
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Summary: The Girl Who Loved tom Gordon
Review: A spellbinding book that will keep you turning the pages. The book shows greatly in detail the changes a mind makes when you are alone in the dark miles and miles away from anyone and anything.I could not stop reading this book. I couldn't put the book down. This book was exhileraing and action packed. All wilderness loving people this is your book. This book realliy goes into depth of the mechanics of the way a person thinks and how they gradually go insane.
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Summary: The Girl who loved Tom Gordon
Review: A spellbinding book that will keep you turning the pages. The book shows greatly in detail the changes a mind makes when you are alone in the dark, miles and miles away from anyone and anything. I could not stop reading this book. I couldn't put the book down. This book was exhileraing and action packed. All wilderness loving people this is your book. This book realliy goes into depth of the mechanics of the way a person thinks and how they gradually go insane.
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Summary: Beautiful
Review: Stephen Kings never stops to amaze. This book was a great tale about courage, struggle, and love. I don't want to tell to much about the story, but I can tell you - this book can make you think. My heart went out for little Trisha McFarland, as she is lost in the woods, her only hope for survival a walkman - so she can here the baseball games. I give this a big thumbs up - as it makes human life and the relationships we have seem very real.
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Summary: A blown save opportunity
Review: The premise of King's book is too good: a young girl lost in the woods, her furtive imagination going wild as she tries to find her way out. Unfortunately, the actual story is about as compelling as watching a 3 day cricket match. Who knows if King could have written it in a way to hold my attention, but as it stands, the story is dullsville. The best moments are when our heroine talks to Tom Gordon, but those are far and few between. Most of the book is written in a rather sophomoric way and many of the events in the story make you want to roll your eyes. A nice payoff at the end may have redeemed the book, sort of like a closer coming in in the ninth to save a losing game. But alas, this one will have to go in the "L" column.
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Summary: Who wrote this book?
Review: I'm a fan of King, but this one didn't seem like him at all. More than half the book is a survival novel. It shows how a little girl finds food to eat, how she protects herself from the elements...etc. Until she starts to see mangled animals and trees does King's writing kick in. King wrote this well, but it had a few boring parts. It seems King is incorporating religion in more of his books too. Pick this up if you want a King book that is mild horror/survival.
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Summary: This book got my 9-year-old to read...Hooray!
Review: One does not think of Stephen King stories as appropriate reading material for young kids. This novel, however, is an exception. My little boy, who is learning disabled and finds reading torture, loved this book. After he finished the novel, I was especially pleased to find that he recognized the creature Trisha battles at the end for what it was...a symbol for all the horrors Trisha faced and conquered on her journey. Swarming insects, the bog, lightning, and the horrible spectre of the death of the deer were all brought together in the "bear." Any book that gets kids reading and thinking is invaluable. Thanks Mr. King!
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Summary: The Girl Who Loved T.G. & Wasted My Time
Review: I had not read any Stephen King and picked up this novel as a sample. A huge disappointment. The story is weak and contains little suspense. Given the nature of his success, I assume this work is not indicative of Mr. King's abilities.
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Summary: Not the usual Stephen King, but still very good.
Review: Stephen King takes a step away from his usual horror novels to write a story of survival and the blurred line between fantasy and reality. The story of slightly trouble-making yet lovable nine-year-old Trisha McFarland is not as much a story of horror as it is a story of humanity. For a 250-page book, I found the middle a bit slow, but by page 175 I was definitely hooked, and I found myself so deeply absorbed in the book as I usually get when reading Stephen King. As usual, King shows off his uncanny skills in characterization, as the reader finds themself caring deeply for Trisha within the first pages. Overall, it was an outstanding book and a nice refresher from the usual 500-page novels. I would definitely recommend it.
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