The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

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Summary: The worst book ever by Stephen King
Review: No doubt this is the worst book by Stephen King after Geralds Game. I forced very hard to read this book but after 200 pages, once again: 200 pages I dont found any suspenseful paragraph even words! Dont waste your money buying this book. Except you are a teenagers who love adventure genre (lonewolf,etc.) and not like a disturbing book, like IT, PetSemetary, THe Shining,etc. If you like to comment this review or just want to discuss with me about SK e-mail me at: [e-mail]

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Summary: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
Review: I thought is was great, just like everything else Mr. King writes. I could not put it down. I finished the book in just one day. Thank you for sharing your gift Mr. King.

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Summary: Harkens to "Gerald's Game" but without the tedium...
Review: King has an incredible talent with his characters. The young girl in this story is a well-developed character. Though young, she is not uninteresting to an adult reader. The plot line is realistic, and King's ending is more evolved from his earlier novels where the line between reality and imagination was bold and crisp. Here, he has blurred the distinction to such a degree that the reader is left with a satisfying feeling that the heroine was living a story that nobody would believe--though the reader does.

Ok, it might have had a few paragraphs here and there which dragged a bit, and that is why I offer four stars rather than five. I likened it to a more interesting "Gerald's Game" (which in my opinion was a huge disappointment), but truly, it also blends the feelings of "The Body," and even, perhaps "Bag of Bones;" offering that brooding, Maine-woods feeling I always get from a King novel.

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Summary: top of the game for Stephen King
Review: A simply wonderful book! Very suspenseful, and impossible to put down. King made the reader feel as if we were in the woods with Tricia, with vivid descriptions and realistic terror. I especially liked the realism this book offers. This story could actually happen exactly as written. The ending is great. I would highly recommend this book.

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Summary: BORING
Review: When I read this book. Its remind me of other Stephen King books, titled Geralds Game. There a lot of vivid nightmare, unseen terror, and flashback.The ending is not so good. The "monster" is just a BEAR! Final word, this book more like an adventure genre than a suspense.

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Summary: Average story, Zero value
Review: Stephen King's attempt at blending sports with "horror" is a failed one. This book is all just suggestion. It is just a big obsessive thought of this lost little girl who is only having an argument with her id (Fruedian Psychology). The god of death, who is supposedly a huge monster, without giving the ending away, is not that much of a monster after all. He is not even that strong. King also tries to include some theme in his novel. He tries to say that God does not help anybody, and is to busy to answer her prayers. I think Stephen King is running out of ideas. This book was probably more for teenagers than for adults. My advise, don't buy this book. The movie will be better, if they are actually going to make one.

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Summary: Definitely different
Review: I can't say that this was bad, but it wasn't especially good either. I think that's because I'm really expecting something scary, something like Carrie or some of his other books. This reminded me of Cujo, I think that it's just too real...too possible. I really liked the idea about walking with Tom Gordon and being followed by the God of the Lost though.

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Summary: One Word:Suspenseful!
Review: Stephen King's novel "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon" was an excellent piece of literature! It was the type of book that makes you think of your life. I agree that it gives you a a spiritual feeling of understanding the girl's situation. It makes you think of how you would feel if you were in the woods all alone with nothing but a walkman as a companion. This book is just one example of how talented King is as a writer. It had some chilling characters as well. The priest was scary and really creepy! This book would be a lot scarier to a person who has actually been in the woods at night, on their own or in a group. Like many have said, it's a real page turner!

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Summary: Once Again.....
Review: No one really reads a Stephen King novel, they become a Stephen King novel. His ability to make us feel as if we are in the middle of the woods...lost, alone, and nine years old is astounding. Although there was no "evil" in this book it was immensely gripping and in it's own way terrifying. The only thing I did not like was the title. Linda

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Summary: King of horror? I think not.
Review: Is it just me folks, or has Stephen King decided to not be scary anymore? I just read 'Bag of Bones' which had some not-particularly-scary ghosts in it, and now 'The Girl who loved Tom Gordon' which is populated with a few icky moments and the occasional wildlife thrill. Suspensful, yes. Frighteningly scary? Uh...no. Another thing that kind of bothered me was the length. I paid the same for both books, but 'Tom Gordon' is only 200 and some pages thick (if you can call THAT thick). 'Bag of Bones' is around triple the length. I read this one in a single afternoon. All that aside, for what it is, it really IS a well crafted novel(?) of what its like to be a little girl lost in the deep wilderness without any woods knowledge and only her walkman for company. It really is despairing to read about how everything gets worse and worse as time goes on, and the parts where she is stalked are genuine page-turners. Just keep in mind if you're looking for the 'old' Stephen King, 'Carrie' this isn't.