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Summary: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
Review: Overall this book kept me on the edge of my seat and I would recomend this book to anyone who likes a scary story. Stephen King is a good author and I like to read his books. Everytime I read one of his books it's hard for me to go to sleep because what he writes what can realy be true. I would like it even more if someone made this book in to a movie. I like to watch scary movies and if this was a scary movie I would miss out on a weeks worth of sleep. Tricia stayed brave and she is very smart. If anyone deserves any credit it would be Tricia. For anyone who wants to read this book go ahead and read it if you want to be reading for the next couple of hours. If I had to read this book on my own I wouldent be able to put the book down and all I would want to do was read the book untill it was over.
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Summary: Leave it to King!
Review: Leave it to Stephen King to make something as mundane as a walk in the woods into a heart thumping adventure. As usual, his characterizations and dead-on descriptions have you feeling like you know Trisha and are there with her, lost in the deep woods of Maine. Her trip through the swamp was heart wrenching and her determination so admirable that I found myself pulling for her as though she were my own daughter. This is not a very long book, which must have been King's goal. Otherwise, I think he could have had some fun with the storyline of Trisha's family as they await her fate. Instead, he remains focused on the heroine as only King can focus. I couldn't wait to see how this book ended, and I wasn't disappointed as the last chapter unfolds. I think non-hikers would probably like this book less than those of us who can relate to following a trail through beautiful, and sometimes eerie, woods and imagine what being lost there might be like. Completely terrifying!
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Summary: I liked this one!
Review: I really liked this book. It's a little different then some of his other work. It reminds me of Gerald's Game somewhat. It's not very long though but it's enjoyable reading.
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Summary: Absolutely Phenomenal!
Review: If I had read the book I would say I couldn't put it down. I purchased this CD to listen to in the car on the way to work but I ended up bringing it inside and finishing it in two days. Stephen King pulls you in more and more with each inning. This is the best of his books I've ever "read."
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Summary: Not really.
Review: It wasn't scary really... Kind of disappointing... The entire book seemed like King was sparing our feelings. That's not the Stephen King I used to know....
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Summary: Couldn't get into this book...
Review: I usually like everything Stephen King pumps out of his book writing mill...but occasionally one of his books just doesn't catch my attention. I found this book very hard to get into, it was extremely slow and I didn't even finish. My husband read it and said it does get better in the second half of the book but he agreed it was hard to get into the storyline.
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Summary: A Rite of Passage
Review: The story of Trisha McFarland, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, is much more than just a quick read about a 9 year old girl lost in the woods. It is a rite of passage, a journey through all of the questions she has and the pain she feels in her life. As she makes her way through the woods, she encounters her pain, her father's "god", her fear, her hero Tom Gordon, and ultimately, herself. As good a book as any King has written, this is another great example of his talent without all of the horror story trappings that do tend to keep some readers away. Many thanks to Stephen King for a book that entertains on several levels.
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Summary: Not too Scary, but Wonderfully Told
Review: On one of my bookshelves, next to a series of large tomes by Stephen King, there now stands a small, 200-page book that looks out of place. Between Gerald's Game and Insomnia, King's new book is tucked away, seeming as if it doesn't belong there at all. Yet although The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon is a departure from his normal method of storytelling, it is still vintage King. The title character is Trisha McFarland, a nine year-old girl (but big for her age), daughter of divorced parents, and the glue that has been holding together her feuding mother and older brother. As they set out for a hike through the woods in Maine (where else?), Trisha stops for a moment to go off the trail in an effort to get away from the family bickering. Separated from her mother and brother, Trisha attempts to find her way back to the trail only to discover that she is completely lost. With a stoic resolve that King manages to make completely believable, Trisha sets off on an adventure, trying to find her way home. Her only link to civilization is her Walkman radio, which she cares for with a reverence. As she listens to the Boston Red Sox game, she begins to fantasize that closing pitcher Tom "Flash" Gordon is talking to her. As the hours turn to days, Trisha comes to the realization that something else is in the woods with her, too. She doesn't have a name for it, but she begins thinking of it as "the thing" in the woods and later knows it as The God of the Lost. Little by little, Trisha slips between reality and the dark place where King likes to play. She sees things in the night, feels the breath of it on her neck, but the reader is never sure if it's real or merely the imaginings of a young girl whose stress level is beyond the breaking point. Soon the barrier between reality and hallucination is gone, and Tom Gordon becomes not just an idle fantasy to pass the time, but a "real" person helping her through this nightmare. Tom gives her the strength she needs and comes to her when everything is all but lost. Through it all, Trisha tries desperately to discover what she believes and what she can believe in. King does a wonderful job of telling the story almost entirely from Trisha's point of view. He does cheat once or twice to tell the reader what is happening in the search for the missing girl, but these breaks are few and far between. The audience is stuck with Trisha, lost in the woods, and unsure if she will ever be saved. While The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon often seems out of character for King. More than a horror novel, it is a tale of survival and humanity fighting against nature. But there are still moments that mirror his past work, too. This is not to say that he is repeating himself, but rather that fans will see that this is a a King novel after all. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon may never be considered King's best (or best selling) novel, but it is intimate and inviting. There is no real horror, but it is a compelling tale wonderfully told.
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Summary: A King is back
Review: First I can say that King has returned to the better stories. A girl, nine years old, loosing her way into another world, trying to survive, and `something' following her trying to get her, it can only be a King story. In my view it can become a story that easily fits in some like Robinson Crusoe and Lord of the Flies.
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Summary: Disappointing...
Review: I have been a fan of Stephen King since Carrie came out; I thought, and still think, that The Shining is a masterpiece unequaled by any other horror author. However, I was terribly disappointed in this book. The story starts out with good information about the family nucleus, and as the story begins and the family starts their trek through the woods, I could really feel the emotions going through their minds, and the strong connection between the brother and sister. When the little girl disappears in the blink of an eye, I felt that this was the beginning of a very scary story, filled with lots of supernatural influence. Instead, I began to get bored because nothing much was happening; there were points when the story built and I felt that the moment was just around the corner when I would find King's sense of darkness and true horror, only to read on and say this is it? The plot of the story about a little lost girl all alone in the dark woods conjures up terror and unimaginable fear that I felt just didn't happen. I would say the book is an OK read, but definitely not up to King's usual standard of writing...
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