The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

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Summary: I was surprised this turned out to be a page-turner.
Review: This story was very well written; so much so, that my eyes are tired from reading almost all of it in one sitting. After reading awhile, I identified so much with the little girl, that it was almost like me trying to find my way out of the woods. It was very suspensful, exciting, and of course, it became so important that this gutsy little girl make it. The analogy at the end brought a tear to my eye and I was not disappointed in this book in any way. Thanks S.K.

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Summary: He's Baacckk!
Review: After reading Bag of Bones, I thought I'd never buy another S.King book. I am half way through The Girl Who Lvd T.Gordon and it has me anxiously waiting to read what will happen next. The book really holds your interest. I find myself saying out loud saying hang in there Trisha just hang in there everything is going to be OK. For those skeptics that thought King was losing his touch well he's not! I don't think I'll every go hiking again.

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Summary: predictable plot
Review: I can't believe that readers were "touched" by Trisha McFarland....how could you care when it was SO obvious that she would make it out of the woods?This story( please note: I say story, not novel!) would have been more suspenseful had the child molester in fact been in the woods...hiding from him would have seemed more plausible than being stalked for days by a bear! As to the ending, how about Trisha's parents arranging to have the real Tom Gordon come to meet her @ the hospital? Her disappearance had been publicized, so it would not have been unrealistic for a major leaguer to respond after hearing of her devotion. Now that would have been a big finish to an otherwise lame book!P.S. Believe it or not, I am a Stephen King fan!

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Summary: Stephen King knows kids and scary things.
Review: He did it again ! Stephen King knows kids and what scares most people. This time the moster is in our minds until we're half waythrough the book. Then the tension builds, while we wonder when the first confrontation will happen. The end is both suprising and exhilerating.

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Summary: Everything the Name King Promises
Review: Now, listen up, all you negative reviewers. True, this was not like King's other books, but Carrie and Salem's Lot were almost universes apart! So what if it's different? It's still enjoyable. King has captured the feeling of being stalked by a wild animal perfectly in this book! No matter who you are, if the image of 1,000 dead and mutilated deer hanging in the trees didn't at least make you uneasy, you're lying. This book was everything the name promises, and while the villan didn't turn out to be what I expected or hoped, the narrative and imagry was, as always, flawless. Keep it up and bravo, Mr. King. We LOYAL fans are still behind you!

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Summary: BOOOO!!!!!
Review: hmmm....how does one say this?? this book is not very good. there was a time when this good man we all know as stephen king could put life into the dead. he took dracula and made him into a town. he brought the devil back to life in an antique store. this is the same man who reinvigorated telekenisis at a high-school prom. but those days may be over now. if this novel is any indication of a new direction, a new form, a new genre, a new anything that may be permanent, than society may have to kiss those heydays of interest a sweet goodbye. this book is as boring as most any ancient classic and without the major literary merit. i'm sorry mr. king, but if u intend to go down as one of america's greatest writers than something must be done, for to go out like this would be far from great.

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Summary: Different than King's usual stuff but good.
Review: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon was a moving tale, one of those books which have touched me deeply. Of all the books I've read in the last few months, only The Triumph and the Glory touched me as profoundly as King's latest. I highly recommend it, in fact I highly recommed both books!

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Summary: A different turn in a writing style
Review: I read through the reviews and found myself wondering, "Is this the intellect of society?" Trashing the writer and then having spelling mistakes. Hypocrisy at its best. For those of you with a sense of change, what it means and what it can accomplish, read this book. "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon" is not the best written book. It does not hold your imagination that many of King's earlier novels have. In the long run, though, it is a decent read. A young girl steps off the path for relief and finds herself taking a wrong turn. The difference here is that the girl's imagination takes over; brought on by hunger, despair and sickness. No, it is not the "Old" King, but it raises the possibilities of the man's talents. I was disappointed in the simplicity of the characters that were heard about but rarely seen but well compensated by the development of the main character. I am looking for something more from King but not 'just' horror. Read "The Eyes of the Dragon" if you belive that King cannot develop something more but throw your ignorance somewhere else.

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Summary: Bull's Eye
Review: When an author touches my emotions, he has written a successful book. I cried for over an hour after finishing this one. You will root for this little girl all the way through the novel. Thank you, Mr. King. You've done it again!

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Summary: A study of prepubescent survival!
Review: I've read most of Stephen King's novels and The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon is quite different from the others. I thoroughly enjoyed it's captivating account of 9yr. old Trisha's ordeal lost in the forest.Her survival instincts and " know how" sort of made me wonder if I could accomplish such a feat, never mind my "camper experienced" 8yr old granddaughter,but iI guess,"what a difference a year makes". Trisha's instinctual survival efforts seemed a little too mature for her age. However the book is a fast and easy read and another Stephen King "must read".