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Summary: An improvement from King
Review: One must wonder how some of the reviewers here can possibly rate this book as one star. After all, I do not believe that there are many authors among the critics out there, and certainly very few that can compete with Stephen King. Besides... people bought the book, and 3 months after it was released, they still ARE buying the book... does it not have to be reasonably good? I'm not here to say that the book is his best. However, it is an improvement from his other recent novels, and is probably (IMHO) among the top five or six he's written. It shows (as no other King novel has before) that he actually CAN write from the woman's (girl's, actually) perspective, although he does carry his somehwat chauvinistic biases along with it (for example, the girl's hero HAS to be a male, and a baseball player, at that). Chalk it up to a new age for Stephen King; just because his more recent novels do not agree with a person's reading preferences does not mean that Stephen King can't write anymore. To the contrary.
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Summary: One of King's best -- about human, not supernatural, events.
Review: I have been a Stephen King fan for many years and read everything he wrote until "Pet Semetary" -- which was the launching pad for a long string of supernatural horror books. In "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon," King proves his talent is at its best when he writes about human, rather than supernatural, events. This novel is very believable; it never strays from the realm of reality. Once again, we see that King can write a female viewpoint as convincingly as a male. I sincerely hope he plans more like this.
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Summary: Some Decent Entertainment
Review: Not as chilling as really good Stephen King, but still okay enough to while away a couple of evenings with. Try to get it from the library if you can, you'll only want to read it once.
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Summary: Realistic terror!
Review: Just as in the Dolores Claiborne and Misery, this is a captivating book that really shakes the readers attention. This could happen to anyone! The feelings of the main character were explained so vividly that I found myself screaming with her, feeling the bumps with every fall and getting caught up in her daydreams as Tom Gordon walked with her in the woods.... I can't wait to see if they make this into a movie!
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Summary: Not King's better book but certainly a good one!!
Review: I was so amazed when I saw a new Stephen King's book while I was wandering in my favourite Bookshop, that I immediately bought it. Come back home I started reading it and found it absolutely good, also if it isn't at BAG OF BONES' levels. I think that it can be inserted in that sort of "King's theological period" in which DESPERATION and THE REGULATORS are collocated. In this book King reflects about God and his nature, that is of "coming on in the bottom of the ninth"; by the original idea of comparing the disadventure of Trisha with a baseball match, King reveals his great ability to mix up different elements with that sort of dissacration that is a constant of his works.....and finally he reveals his deep supporting of the "Red Sox"!!(sorry for wrong expression but I'm from Italy and my English may be not so good)
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Summary: King takes you there...
Review: King has done it again! No fanciful imaginings in this book, this is real life gone horrfiyingly awry! If you enjoyed "Cujo," and could "see" the big doggie, then you'll enjoy "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon." King weaves a tale from the threads of our own experiences and imaginations. Ever been buzzed by a mosquito? Then you can relate to this story. He masterfully takes the us to the edge and leaves us to fill in the pauses between her breaths with the emotions we would feel. Your heart pounds in unison with Trisha's... One of King's best and a fast read!
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Summary: A King Novel for the Rest of Us!
Review: This isn't a horror novel and shouldn't be construed as such. What King has done is to pen a great tale of adventure, courage, and coming of age in the story of a 12 year old girl lost in the woods. While gone, the girl comes to terms with her parents' divorce, learns to appreciate her family, including her surly older brother, and discovers a spirituality of sorts along the way, all with the help of her favorite Red Sox pitcher, Tom Gordon. Don't be driven off by that "thing" in the woods though. One word...bear.
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Summary: a different kind of King tale
Review: I finally bought TGWLTG Thursday. I started reading it Friday and finished that night. it was a pretty good book. i think it is different from most of king's work. in fact i don't know if i'd call this book horror. the things that are horrific about the book could be just in her mind, and that's what i think they are. (well, the location, near TR90, makes me wonder about that though). it was interesting the way i read it. i had gotten off of work, and i was tired from the day before as well as work that day. i had to take my two hour train ride to get home (after walking 45 mins to get to the train station). when i got there, nobody was home, and i hadn't had a key to the apt at that time, so i sat on the steps (very uncomfortable steps) for 4 1/2 hours waiting for someone to get home to let me in. let me tell you, when you are tired and hungry and sore and very uncomfortable and you are reading a book about a lost girl who is tired and hungry and sore and very uncomfortable...well, it adds something to the book.
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Summary: It kept my interest and didn't take long to read.
Review: This book was alright. Not typical Stephen King horror. "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon" was sort of like "The Long Walk" revisited (written by King as Richard Bachman).
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Summary: Red-sox lover gets lost in woods, and uses Tom to keep sane
Review: Little girl, who loves Tom " Flash" Gordon get's lost in the woods, and to get through a couple of weeks in the woods she uses an imaginary Tom Gordon to make it through. A must read for Stephen king fans.
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