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Summary: Better than...
Review: I found that The Girl That Loved Tom Gordon was very similar plot-wise to Gerald's Game. I do think that TGTLTG was a much better telling of the story though. Even though the plot is pretty straight-forward and predictable it kept me wanting to continue reading. The ending was kind of abrupt, I was hoping for "Extra Innings" :) All in all a suprisingly good effort for a re-hashed plot. In contrast I think I gave Gerald's Game one star.
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Summary: Worst Stephen King I have read
Review: If I hadn't gotten this one in an airport, and then was a captive audience, I would never have finished it. I suppose if you were a big baseball fan, it would help your enjoyment of this book a lot. The end leaves you wondering, in fact years after reading it, I still wonder sometimes.
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Summary: Pretty lukewarm stuff from The Master
Review: It's not that "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon" is a bad book, it's just that it's not up to the standards of what this humble reviewer expects from Stephen King. When a headstrong nine-year-old, Trisha McFarland, wanders away from her constantly bickering mother and brother while on a nature walk along the Appalachian Trail in Maine, she finds herself faced with one of childhood's greatest fears - that of being lost in the wilderness. As Trisha attempts to reunite with her family, she actually ends up moving farther and farther away from them. As day turns into night, she finally begins to realize that she will not quickly find her missing family and now instead, must be concerned with survival. The rest of the book, of course, deals with this "struggle" and gives King an opportunity to delve into the mind of a "not-so-average" nine-year-old. Trisha relies on her hero, Boston Red Sox closer, Tom Gordon, for inspiration as she fends for herself in the woods. One of her biggest concerns is whether or not the batteries in her Walkman will hold out long enough for her to continue to turn in to the nightly Sox game before she is rescued. She is as resilient as most of King's strong female leads and wise beyond her years. Along the way, King introduces the "boogey-man" of this story which is a mysterious and unseen entity that leaves deep, deep slash marks in trees and various forest animals along the way. This entity never quite exhibits the true terror that most of King's creepy characters demonstrate. As the book lumbers along to it's expected climax, the reader will have an opportunity to enjoy King's style of prose. The book is wonderfully written (as are all of King's works) with the usually memorable phrases and word pictures. Don't let this review deter you from reading this book, just don't go into it with the typical expectations that one might have if they are a frequent reader of King's work.
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Summary: Great! Not too scary but good.
Review: I thought The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon was very good. I would recommend this book to anybody who was in the mood for a short, kinda creepy book.
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Summary: Heche shines!
Review: This is a good Stephen King novel. It's relatively short, and has some of the mystical element that King is so well known for. What works in the plot is how you follow the trail of this girl from getting off the trail, to what could be the end of the line. However, what made this most memorable was the stellar performance turned in by Anne Heche. She not only did the narration; she brought this girl to life, and more importantly, brought this girl's fears to life. I still think of "Tough Tootsie" when I think of this book, and I loved listening to the "play-by-play" of the Red Sox, since I've listened to Joe and Jerry quite often over the years. A good reading can make a good book outstanding. This is truly a book you should listen to, whether or not you read it.
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Summary: the girl who loved tom gordon
Review: this book is about a little girl who was walking on a trail and wandered off into the woods.she got lost and she did some pretty impossible stuff to survive out in the wilderness.stephen king said that this book was supposed to be scary and it is more into the fantasy section.it would go under scary books,but when people read it they might think that the book is scary.I think if you put yourself in her posistion it would be scary.i did not fall asleep reading it.
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Summary: awesome book
Review: it's a great book. very stephen king. certainly worth a read. there's a few very, very scary parts. i'm writing this review to point out a huge hole in the plot- midway through there's a small part where someone calls and reports that they've abducted the girl, when in fact she's simply lost out in the forest. why? it seems like something stephen king meant to follow up on, and just forgot about. weird, and pointless. otherwise, it's an awesome book.
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Summary: Vivid, compelling, you won't want to put this down
Review: I'm a huge King fan, read most of his works, and this one is up there with his best. What makes King such a great writer is he brings the characters alive so well that you feel like you know them. This story is very well paced, beautifully written, and has some great baseball insight. However, I was surprised to see King misspelled Jason Varitek's last name, but whatever, I loved this book.
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Summary: Plot developments?
Review: This is one of the "new" King's novels involving a little girl lost in the woods and pursued by a beast. That is it, a 9 year old who is moderately resourceful, yet still a city girl at heart, wandering through Maine wilderness. Despite the lacking plot, I had fun with this novel, though not as much fun as King's other quick one day reads such as The Dead Zone, Cujo, or Salem's Lot. The monster is disappointing, though I didn't expect much. I enjoyed this novel, though, and in my opinion that is all that matters. 4/5 for fun, though unchanging, walk through the woods.
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Summary: no sci-fi, no gore -- but more terrifying
Review: A 9-year-old girl, Trisha, becomes separated from her brother and mother who are too deep in an argument on this "family fun day" (despite their alcoholic dad's absence) to notice till it's too late. Trisha is then on a terrifying odyssey to find her way back out of the woods and to safety without a map, and with someone --- or something -- watching her. All she has for comfort is a dying transistor radio to tell her the results of the baseball game, featuring her favorite player Tom Gordon. Who doesn't fear getting lost in the woods -- and who doesn't fear for a young innocent girl whose life is falling apart? These harrowing conventions keep the plot in place and running smoothly until the end. I could feel Trisha's fatigue, hunger and frustration as she tries to make her way back home, even if it IS to a typical argumentative family in the end.
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