The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

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Summary: A compelling plunge into real storytelling, a must read!!!!!
Review: This is one of Mr. King's best! Not since Gary Paulsen's "Hatchet" has a more riveting tale of being alone in the woods come into being. This is a book any reader can consume in one sitting, (without the aide of coffee!) and I recommend this book to adults and children equally. Rarely has a short-read been more involving ( I can think of only two, Ray Bradbury's "Something Wicked This Way Comes" and Clive Barker's "The Thief Of Always"). If it weren't for language I'd even say this would be a good late elementary school novel, but then again little kids do have nightmares, don't they? Check this out you little readers you!

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Summary: King Believes in God!?!
Review: I have read a few Stephen King books, but admit I only read the ones I feel have potential to reflect Shawshank and Stand By Me qualities. Most don't but this one does. King presents a wonderful story of how baseball and God often drag the outcome to the last pitch of the last inning. As a youth pastor two things ring true, God often makes us wait until next year and then answers in the bottom of the ninth, and we don't always like the final score.

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Summary: THIS BOOK WAS A QUICK, ENJOYABLE READ.
Review: ALTHOUGH, NOT THE USUAL "HIDE MY HEAD UNDER THE COVERS" STORY THAT I EXPECTED, I DID REALLY LIKE THIS BOOK. I THINK IT SHOWED THAT TO A CHILD, HAVING A HERO TO LOOK UP TO CAN MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GIVING UP OR HOLDING ON, IF ONLY TO LISTEN TO ONE MORE GAME. HER HERO GAVE HER THE COURAGE AT THE END TO FACE HER DEMON FACE TO FACE, AND WIN! AS A STEPHEN KING FAN AND A SPORTS FAN, I THOUGHT HE DID A GREAT JOB. NOW, SEND ME SOMETHING TO SCARE THE DAYLIGHTS OUT OF ME!

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Summary: Constant reader
Review: I would like to say that I loved this book. I have never read a book of King's that I did not enjoy. I read some of the reviews and was surprised that there were readers who didn't like Storm of the Century or Bag of Bones. I can really relate to the way King writes and thinks. I believe he is the most talented writer that I have ever had the pleasure of reading. I give you five stars King for this and all your books. It's a good thing that he knows that everyone will always have something to say, whether it be good or bad. I would like to one day write a book myself and I can only hope that I will have the style <atleast some of it> and the grace that he has. I am forever your constant reader.

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Summary: Early review
Review: I've just started this book, two days into it but it's good as only King books can be. I admit I detest baseball so that aspect of the story does nothing for me. It's far too boring a sport for me and I have never understood the allure. I prefer football and boxing. However Mr. King does a great job of making you feel like you are lost in the woods along with Trisha. My main complaint to this point is how at the beginning of her getting lost she runs in one direction in search of the path only to eventually reach a deep, wide valley. I kept waiting for her to make the connection that she had gone in the wrong direction and make a straight line back in the direction she came but then again she's only 9 years old. Thus far into the story, despite a few flaws, I am hooked. It's definitely a page turner if for no other reason than the fact Mr. King can make you feel like you are actually there with a person as the story unravels. I have never felt that King writes his best when writing in the female perspective (for obvious reasons) but his work is still better than the vast majority of what is out there. However, I wish he'd go back to the genre that made him what he is today. So far, aside from a girl lost in the woods, the story isn't scary enough to rank high on the King list of classics.

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Summary: Captivates the imagination
Review: I got what I expected in terms of writing style. Stephen King's stories always make it easy to visualize the plot as you get carried away into the evening hour. However, I was left hungry for my chill fix. This is what we love you for Mr. King. A good story is nice, but please oh please, give us one that makes us check the door and all the windows; one that will make our hearts race far, far into the night!

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Summary: BORING
Review: I was pretty dissapointed with this book. I was expecting much more, but I did come to love the poor lost girl. It was, however, a very drawn out story--- it's only 200+ pages. I was expecting better.

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Summary: Unbelievable
Review: Only Stephen King can write an entire novel about a little girl being lost in the woods and make the story and the character so interesting that you can't put the book down. Definately a great book.

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Summary: WARNING--"Spoiler Alert"
Review: Sorry to 'break the rules' by commenting on another review, but for those King fans who haven't read "..Tom Gordon"....be forewarned.A reviewer (inadvertantly?) spoils part of the story by identifying the 'mysterious being' that is following the girl in the woods. I will not make the same mistake here (I hope!)If you have NOT yet read the book, please avoid the following review (about 1/2 way through the 2nd page): >>>>>A reader from California , April 15, 1999 unusual king... As masterful "bag of bones" was, the girl who loved tom gordon falls very much flat. As much as I hate to give bad reviews it seems to me, as this book has been hanging around in sk's drawer and met a tight deadline...as a non baseball fan I did not particular understand the "baseball talk" or was very interested in it. The bad entity in the forests was..... [DELETED!!!]........" <<<<<<<<<<< I'm sure the reviewer just 'flaked' when he/she completed that last sentence. Personally, I haven't read the book yet (I -just- found out about it while surfing Amazon.com !) Thanks to all of your positive reviews, I will head to my local library and put my name on the 'waiting list' for this new book!! It's much too popular to be sitting on the shelf waiting for me to check it out! :(

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Summary: A book for younger readers.
Review: Although I thoroughly enjoyed Stephen Kings new book. It was lacking the macabre & gore that one expects from a typical with a King novel. This novel is for younger readers more than adults.