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Summary: Stephen King, revisited
Review: I've been an avid reader of Stephen King's works for quite some time, reading everything of his I could get my hands on. I stopped about 4 years ago, however, when it seemed that everything he wrote sounded alike.I bought "The Girl Who.." on a whim; it was on clearance at a book store, and when I read it, I fell into it. There was no stopping until I finished it. I could almost hear the buzzing of the mosquitoes. I recommend this book to absolutely anyone. I think this was a very exploratory novel for King and he did a wonderful job of incorporating a simple lost-in-the-woods tale with a spiritual revolution for one young girl and many readers, I'm sure. No, there is no gore, it won't haunt you at night, but it is worth reading, every word. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll wish for more, so you'll read it again.
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Summary: class period 2
Review: The title of my book is "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon"; a novel by Stephen King. It takes place over a time period of a week and a half.
A nine year old girl Trisha Mcfarland, along with her mother and brother were going to hike the appalachin mountain trail. while walking along the trail her mother and brother were arguing and Trisha realized she had to go to the bathroom really bad. She was trying to tell her mom but her mom was busy yelling at her brother. Trisha decided just to walk off the trail and go by herself. She didnt want anyone to see her so she walked in further. After she was done going to the bathroom, she started to walk back and she realized she was lost.
Trisha yelled for her mother but no one came. She hadn't realized she had gone so deep into the woods. She kept walking, trying not to be scared. She started running, still yelling for her mom but still no answer. Mosquitoes started forming around her head and biting her. She started following a stream hoping it would bring her to people, but it didnt. It just brought her deeper in the woods. When this stream ends she ends up finding a new one and starts to follow it. When she drinks from it she gets sick. She throws up and has diarrhea. The only thing Trisha had with her was her walkman. On it, hse would listen to the Boston Red Sox, her favorite baseball team. Her favorite pitcher on the team was Tom Gordon. Listening to the games helped Trisha stay calm, because during her entire time in the woods she always thought someone was watching her.
My opinion on this book is it ws very good. I cant believe how many bad and scary things can happen to one person in such a short period of time. When Stephen King writes books he uses a lot of detail so you feel like you're acually there.
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Summary: Lackluster writing for Stephen King.
Review: While this is not a bad book, it is most certainly not in keeping with what most would expect from a Stephen King book. It is lacking in horror, suspense and drama. Truly not what a true King buff would read were it not for having his name on it. It was disappointing to say the least.
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Summary: Have You Ever Been Lost?
Review: I have. It was only for a few hours, in a dark forest, burned by a recent fire. The terror was immeasurable against anything I've ever felt in my life. I thought I would never find my way back to humans. It was only for a few hours, though. And I was in my early 20s. Imagine the fear of a child. Imagine it. This story made my heart pound with fear. It will make yours do the same.
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Summary: Boring effort by the master of suspense.
Review: Don't read "The Girl who loved Tom Gordon" if you are looking for Stephen King's stories of horror and gore. This is the story of a girl called Trisha McFarland that gets lost in the woods while in a hiking trip with her mother and brother and then tries to find her way home.
Although the back cover says that "she becomes lost in a wilderness maze full of peril and terror" that is not true.
The reader is the one that gets lost in a maze of monotony and boredom that could have used some of the thrills and chills that you usually find in other King's books.
The book lacks suspense and the "all-too-real enemy" is not nearly half as terryfing as other King's creations.
While the writing style of King is great, as usual, the plot of this book is really monotomous because he spends too many pages detailing Trisha's wanderings thru the forest.
King could have involved the enemy more in the plot and spend more pages describing the hard moments that her family was going thru instead of telling us so much about her misfortunes in the Appalachian Trail.
King also could have detailed the efforts of the search party to introduce more adventure and thrills to the book.
Overall I think this book is more suited to introduce teenagers to King's books than for King's fans craving the classic suspenseful terror stories of gore and blood.
Not worth the money for those of us used to his classic stories.
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Summary: Get this book!!!
Review: I only have one thing to say: Nine-year-old Trisha McFarland may be the greatest heroine in all literature.
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Summary: great job steve
Review: I thought that this book was great. I started reading it and i couldnt stop! The first few chapters were kinda dull though, (thats why I gave it a 4). The story is about a girl that gets herself lost on a trail because she has to use the bathroom. Her parents and brother always fight, thats why they didnt notice she was missing.She gets low on supplies and starts hallucinating. She starts seeing tom gordon and believs that she is being followed by a monster of some sort. Its a real cliff hanger! Great job steve!
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Summary: Monotonic
Review: Story is about a 9 year old child who is lost in a forest. The story is very monotonic and did not excited me. I only liked the last chapter and after reading that one i got near to cry. All the story passes in a forest and contains some references to her past experiences. She is a little shysophrenic becouse most of the time she "saws" Tom Gordon (also she know he is not there :)). Book may be can be used for a reference book: "How to survive in a forest" bot not for getting excited. Kings little "excited" tellings did not made me feel so. It may be a great book but did not gave me what i had waited for. May be was not my style.
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Summary: Hard to put down.
Review: Not your typically Stephen King. The story is about a little girl who gets lost in the forest and her love for a baseball player name Tom Gordon helps keep her going. You feel for the child every inch of the way. You feel her pain and fear. Stephen King has really out done himself.
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Summary: Aburrido
Review: Empece a leer este libro con la esperanza de verme sumido en los placeres que solo el sentir miedo nos da. Sin embargo, al pasar las paginas me vi envuelto en una historia para colegiales; un tanto estupida. Es un libro aburridisimo.
EL CRITICO LATINO
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