The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

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Summary: Magnificent!
Review: Is it me or does King just keep getting better?! I loved this book and poor little Trisha McFarland. I fought myself reacting to her out loud. Another amazing book by the incredible Mr. King.

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Summary: excellent fast paced adventure - a page turner
Review: This is King's desrciptive writing at its best. His ability to reflect the workings,imagination and problems of young adult minds has been one of the great hallmarks of his writing.

This is a very simple story - well told. The real suspense for King fans is the memory of what happened in Cujo.

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Summary: An Excellent, Tight Read
Review: Let me start off first by saying that those who may be expecting King's usual fare may be puzzled when they pick up this book. That's not to say that it's bad, on the contrary, I feel that it is one of King's more enjoyable novels. When it comes to sheer, edge-of-your-seat, can't-put-the-book-down appeal, the novel's short length avtually works in its' favor. The action moves along at a very swift pace, and the nove's suspense never relents. Each scene is vital to tbe plot and filled with tension. Some of King's works tend to be weighted down by an immense amount of material, and this novel not only differentiates itself from his other books, it is a welcome adition to the King stable.

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Summary: King's worst
Review: Here's the entire story: A girl gets lost in the woods. After reading this and Bag of Bones, king is on his way out.

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Summary: Well done, lacks scariness
Review: I found the book "The Girl who loved Tom Gordon" excellent and very catching, however, it lacks something King has had trouble regaining in his last few novels; yes, I'm sure all you King fanatics know this, scariness. "Bag of Bones" was very boring and surreal, "Storm of the Century" was rather uneventful, and now "The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon" takes the takes the torch as the latest King horror novel without the horror.

If you are truly afraid of being banished in the lonely depths of the Massachusetts forests, buy this book; you will likely find it catching. However, if you're my kind, this book is not the kind you'd flush your $10 for.

Anthony [e-mail]

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Summary: A wonderful craftsmanship of courage, love and faith.
Review: I have been reading Stephen King novels since the ninth grade, and in the past 12 years have read everything available on the market. This book amazed me. While I am still struggling through "Bag of Bones", I flew through this story in about three hours. Trisha is the most touching and well-developed character from SK since Ralph Roberts of Insomnia. While I do question the morality of selling a larger print 220 page novella as a seventeen buck hardback, the story itself is a brilliant craftsmanship of courage, love and faith. It will hold you until the last page is turned and have you pointing to the sky thanking God that the world has been blessed with the most extraordinary story teller ever to but pen to paper (or type on a WANG). This is a great read and a wonderful story. King has done it again.

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Summary: A really fast read! Couldn't put it down!
Review: Once again, King sends us on a journey into one of our greatest nightmares...lost in the woods!

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Summary: much better then the boner thing
Review: I found this story both fascinating and scary at the same time. Anyone who has grown up around a large wooded area would agree. It makes you think that sometimes there actually might be something lurking around the next tree.

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Summary: No Fall Classic
Review: King is still sharp, yes, but what is young Trisha thinking? Clearly this heroine has misplaced loyalties. She clings desperately to Gordon and the 43 straight he saved last season, but what of the post-season, Trisha? Where was that string against the hated Cleveland Indians? Where's the promised land? The fact that the streak survived another clumsy Boston October doesn't make ME feel any better, young lady. YOU need to reacquaint yourself with what it means to be a winner. The Sox don't need this kind of pre-playoff nostalgia. The ghost of Babe Ruth still haunts Fenway. Two stars.

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Summary: Couldn't read/turn the pages fast enough!
Review: For all of you Stephen King fanatics out there, Stephen's The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon hits bookstores on Tuesday, April 6. Definitely vintage King (imo). Though some of the words/thoughts used by the main character, Trisha, seemed a little too grown-up, she is a character you'll come to cheer for just as much as she idolized her hero, Tom Gordon (a relief pitcher for the Red Sox). For me, once I reached the part where she tumbled head over heels down a hillside, I had to keep reading. In fact, I couldn't read/turn the pages fast enough. In fact, the tension was as thick for me as it was in the climatic scenes of classics such as Cujo, 'Salem's Lot, The Shining, & It. Great stuff for those of you who like to be hit over the head with suspense, tension, a little blood & guts, the ewwwwwwww factor, and characters who have a seemingless bottom of will to go on ... oh, and don't forget, a bogeyman! <ewg> Sue <<--- who ain't gonna veer off the beaten path any time too soon after reading this story!