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Summary: A Dissapointment from the KING OF FICTION!
Review: Having been a huge fan of Kings' work for years, I was so let down by this book! It starts out good and about halfway through it starts to get tediuous to the reader. By the end, you realize there is so much more that could have happened. This is the only book by him that I have not enjoyed much. Everyone is entitled to a few let downs. Come on Stephen!=)
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Summary: Alright.....
Review: It thought it was okay, nothing more.
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Summary: Frightening!
Review: Trisha is lost in the woods of Maine for about a week. She begins to hallucinate baseball player Tom Gordon accompanying her through the thicket. What she doesn't imagine is something (not someone) stalking her through the woods. The climax is very exciting. The book does tend to drag a little through the middle. King does an excellent job of scaring you. This book is good but not great.
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Summary: Good Book--Not one of King's Best
Review: I have ready many of King's novels over the years and after beginning this one I found I could not put it down as is typical with most of his books. I felt the book dragged on as it seemed as though the girl was lost in the woods forever but as is typical of King, he gives hints throughout that something sinister is waiting for this girl. I was disappointed in the ending as given the foreshadowing that was wonderfully described throughout, I was expecting a much more evil being to appear.Being the huge baseball/Red Sox fan that I am, I enjoyed all of the baseball imagery and would highly recommend it for poeple who follow the Sox as King gives some "reasons" for why the Sox always come up short.
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Summary: Somewhere in between...
Review: 'The girl who loved Tom Gordon' will never be considered one of King's best works and righteously so. But this book does have a certain quality to it...King is right on the money as far as Trisha, the main character. He thoroughly explores her emotions as she wanders in the woods of rural Maine (where else?) and becomes increasingly helpless and hopeless. The treatment of this character is up to par for King. Through the use of reflective imagery mixed with humor and a voice that really does seem like that of a nine year old (without seeming childish), King manages to suck the readers into this story and forces you to continue just to see what happens next. That is where the problem begins. The "thing in the woods" at first, is an abstract image that the reader is not really sure is real or imagined by a little girl pushed way past the breaking point. King lightly touches on this force then abruptly removes Trisha from it with the break of day. As the story progresses, the creature reappears and moves in closer and closer to do what Trisha (and the reader) fear most. But the mistake in this novel is pushing the envelope too far...way too far. This creature becomes more than a shadowy image that personifies Trisha's (and the reader's) worst fears, a force that may or may not exist outside the imagination. Instead it becomes real and quite ridiculous, which totally throws off what King tried to accomplish in the majority of the novel. As I said early on, this will never be considered one of his best works, but it could have been appreciated, as the saying goes, as a new trick for an old dog, as far as accomplished writers go. The writing style, as always, is exceptional. King's main character reflects bravery, resolve and a sense of realism that is typical for this writer...that is what makes his work so popular. You can't help but get attached to the characters but his effort to incorporate some form of horror made the story dissolve quickly and only served to diminish what he had accomplished up to that point. King gets good marks for storytelling and the creation of a truly interesting and well-developed character, but points off for what seemed like a last ditch effort to transform a harrowing story into a horror story.
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Summary: O.K But not Great....
Review: I have read a lot of stephen king books and the other day i saw this one at the store so i thought that i would pick it up i didnt really like it that much, there was not a lot going on like in most Stephen King novels. Another thing was that this book was not scary at all, i dont think it was meant to be a thriller but all the critics are saying it is scary, i didnt see any scary parts in it at all. so if you want to get scared dont read this book. But if you do want to get scared read Salems lot, also by King Strangers, By dean Koontz Red Dragon, by Thomas Harris
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Summary: A Bit Disappointing, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
Review: The book starts out with the main character, Patricia McFarland. Trisha is a 9-year-old die-hard Red Sox fan who lives a fairly normal life with her brother and her mother. Her parents are divorced and her father lives halfway across the country in Las Vegas. Trisha and her family are taking their annual trip hiking through the Appalachian Mountain trails. Trisha really wants to get away from the incessant fighting of her other 2 family members, and she stops to pee in a fork in the path. Her family goes right, and she decides to take the left path, figuring she'll enjoy the scene until they meet again when the two paths meet. Unfortunately for her, they never do meet again. Trisha lives for about 2 weeks in the wilderness. She faces many problems. One of the major problems that go on for the majority of the book is insects. Moths, mosquitoes, and wasps make up half of this depressing story. Mosquitoes torment her, which causes her to fall down a hill into a wasp's nest. Through the story she faces problems like bears, bad water, lack of food, and a rapist supposedly lurking through the woods (although he never actually APPEARS.) In the end, she dies of pneumonia, what a horrible ending! Because of the way my book was written, there was only 1 character. An interesting aspect of her would be her love for the Red Sox closer, Tom Gordon. During her adventure in the wilderness, she starts becoming delirious and she starts seeing things. She believes her heartthrob, Tom, is with her, and she has many conversations (although they're mainly 1 sided) with him. She also tries her best not to get her autographed hat dirty and lost. She even jumps into a raging river to get it back. I think that this is pretty realistic, because many girls hold celebrities in a special place in their hearts. To many readers, I would not recommend this book. This is more of a story to read for die-hard Stephen King reader. This is certainly a break from his writing style, because the horror was weak and almost non-existent. I was very disappointed, and horror readers will be too.
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Summary: Something for everyone
Review: A great short story from the master of writing. King does some of his best work when keeping the story short and too the point. Something for everyone not too scary and not too big just right for a quick 1 to 2 night read.
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Summary: Good but not best
Review: This book is good but to me when I compare it with other Stephen King books this one falls short. Don't get me wrong this is a good book with a good story and a good main character, but I just don't think it is nearly as good as other King books. In my opinoin if you want to read a good Stephen King book read this one the last.
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Summary: Haunting, visoinary and suspenceful!
Review: The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon, is a truly haunting and all to believable book. Even though there is an evil lurking around it is still a truly wonderful adventure book. It was so good as an adventure/survival book that I didn't want ti to become the usual Stephen King book with some sort of evil lurking around. Trisha Gets lost in the words and for the first day she thinks that she will just find her mom and brother again but she dosn't. So she decides to Ration the food, but she didn't do it enough so she runs out of it in two days and has to begin eating berries and drinking creek water. The Girl who Loves tom gordon is an absolutly brilliant visionary tale, it is well written and very colorful, a true treat that is brilliant, but a little to much of the same Stephen King to be his best.
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