The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

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Summary: An evil little throat grabber
Review: Normally the nine-year-old Trisha McFarland really enjoys the Saturday outings her recently divorced mother organizes. Even this time the six-mile hike on the Main-New Hampshire branch of the Appalachian Trail promises to become an enjoyable first experience for Trisha. But when her brother Pete starts to squabble with his mother, Trisha starts to trail behind in the hope that the quarrel will soon come to an end. Then she makes a terribly bad decision: she leaves the path. The last words she can hear Pete say are "-don't know why we have to pay for what you guys did wrong!" It doesn't take long for Trisha to realize that she is lost. Lost in the woods.

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon is a novel that stands out between the numerous other works of Stephen King for two reasons. First it is a small book; it only counts about 200 pages, which in itself is quite remarkable if you compare it to the sizes of King's later novels. Secondly, and most remarkable, is the straightforward story-line and small cast.

One girl gets lost in the woods and that's all it is. Not true!

Although the story is very simple, it goes directly for the throat of the reader. The powerful characterization of that little girl creates a deeply rooted involvement. It is as though the reader can feel the pain Trisha has to go through. At one point you even want to shout: "Don't go there! Don't do it!", just because you've been completely swallowed up by this emotional roller coaster. Although spared from real action scenes, this little fairy tail reads like a page turner.

Put it like this: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon is an 'evil' book, just because you will get hit while reading it.

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Summary: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon Review
Review: Title- The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
Author- Stephen King

At ten o'clock on a morning in early June Trisha Mcfarland was sitting in the back seat of her mothers Dodge caravan, wearing her blue red sox batting practice jersey (the one with 36 Gordon on it) and playing with her doll. At ten thirty she was lost in the woods. by eleven she was trying not to be terrified not to let herself think she would get seriusly hurt or die. This all happened because she had to go pee.

This book is very interesting to read, Because it is cool to see what a person has to do to survive when they are lost in the woods with no food, drink and shelter.

I would recomend this book to someone who likes adventure and maybe a little horror because it keeps you entertained and wanting to know what is going to happen next.

By: J. Gordon

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Summary: This book kind of sucked
Review: I didnt really like this book, I didn't find it scary at all it made me unintrested and not want to read it. There was really no mistery to keep you on the eagde of your seat.

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Summary: The Curse Keeps on Keeping on
Review: Ha Ha....and now Tom G. is a YANKEE !!! What's next?

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Summary: Recycled King!
Review: King wrote an earlier book about a woman that was accidently chained to a bed in a log cabin (he's written so many that I forgot the name). In it the woman struggles to survive and escape from her bonds. While doing this she has time to examine her own life and realize a great deal about herself. Well in this book, instead of a woman we have a girl (Trisha) and instead of being chained to a bed, she is lost in the woods. While trying to survive and reach civilization, Trisha also examines her life and starts to realize a lot of things about herself. While doing that she fantasizes about Tom Gordon, a relief pitcher for the Red Sox. Sometimes she imagines seeing him and getting advice from his image. I think because King is such a big Red Sox fan that he needed to put together something with the Red Sox.

The books tends to drag a little past the middle. I might have rated this book a little higher had I not read the first book (which I thought was a lot better).

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Summary: The Girl Who Lved Tom Gordon
Review: Well, What can I say, I wasn't surprised by how great this book was written. Before I read the book, I thought that it was going to be a traditional Stephen King horror story, but it wasn't. It was a survival story about a 10 year old girl who got lost in the woods and is desperately trying to find a way out. I loved the way King expressed the characters feelings and thoughts. After reading some of his other books like "Salems Lot" and "Dreamcatcher", it's almost refreshing to read this book. I would recommend this book for ages 12 to adult. Great Book!

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Summary: not among King's best, but definitely worth reading
Review: I'll admit that "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon" isn't as gripping as Stephen King's other novels, but I found it to be an enjoyable, quick read. Enough has already been said about the plot, so I won't rehash it. Instead I'll comment on why I found this novel to be worthwhile.

For one, King does a commendable job with making the story flow, considering the fact that the vast majority of the novel has no dialogue and centers around Trisha's character, alone by herself in the woods. Instead of the typical dialogue, King must rely on imagery and narrative alone to carry the story. Accomplishing this isn't an easy task.

Anyone who sees this novel as simply "a girl lost in the woods" isn't looking deep enough. This novel has many themes including the feeling of isolation, survival, facing our most primitive fears, and in my view, coming-of-age to a certain point. And maybe the scariest thing about it is that any one of us could be faced with a similar situation.

I give this novel a strong recommendation even if it may not be as "loaded" as King's other novels. Here he strips down the story to the most basic form and the result is one that works. And to other fans of this novel: there's supposedly a movie adaptation in the works that will star the real-life Tom Gordon.

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Summary: Very Real, Very Possible Story!
Review: As an avid hiker, I found this book terrifying! King demonstrated how easily a person could become lost and disoriented on a simple family outing. You think you're safe because there's a path, but what happens when you lose sight of that path in a massive forest? King did an amazing job of portraying the fears and natural progression of exhaustion of his lead character. This is King at his most subtle and most stunning! I rate this up with his best work. Highly recommended for a quick but satisfying read! My only regret is that I didn't pick it up sooner.

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Summary: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
Review: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, is a great book. I guess you would enjoy it more if you were familiar with baseball and understood the game and the players as I did, but I still think if you like enjoy reading and Stephen King, that this book will appeal to you. I hate reading and I still enjoyed this book. Stephen King is good writer and I enjoy most his novels. I think that the plot and the creative way he incorporated the whole Tom Gordon theme into it was done real nicely. This book kept my attention the whole time. There were some scary parts and real descriptive parts where you get a real clear vision of what's going on. Overall I liked this book and I think that most readers would enjoy it too.

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Summary: to long and no point
Review: Who wants to read 200 pages about a girl wandering around in the forest? And what was up with that wasp guy? How wierd did he get?No offence to Stephen King but I think that he is flat out crazy!He needs to write a novel that actually makes sence! Who cares what a descriptive writer he is, if you dont have a decent plot, than the story in ruined.

I give Stephen King credit for at least attempting to write a decent novel.He is an exellent writer wiht great potential.All he needs to work on is a better plot and story.