The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

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Summary: Unengaging
Review: This is a disappointment. Although the premise sounded quite good, the book isn't. It fails on the most basic point: You do not care very much about the little girl, she is utterly unengaging. She talks like an adult (and I don't refer to the four-letter-words she uses) - a beginner's fault for every writer: You don't just say that a character is nine years old - you also WRITE him/her as a nine year old. Furthermore, the incedents that happen to her aren't particulary interesting. The only joy in this short novel is King's writing style - which still shines in some places. Even though the book is quite short, I would exchange it with Mr. King's brickstones any day. Review by Oliver Naujoks, Marburg/Germany

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Summary: Exhilirating, suspenseful.
Review: The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon is a must-read for Stephen King fans. It was tantalizing and suspenseful. I liked other King books better. Namely, Insomnia and Gerald's Game. The first hundred pages of The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon were relatively uneventful. However,this was of minor importance because the entire book can be read in an afternoon. I designated this book with such a high rating based on the fact that it is an invention of the genius Stephen King.

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Summary: Especially For Fans Of Baseball
Review: This story stayed with me long after I finished reading it. The scenes portrayed by King were so real to me I could almost believe I'd been there. Of course it helps that I am an avid baseball fan and have watched and admired the players, especially the pitchers, of that game for many years. I know some of SK's fans will not enjoy this one because it lacks the far out horror of some of his books, but I have always thought that the scariest things come from within the brain and not walking around for everyone to see. A great story of strength and endurance.

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Summary: It was a sort of slow book
Review: I thought this book was kind of slow half the book you can just predict. I love how Stephen King said the end..... "Game over." . I think it was good overal. I have to say "Bag of bones" was a much better book. But one of the many good things of the book was how he described things, I could almost feel myself being bittin by all those mosquitos bitting my eyes. This was a good book to read and worth to read again. But dont take it from me a little 13yr old... Read it yourself :)

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Summary: Gripping, Emotional, Wonderful
Review: This was a great read. The reader feels he/she is in the forest too. Mystical yet real. This is a book that should be read.

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Summary: Another easy read from King
Review: As an avid reader of King I feel this book was an amalgam of his talents as a involving story teller and as a suspensefull writer. I enjoyed this book because it was so much like somthing that you would read in the headlines...Little girl lost. What King does however is describe the whole story and the undeniable force of survival that exists in all of us. great read.

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Summary: Short and sweet,wonderfully detailed. KING RULES!
Review: King amazes me with his ability to write from the point of veiw of a woman(Geralds Game, Rose Madder etc.) This book comes straight from a 9 year old girls mind! If you want to be young, scared, and lost in the woods with Stephen King, read it. It is not a gripping horror, yet it manages to put you right there with young Trisha. Dealing with the breakup of her family, she finds herself facing deeper life issues as she survives days in the woods imagining her favorite ball player is with her, giving her strength. I dare not tell more, I read it in one evening. This book is full of truths and revelations!

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Summary: Stephen, you missed on this one
Review: This book missed the mark by a "green" mile. It was not up to the author's usual standards. It wasn't boring, but it was predictable. It was obvious the big, bad monster was going to turn out to be a bear. I want the old Stephen King back, the one who writes 900+ pages and puts kids in peril. Now that is storytelling. Not this trash.

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Summary: A little beauty
Review: This little beauty stands by itself as yet another incredible example of how King can take an ordinary situation and turn it into a cracking good read. I was initially suspicious of the length of the book, but was delighted to relish again in Kings great ability to write about a character so different in space and time to himself and still come up with something that feels completely genuine. One can genuinely identify with Trish Mcfarland and its always a constant source of amazement that king can seemlessly express the thoughts feelings and emotions of his characters-even a 12 year old girl.Kings characters are believable and interesting.Best read all at once on a cold afternoon on the sofa..

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Summary: King needs to chill
Review: Stephen King has always been my favorite author; he's always had a clever, if not repetitive, story to tell. Perhaps he's working too hard, though. His latest, "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon" is typically King-esque; suspense, other-worldy elements, and of course, a kid in the story. However, the first one hundred pages drag slowly and terribly. Most of the book is a narrative, and very nature-oriented. One would think there would be more action, more brushes with death, no matter how unrealistic (that's never stopped King before), but here we find King (and his character Trisha) going in circles. By the end of this short novel, it is a rather enjoyable read, but not what one expects King to pull off with such a subject at hand. Steve, slow down. Take more time developing your books. But, of course, I'll always read whatever he chooses to write.