The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

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Summary: A different turn in a writing style
Review: I read through the reviews and found myself wondering, "Is this the intellect of society?" Trashing the writer and then having spelling mistakes. Hypocrisy at its best. For those of you with a sense of change, what it means and what it can accomplish, read this book. "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon" is not the best written book. It does not hold your imagination that many of King's earlier novels have. In the long run, though, it is a decent read. A young girl steps off the path for relief and finds herself taking a wrong turn. The difference here is that the girl's imagination takes over; brought on by hunger, despair and sickness. No, it is not the "Old" King, but it raises the possibilities of the man's talents. I was disappointed in the simplicity of the characters that were heard about but rarely seen but well compensated by the development of the main character. I am looking for something more from King but not 'just' horror. Read "The Eyes of the Dragon" if you belive that King cannot develop something more but throw your ignorance somewhere else.

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Summary: Bull's Eye
Review: When an author touches my emotions, he has written a successful book. I cried for over an hour after finishing this one. You will root for this little girl all the way through the novel. Thank you, Mr. King. You've done it again!

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Summary: A study of prepubescent survival!
Review: I've read most of Stephen King's novels and The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon is quite different from the others. I thoroughly enjoyed it's captivating account of 9yr. old Trisha's ordeal lost in the forest.Her survival instincts and " know how" sort of made me wonder if I could accomplish such a feat, never mind my "camper experienced" 8yr old granddaughter,but iI guess,"what a difference a year makes". Trisha's instinctual survival efforts seemed a little too mature for her age. However the book is a fast and easy read and another Stephen King "must read".

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Summary: This was one bad book!
Review: I can't believe Stephen King wrote this book. There wasn't one bit of horror in it. I kept reading hoping that it would get better by the end but it didn't. What a waste of time!

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Summary: A good Book.
Review: This book is one of the best. I really enjoyed it

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Summary: A great one day snack!
Review: This is not The Stand, a feast for several days, but it certainly is a very tasty snack when one's personal reading time is limited. Perhaps those disappointed readers have lost the knack of becoming a Trisha, heart pounding, trying to stay calm, singing in the dark... A wonderful lose yourself for a day book.

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Summary: Good reading - hard to put down.
Review: I really enjoyed this book. I didn't think I would by the book jacket, but once I started reading it, I couldn't put it down. It's scary to think that one wrong turn can leave you wandering for miles in the woods -- but it can happen. King has shown us that he can stray from the genre of horror in the past with books like Deloris Claybourne (excuse the spelling) and the Green Mile, but this is his best of the "non-horror" books. I do hope, however, his next few books return to the supernatural. :)

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Summary: A Completely New King!!!
Review: Even thought I thought that it was too short, one of King's shortest novels, I really enjoyed reading it. King takes a new approach to writing, dealing with more details and less on muliple character development. TGWLTG really made me feel like I was lost, and I found myself getting up for something to drink and eat a lot. Pretty good book, but not the best. In one word: Different.

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Summary: This book made me think!
Review: This book made me think of what I would do if I were lost in the woods. For one thing I would wander off the trail in the first place, eat raw fish, or be ale to stare down a bear!

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Summary: Very different from King's other books
Review: I really liked this book, but I found it rather boring compared to S.K.'s other books. Maybe if it was longer and more details and weird stuff were added I would have liked it more.