The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

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Summary: A refreshing change of pace for the author
Review: This is a "can't put down" book...the story grips you from the first & won't let go. The suspense of what would happen next, and the very human nature of survival was so real. Didn't want to see the story end. One of King's best!

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Summary: A different but wonderful Stephen King novel.
Review: You gotta love Stephen King. He has once again shown that he can not be put into just one box. This is a wonderful and warm story of courage and faith under trying circumstances. I loved this book, and it really leaves you with a warm fuzzy feeling. A departure from his usual, but still a five star effort.

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Summary: Amazing journey of a lost 9yr old girl
Review: I read all of Stephen King's books, and this book captivated me the way "The Stand" did. My father used to take us camping in New England when we were kids, so I can really relate to this amazing 9 yr old girl who loses her way on the Adirondack Trail in Maine, even an adult's biggest fear. The way he delves into her mind & imagination as she struggles to survive her ordeal is truely amazing. This has none of the gore, but all of the intensity of his other books - a must read!

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Summary: Pitiful
Review: I can't believe I paid money for this "novel". It reads like a Readers Digest story. Plotting and characters are amateurish. Without the King name this would be laughed out of any publishing house. I'm embarrassed that I spent the time on this junk.

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Summary: Its the real world thats scary!
Review: As an avid Stephen King fan, I love his gory, terrifying, edge of your seat works; but I have also found that King can take everyday things and make them scary too. I was with Trisha every step of the way in this novel. Reading is imagination and who could help imagining themselves as a nine year old lost in the woods -how would you handle it? No vampires or aliens in this one; just a simple story of everyday scary life that kept me on the edge of my seat.

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Summary: King pitches a near-perfect game!
Review: The 9-innings with Trisha are wonderfully described. Having spent some time in some dank, bug-ridden New Hampshire woods, I could almost feel myself trying to swat away the noseeums as I read the book. And the "did he or didn't he" appearances/advice from Gordon - and the "was it or wasn't it" ambiguity of "the threat" leave the reader to make up his or her own mind. Really good reading!

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Summary: Not your usual, but still good
Review: Whenever an author like Stephen King strays from a tried and true formula, he opens himself up to critcism. But, I for one enjoy these forays into the untested. I think Mr. King is a very talented writer in any genre, even those outside of his typical "horror" stories. I thought this was a compelling story, although not as "lively" as most of his readers are used to. I found it gripping and interesting, since it wasn't typical. And, most importantly, I cared whether or not the girl got out alive, which is more than I can say for some of his recent characters in his more accepted form of writing.

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Summary: He can't write and his fans can't read
Review: Kings best work is still the two weeks of Guiding Light episodes he wrote in '77. All of his books run together in a mush of slippery allusions which read more like aspersions. Yeah the woods are scary and McDonalds is too and so is the fact that Stephen King sells more books than Jimmy Carter.

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Summary: One of those "can't put down' great stories
Review: This has got to be one of the best Stephen King books I've read...and Ive read most of them. There's no real violence or goriness but the whole suspense of the story is what hooked me. I could really see Trisha lost out there in the woods talking to Tom Gordon. I finished it in three nights...probably about 5 hours total reading time, and sighed a very contented sigh at the end. King incorporated baseball into the storyline perfectly..down to naming the chapters after innings in a game. This was truly an excellent book, I hope he writes more of like this. It shows that King doesn't need to rely on goriness or the supernatural to tell a tale.

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Summary: Our heroine is lost in the woods and shares her experiences.
Review: Stephen King once again shares with us that he is a master story teller. Our heroine is a young girl who gets lost in the woods and becomes a champion in our hearts. She is resourceful, and terrified but keeps her cool better than most. She shares her journey with some close friends and takes us along with her to involve us with her tale of woe and fear. It is captivating from the first page on. I couldn't put it down and I am still cheering as I watched her survive the most harrowing of experiences day by day minute by minute.