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Summary: Excellent! Couldn't put it down, didn't want it to end!
Review: I've been a fan of Stephen King's for years. I enjoyed "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon" tremendously. The Trisha McFarland character is spunky, resourceful and very brave. I now understand how very easy it is for a person, child or adult, to get lost in the woods. I think every child at some time or other thinks "They'll be sorry when I'm not here anymore" and for Trisha it actually happened. Stephen Kings description of the White Mountains made me feel as if I were right there with Trisha, he still has the ability to keep me glued to the book wishing it wouldn't end. Excellent story!
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Summary: Fine author
Review: Steven King has once again proved that the monsters within us are the most frightening. He really knows the "inner person" and how to dig 'um up. Good book,a page turner!!!!!
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Summary: King never seizes to amaze me!
Review: 1 word "OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!!" This is one of the best novels he has ever written. Bravo!!!!
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Summary: The Writer Who Loved To Repeat Himself
Review: Stephen, it's time to move on. King pulls out all his patented gimmicks in this quick read. The ewwwww factor, the bogeyman, the troubled pre-adolescent, the faceoff at the end. Yadda, yadda, yadda. Stephen wrote of his methods in "Danse Macabre" and now it's time to move on. "The Girl..." is not without some fun (in the King sense) but why try to shoehorn the gimmicks to fit the story. Someday (soon I hope), King will drop his compulsion to shock and gross-out and simply write a good story. Ya know ya got it in ya, Steve!
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Summary: Five Stars +
Review: I absolutely loved this book. It's not a typical Stephen King horror story and I think of a lot of fans are surprised by that. This is a horror story of a different kind - an incredibly plausible story. I think everyone can relate to Trisha's dilemma. Everyone has, at one time or another, found themselves in a situation that is seemingly out of control. One minute your life is traveling along it's merry little path and the next it's tumbling out of control. Trisha wandered off the path and found herself lost in the woods. All alone in the wilderness with no sense of where you are or what to do. That's a frightening thought on it's own but more so when you think about being a child in this predicament. It's a horror story and it's not an uncommon one. It happens quite frequently - sometimes with a happy ending and sometimes without. The appeal of this story for me was its simplicity. There weren't any supernatural horrors or maniacs stalking this little girl. She had plenty to worry about without them. This is a story of a little girl lost in the woods struggling to survive. In her isolation, her imagination became her saving grace. Trisha was fighting incredible odds. How many children could survive this situation? The God of the Lost is a brilliant aspect of this story. This creature was tormenting her. As a metaphor it was maybe a bit confusing until the embodiment became real. Trisha was isolated but never alone. Something very real was stalking her. It wanted Trisha and would stop at nothing to make sure that she didn't get away. Its eyes were following her from the moment she felt the "first minnowy flutters" in her chest to her final weakened steps. This creature kept pace with her every step - tormenting her and teasing her - waiting to take her when her fears collapsed into defeat. It isn't a supernatural force or even an evil force that is stalking this little girl but a reality. Little girls and boys die lost in the woods where nature - and God - is oblivious of their situations. That is the heart of this story. This isn't a typical Stephen King novel. It isn't filled with supernatural horrors. It's a story about a little girl lost in the wilderness. Set aside any preconceived notions and read it. It will not disappoint. It's a beautifully written novel. It's funny and frightening and lyrical and honest. Stephen King has done it again.
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Summary: Typical King. Slow and poorly written.
Review: It is hard to believe that this man has been so successful. This is the fourth book I've read by King and (of those four) only The Green Mile was any good. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon is slow moving and dull. One more thing. The Red Sox catcher is Jason VARITEK.
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Summary: The Thrill is Gone
Review: I just love reading King, I think 90% of what he's written is pure genius, but this one falls short on many levels. No excitement, no thrill, not much of a plot either. Maybe this might satisfy juveniles, I don't know. I didn't find the young heroine particularly interesting, although she is clever enough to stay alive. But the book died somewhere early on. I can't say pass this one by since King is a great writer and there's always something to admire in how he writes, but not all his stories are worth the energy to read. I admit I like King's crazed psychopaths best, but I also appreciate his tamer stuff, usually. Not this time.
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Summary: Very very good!
Review: I was surprised at how King somehow makes the woods come alive once again, how he can describe the perils of one young girl in the woods so amazingly well. I for one believe this was an excellent book, and the lowered price means that it IS supposed to be sort of a novella, rather than a full-fledged novel. It may have been just a few weeks out of an author's time to bring us an incredible journey, one that is well worth reading. And, on another note, I for one thought Bag of Bones was a great story, a little wordy (but all of his books get that way a little *cough* It *cough*). However I really enjoyed the fact that we could get into a writer's mind like that, how the pages of the author's "new story" spelled out exactly what he needed to do. My two cents anyway.
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Summary: Great storytelling and chapter titles, lousy story
Review: This was a great disappointment. This had a lot of posibilities. There was no supernatural, unless you consider Trisha's imagination. Placing yourself in her situation, it was frightening. However why didn't Trisha observe the first rule taught to all who are lost in the woods: "hug a tree." After all she did learn some survival techniques from school and her mother.
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Summary: SK - A 200 page hardcover?????
Review: As a die hard fan of Stephen King, I spent my Saturday afternoon curled up on my sofa reading and expecting to be looking over my shoulder for a week due to whatever creepy crawly SK cooked up this time. The book didn't pull up the basement files of my imagination like his books normally do. Trish is a great character, but the baseball references just didn't do it for me. Personally, I am still patiently waiting for the next in the Gunslinger series. I can't get enough of that story (even with the strange Wizard of Oz references). If SK reads these reviews - I hope he is only taking a break from the next book in that series. Also - I missed the little note from him at the beginning of the book letting us know what he is working on and what dark places he has been to lately.
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