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Summary: A page turner
Review: I enjoyed every word of this book. It was the perfect post Christmas book for me. I always enjoy Stephen King's works. I'm honestly suprised that I haven't read more of his books and short stories than I have.
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Summary: Proof (if any were needed) that Stephen King can WRITE......
Review: Wow. I haven't been so impressed with a Stephen King novel in years - not since "Salem's Lot", and he wrote that back in the 70's.I'm impressed with this for far different reasons, of course. "Salem's Lot" was a pure horror novel - a small town in Maine is visited by a vampire. "Tom Gordon", by contrast, deals with a totally different kind of horror. No vampires, werewolves, or any of the other creatures King's dark imagination has come up with in his other novels. No, this horror is something that everyone can identify with in one form or another - the horror that occurs when a child turns up missing. King deals mostly with the child's point of view here - what happens to that child when she loses her way, to put it euphemistically. In this case, Trisha McFarland's imagination simply runs wild. She imagines good things - her conversations with Red Sox relief pitcher Tom Gordon, for example - and bad things - the "thing" that is following her throughout her journey. I won't spoil the resolution of that particular part of the story, except to say that it has a happy ending. And I actually cried when I got to the end of this book - something I never dreamed I'd do for a Stephen King novel. Oh, it's not perfect - but it's a damn sight better than a lot of what King has written over the last few years. And because of the kind of horror it deals with, it's also one of his most frightening books ever.
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Summary: stephen kings"the little girl who loved tom gordon
Review: Trisha is a 9 year old girl while on a hike with her mother and brother somehow gets lost in the woods. Whole trying to find her way back to civilization Trisha encounters a countless number of strange and unordinary things, such as a dead deer who seems to have died in a very unusual way. Something seems to be stocking this young girl in the woods and being lost doesnt seem like here only problem. This by far was not one of Kings best works, it was far diffrent from his shocking, gorry writing style that most of his books have. The ending of the book was very dissapointing and there were a lot of loose ends that were never really tied up. All and all the basic story and plot wasnt bad, but the ending really ruined the book for me. I would still reccomend this book, but be warned the ending ruins it.
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Summary: The Softer Side of Horror
Review: Set between Maine and New Hampshire, this frightening tale chronicles Trisha McFarland, and her journey into every parents, and childs, worst nightmare.
Forced to join her Mother and Brother on a grueling six mile hike, and tired of the constant fighting between them, Trisha wanders off the beaten path for only a moment. Soon she discovers though, that her moment away may cost her everything, for when she returns, she is left with nothing but a fork in the road. Armed only with a walkman, and her nine-year-old ingenuity, Trisha treks though the dense woods and swamps surrounding the Appalachian trail. While police search for a reputed killer, and fear the worst, Trisha wanders alone, stalked by a supernatural predator that is far too real.
King beautifully illustrates the fine line between reality and imagination in an exausted child's journey, and her fear and desperation nearly become our own. This book is as heartwarming as it is terrifying, and after reading it, I find myself coming home to hold my little ones extra tight.
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Summary: not his best but worth the read
Review: Pure escapism not at the top of his list of a decent read.
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Summary: Couldn't put down
Review: All of Stephen Kings book have this affect on me... once i start them I can not put them down. He is such an incredible writer his words just bring you to another world. It's the little details in this book that keep you turning the pages... Unlike most of his other books this one is nice and short so you won't miss to much while you're reading... haha.
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Summary: A Book You Want to Put Down but You Can't Let Go
Review: This book has so many components that make it a great book. For one, like most Stephen King books it is well written. It is written in such a way that you want to put it down because its so scary but you can't stop reading it. King sucks you in like a vacuum and wont spit you out until the end. It's also written in a way that you can understand what's going on and you do not get confused. Also the content of the book is amazing. It's a perfect example of a perfectly written novel. The book brings something so true to writing and makes you realize how a poor choice can lead to a life threatening adventure. It tells you the story of a little girl's survival and the mistakes she made on the way. This prepares you for whenever a journey like this is thrown your way. It also goes to show that your mind can either help you or hurt you by explaining how she imagined the baseball player Tom Gordon to survive and she dreamt of a wasp king in which scared her. I love how realistic the book is and there are so many things to just come along and tick you off. It is just like you're in the girl's place. When she's hungry you feel hungry, when she's scared you become scared, and when she made mistakes you wish you could turn back the page and redo what she did wrong. This is a book I will gladly read time after, after time. Almost the whole book keeps you in suspense and has a surprise ending you would never suspect. I recommend this book to anybody who is looking for a suspenseful book full of adventure that they cannot put down.
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Summary: Well-written.. but very UN-horrifying as a whole
Review: This book, from its cover design, its author's reputation and its blurb at the back, seems completely to suggest a tale of seething terror.
However, I find that it is more a tale of jungle survival couched as a horror story. The horror is really very much in the background, while the reader (and protagonist) are mostly absorbed in the nitty-gritties of finding food, fighting bugs and avoiding the rocks when falling into a river.
It is admittedly a very charming book, especially in the characterization of 9-year old Trisha McFarland and the depiction of her struggles, her ever-deepening exhaustion and that fine line between comedy and tragedy; between hope and the abyss.
Yes there is a good build-up of fear about the "special thing" that lurks in the forest; stalking Trisha; BUT I found myself actually laughing when the terror should have climaxed. Laughing. Sure, you might choose to interpret that I am twisted, but I think the climax was more than a little funny.
Wonderful entertainment in all, but not what I bargained for when I bought a purported horror novel!!!
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Summary: Stephen King Delivers (and Tom Gordon is still playing :))
Review: Other reviews have synopsized the story. My main comment is that what makes this book exceptional, for both kids and adults, is that King in no way trivializes nine year old Trisha's thinking processes. He is able to project her fears and ideas without sounding condescending or trite. The book carries one away into Trisha's world. S**t on Toast... what a scary place!! I rate this as a must-read.
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Summary: I loved the book
Review: I expected this book to reflect more of the horror and darkside-of-humanity themes prevalent in King's earlier works. I sat down to read this book anticipating macabre scenes of horror, and seizure-inducing terror. Interestingly, I wasn't far off. Where you might imagine rabid dogs or axe-wielding maniacs tormenting the young lost girl throughout her ordeal in the forest, instead this particular brand of Hitchcockian horror is realized from within. While this may disappoint those who yearn for another "Shining" or "Cujo," King's retro-introspective story entreats the reader to recall their early years, when the border between imagination and reality was significantly blurred, and when the Bogey Man was not all that imaginary. While not King's best book, I found it entertaining enough, and the passages that pantomime an actual Red Sox radio broadcast are dead-on accurate.
Whether or not you find analogies between baseball and religion absurd, you can't help but appreciate the power hope has on those endeavoring to find their way through their own "wildernesses."
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