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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: 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 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: 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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Summary: Fast Paced Look At the Mettle of a Nine Year Old
Review: I picked up Stephen King's "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon" to see how well the author's work hewed to the writing advice he gives in "On Writing." Pretty well, it turns out. As a bonus, I liked this story.The simple premise revolves around a nine year old lost in a huge woods with only her wits and a few supplies to sustain her. Her wits devolve upon Red Sox pitcher Tom Gordon, her favorite player, whose image accompanies her. The imagined Gordon provides the inner voice she needs to meet the challenges of the deep woods and her own mind. Of course, there also lurks the unknown terror at the edge of the wood, but from King's reputation I assume that this nemesis provides much less horror than is usually found in his more famous works. Rather, the unknown terror provides suspense and a motivating force that this child must deal with. More would give away the crux of the story. Suffice to say the reader won't be disappointed by the end of the book. Simple, but King's excellent writing sustains this simple premise over two hundred and fifty odd pages. His character development is wonderful -- one feels the little girl's (Trisha)emotions as she confronts her trials. His dialogue (in flashbacks) feels real and the whole story is believable. This book works and is an excellent quick read.
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Summary: Stephen King, revisited
Review: I've been an avid reader of Stephen King's works for quite some time, reading everything of his I could get my hands on. I stopped about 4 years ago, however, when it seemed that everything he wrote sounded alike. I bought "The Girl Who.." on a whim; it was on clearance at a book store, and when I read it, I fell into it. There was no stopping until I finished it. I could almost hear the buzzing of the mosquitoes. I recommend this book to absolutely anyone. I think this was a very exploratory novel for King and he did a wonderful job of incorporating a simple lost-in-the-woods tale with a spiritual revolution for one young girl and many readers, I'm sure. No, there is no gore, it won't haunt you at night, but it is worth reading, every word. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll wish for more, so you'll read it again.
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Summary: Well-written, suspenseful tale
Review: Let me start by stating that I am not a died-in-the wool Stephen King fan, and definitely not a horror fan. However, the reviews on this book correctly led me to conclude that it is not a usual King book, and I definitely liked it. Nine-year-old Trisha strays off the Appalachian Trail as she lags behind her arguing mother and brother, and then becomes hopelessly lost when she tries to take a "shortcut" back to the trail. The suspense and tension in this book are those inherent in a story about a young, but determined child, armed with a very small amount of survivor knowledge. For emotional support, she increasingly imagines that her favorite pitcher, Red Sox's Tom Gordon, accompanies her on her trek and provides her with guidance and support. This is a wrenching story, as you keep hoping that this poor child will be found, will escape the woods unharmed, and so forth. I found myself saying "NO!" out loud when she made bad decisions, and encouraging her as she plunged ahead. This is a suspenseful and inspiring story.
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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: Ageless story told with brilliant illustration.
Review: Pop-Up Book Version:
This story, while often considered a work of juvenile fiction, is quite ageless. It gets at that spongy heart of fear-- where the prospect of being completely lost in a world that has "teeth" that it can bite you with anytime it wants to is more than probable. This pop-up book, like the story itself, is also ageless. A wonderfully condensed and brilliantly illustrated book with scores of secret tabs to pull and pop-ups to explore.
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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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