Bracket #9: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (1999)

[Jean]

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, 1999
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Please vote for The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_Who_Loved_Tom_Gordon) using the following scale:

5: I loved it
4: It was good
3: Average
2: Only so-so
1: I didn't like it

If you haven't read this book yet, please vote Never Read. Feel free to discuss your votes in this thread.

[Jean]

5

love love love love this one

(and, before someone says that they didn't like it because they couldn't relate to the baseball part: I don't know shit about baseball, nor do I want to know. I just took those parts for granted, as I would if spaceship piloting were described in their place. It didn't subtract anything from the masterpiece TGWLTG is)

[frik]

Practically the only King novel(lla?) I didn't like.

1

sk

[pathoftheturtle]

4

Not a real masterpiece in my eyes, but it deserves more praise than it usually gets.

[blavigne]

Practically the only King novel(lla?) I didn't like.

1

sk

Frik, ditto this one too!! Although I gave it a 2 only for introducing me to the delicious wonder that are fiddleheads! (My mom lives in Maine. You can buy them there fresh in season and canned and jarred otherwise.)

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

4. Liked, not loved.

[Ben Staad]

I gave this a four and I thought it was highly entertaining. BTW this was my daughters first intro to King and she loved it.

[Patrick]

Meh. 2.

[Jean]

oh, grief...

[divemaster]

Not great but not bad. And I love baseball. 3 from me.

[Shannon]

Never read. One day.

[Merlin1958]

Never read. One day.

Read, Shannon, read!!! You'll be a better man and better mate for Amber, for it!!!! For once, "Trust me"!!!!

[Shannon]

No

[mae]

Surprised this one is doing rather poorly.

[Jean]

I am not really surprised, but very sad nevertheless

[Jean]

Last chance to vote! The poll is closing!

[mae]

The poll has closed. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon has earned a FAS (final average score) of 3.240000000 or 64.80%, placing 5th (last) in this bracket. It will not be moving on to Round 2.

[Jean]

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[mae]

Yeah it definitely deserves better.

[pathoftheturtle]

Bested by Dreamcatcher and On Writing ? ... ! yeah, it definitely does.

[Jean]

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