The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon--Voting Closed

[Aaron]

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The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
Scribner, 1999


Bracket #9

Voting for this Book is Closed

Final Average Score:
3.387096774

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon will not advance to Round 2

[jayson]

Another one I give a 1. That will be a recurring theme for me with some of the more recent King.

The book itself was boring. The only thing it was good for was when a few years ago my wife, myself and one of our friends were lost in the woods for several hours. We made some references to the book which we had all read. Other than that, it was a waste of my time.

[Mianjo]

I gave this a 3. Liked it, didn't love it, have no real desire to read it again.

[alinda]

:orely: 2

[Jean]

4

I liked it a lot, but I much prefer multy-focused King

[Aaron]

Never read for me. I do own a copy of the pop-up book version, though.

[mae]

Wow, surprised by the early negative voting! I'm giving this one a 5. Fascinating quick read. I thought it was great.

[Jean]

I was thinking about a 5, too... if I have the time for at least a quick re-read, I might reconsider my vote.

[mae]

What I really liked about it is that it was so realistic and plausible. And King is very good at writing real. (And he'd great about writing unreal, too :))

[Sam]

I'm surprised too, but this book really is a very focused story. I think it easily could have, and maybe SHOULD have been put in an anthology instead of being a single release. Even so, this story scared the living hell out of me. It had my heart pounding and I had to read it through from start to finish. It caused such a strong reaction from me that I have never read it since even though I loved it. My only explanation for such a reaction is that it struck a strong, deep seated chord from my childhood. Though I don't conciously remember it, I know that I was lost in the woods once long enough for search teams and the local TV news to become involved in a search for me. I also know they never found me. I followed one of our dogs home and arrived late in the evening near dark. So I identify with this story on a very primal level.

Gotta give it a 5.

[Melike]

5 with stars. http://www.7starsshilohs.com/publishImages/Stars~~element11.gif http://site.mynet.com/sarlott/mynet_resimlerim/star.gif http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Featured_article_star.svg/50px-Featured_article_star.svg.png

[mae]

I wish they'd make this into a movie. Somebody smart could make a really scary film out of it.

[blueoccult]

I gave it a three. It was one of the first King books I ever read, second one if I am not mistakened. I remember it was a pretty interesting read, but it was to short and I felt it was a bit lacking for a Stephen King novel. It was a good read, so I give it a 3.

[Darkthoughts]

I gave a 4...was stuck between a 4 or a 5 though. I loved this story, really intense and I loved the main character.

[flaggwalkstheline]

i gave it a 2, its semidecent
is it possibly meant for a younger audience?
Its the first book by him that I ever read when I was like 9 years old and I loved it then but I picked it up about a month ago and didnt like it, file it with RL Stine cause its kiddy-tripe

[Aaron]

I need to read this one. :(

[Daghain]

I *think* I gave it a 3, but forgot to comment on it. :lol:

It was okay, but not spectacular.

[Matt]

The choice you voted for should always be in italics. :couple:

I gave it a three, I did love the story but it seemed a little...I don't know...

[Daghain]

Well, you learn something new every day.... :D

I did give it a 3. :lol:

[pickle]

I gave it a 2, really wasnt impressed with it tbh. Althouth the pop-up book was fun lol

[The Lady of Shadows]

:yawn:

a 2. what was the point of this again? :orely:

[Heather19]

Never read. I've got both the hardcover and pop-up book sitting on my shelf though, just haven't gotten around to it yet.

[ManOfWesternesse]

Only a 2 for me.

[IWasSentWest]

never read....seemed kinda boring

[Darkthoughts]

It's not!! It's ace!!!!!!! :D

[pathoftheturtle]

Wow, I'm surprised at how many folken haven't read this one. It's not bad.


I wish they'd make this into a movie. Somebody smart could make a really scary film out of it.Hmm... probably get shortchanged, but somebody could I guess... psychological suspense scary, that is.
The actual horror is only in the abstract; the kind of stuff filmmakers tend to leave out altogether.

[Patrick]

I really wanted to like this book, so I was generous and gave it a 2.

[Girlystevedave]

I'm giving this a 5. It scared the shit out of me...

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

3. absolute definition of average

[IWasSentWest]

i tell you what, since i trust yall's judgement more than dumbass book critic's, somebody give me a synopsis that doesnt spoil anything and i'd greatly appreciate it. bc critics that i have read made this book seem like shit

[mae]

A little girl gets lost in the woods. Creepy stuff. Read it, it's short. King can't write anything bad :)

[IWasSentWest]

that's the worst summary ever..hahahaa

[jayson]

Appropriate as I think it's one of the worst books ever. :P

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

After getting lost in the woods, the girl tries to keep her sanity by listening to baseball game featuring her favorite player, Tom Gordon. She begins to hallucinate after awhile do to fatigue,fear,malnutrition etc. She has several supernatural experiences in the woods. I think what makes the book interesting is that King purposely makes it unclear whether or not these supernatural events are real or hallucinations. It kind of walks the line between imagination and reality. Its not a bad book. It is short at any rate, and thus wont be a big waste of time either way.

[IWasSentWest]

now that grabs my attention a bit..i do love king and the supernatural lol