What readers think of The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, plus links to write your own review.

King writes with in-depth description which makes you feel as if you were living in the book. A wonderful book and definitely worth the read.

The book The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon Is a great book it gives the reader twists and turns that they don't expect. The way that Stephen King writes books is an amazing work of art. This book got a thumbs up with me.

I had just finished reading this book in class, and found it quite enjoyable. It is not as scary as any of the other Stephen King books, which I am quite happy about (I am not big with horror books), and, in my opinion, is easy to keep one's interest in. Stephen King uses some interesting vocabulary to keep a reader's interest, although some of his descriptions were at times quite random. I was hooked onto this book as soon as I read the first sentence...but I'd better not start before I give away the entire book.
--Patty, age 11, sixth grade

When i chose this book i thought it would be muck scarier, but I got a little dissapointed. The text is very well written.

i found the book exciting and a very clear view into a child's mind when she gets lost in the woods. i reccomend this book for everyon e who loved a good horror/adventure novel. enjoy!

This book is exciting in the beginning, but I found myself waiting for something to happen the whole time reading this book. In my opinion this book was a major let down because I found myself bored just following Trisha through the woods with nothing really happening.

“Trisha came down on her back and slid that way, legs spread, arms waving, screaming in pain and terror and surprise. Her poncho and the back of her shirt pulled up to her shoulderblades; sharp pieces of rock tore snatches of skin from between them. She tried to brake with her feet. The left one struck a jutting outcrop of shale and turned her to the right…”
   If you’ve been searching for a novel loaded with thrills, chills, and excitement, don’t read this book. This book is a quintessential part of how name recognition sells anything with Stephen King’s name on it. Compared to his earlier works, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon falls short, and falls short by a long shot. During the beginning, Trisha faces mysterious plot twists and multiple false alarms that keep the reader on the edge of their seat. Yet these seem to peter out more toward the end and finally collapsing into a weak climax and even weaker resolution.

The author of the book, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, who is renowned as a writer of horror books, couldn't satisfy readers as the book lacked the necessary harrowing content. While his masterpiece such as 'The Shinin' still gains popularity, this book left readers indignant and puzzled by mentioning extraneous, random descriptions of the girl, which keeps appearing till the end of the book. The uncertainty, which normally keeps tension in horror books, was ineffective in this book, and the redundant behavior of the girl was all too predictable from the very first point that the girl got lost in the woods. This books consists of nothing more than Stephan King's subplots and questionable thoughts, and after I finished the book, I laughed at the cover which attracts people by its frightening picture. The only thing gained from reading this book was the fact that the girl really loved Tom Gordon. However, I thought that The New York Times should have given its compliments on his easy way of writing but not on the "Frightening, feverish content."