The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (1999 original; edició 2005)

I missed the greatness of The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon the first time I read the book. Then, I decided to give the book another go since I hardly remembered the book. That was a wise move. Every step of the way of the book I was with Trisha as she tried to find her way back to civilization. I walked with her, I slept by her side, I suffered with her; I felt her pain when she was sick and hurt and I was with her the moments she listened to the radio, her only joy. She is only nine years old (tall for her age) lost in the woods, but what a tough cookie.

I loved this book! I loved how King can write a story so good that the reader is pulled into the story!
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I love survival stories and that's essentially what this one was. It had some elements of horror but that might have just been the heroine's imagination. Still a 9 year old lost in the wilderness is horrible enough. The survival element was well done and totally believable. The writing was immediate and it's no wonder SK is such a popular author. I loved Trisha, the heroine. She was full of spunk and had interesting inner dialog. ( )

A very boring bland book, like eating potatoes without salt. ( )

Odd, because the whole thing is about a little girl who gets lost in a forest. Over two hundred pages of berries, rain, mosquitoes and other disgraces. And it's rather enjoyable, but that doesn't change the fact that it's over two hundred pages of a little girl lost in a forest. ( )

One of my favorite Stephen King novels.

Disc 6 is missing.

Somewhere in New England, nine-year-old Trisha gets lost in the woods while on a walk with her family. Her only comforts are the radio broadcasts of Boston Red Sox games featuring her favorite player, closing pitcher Tom Gordon. Lonely, frightened, starving, and cold, Gordon becomes Trisha's imaginary companion - and the key to her survival against an unidentified someone (or some thing) leaving death and destruction in its wake. ( )