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The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon : A Novel (original 1999; edition 1999)

by Stephen King (Author)

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Fiction. Literature. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:The acclaimed #1 New York Times bestseller from Stephen Kingâ??uniquely frightening suspense about a young girl lost in the woods as night falls, with only the voice of her beloved Red Sox relief pitcher to sustain her and help her surviveâ??maybe.
/> During a six-mile hike on the Maine-New Hampshire branch of the Appalachian Trail, nine-year-old Trisha McFarland quickly tires of the constant bickering between her older brother and her recently divorced mother. But when she wanders off by herself, she becomes lost in a wilderness maze full of peril and terror. As night falls, Trisha has only her ingenuity as a defense against the elements, and only her courage and faith to withstand her mounting fears. For solace she tunes her headphones to broadcasts of Boston Red Sox baseball games and follows the gritty performances of her hero, relief pitcher Tom Gordon. And when the reception begins to fade, Trisha imagines that Tom Gordon is with herâ??the protector from an enemy who may or may not be imagined...one who is watching her, waiting for her in the dense, dark… (more)
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Title:The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon : A Novel
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I've been tearing through as much King as I possibly can this year. I was impressed by this one's focus and visceral power. ( )
  Amateria66 | May 24, 2024 |
Das Mädchen ♦ Stephen King | Rezension

Ich hatte mit dem Buch anfangs ein paar Schwierigkeiten, da mich der Schreibstil anfangs eher schläfrig gemacht hat, als dass er mich packen konnte. Was mir bei King bisher nicht so passiert ist.



Das Mädchen ♦ Stephen King

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Trisha, eine Neunjährige, war ein paar Meter vom Pfad abgekommen, doch in ihrer Eile, zum Pfad und damit zu ihrer Mutter und ihrem Bruder sowie der gemeinsamen Wanderung zurückzukehren, endet sie damit, dass sie immer weiter in den unheimlichen Wald wanderte.

Zunächst ist sie nur von Käfer, Mücken und andere Insekten umgeben. Der Hunger folgt aber auf schnellem Fuße. Um sich selbst ein wenig zu trösten, schaltet Trisha ihren Walkman an, um den Übertragungen der Baseballspiele der Red Sox, ihrem Lieblingsteam, und die Auftritte von Tom Gordon zu folgen.

Trisha erkennt schnell, dass sie nicht allein ist, als die Nacht hereinbricht. Etwas verbirgt sich im Unterholz. Jetzt heiĂźt es fĂĽr sie: Beobachten und Abwarten.

Der Schreibstil von Das Mädchen ist außergewöhnlich gut geschrieben und die Schauplätze anschaulich beschrieben, wie es eben typisch für Stephen King ist.

Trisha empfand ich als sehr einfallsreiche Protagonistin, besonders weil sie noch ein recht junges Mädchen ist. Die Art und Weise der Darstellung der Wildnis ist sehr eindrucksvoll und ich konnte mir vieles sehr genau vorstellen.

Doch im Gegensatz zu bisherigen von ihm gelesenen Büchern ist Das Mädchen kein typisches King – Buch. Es fehlten mir einfach die Intensität und die regelmäßigen Schrecken, für die der Autor bekannt ist.

Außerdem hatte ich mit mehr Tiefe in der Handlung gerechnet, weil sie sich gegen Ende wirklich langsam bewegte und vorhersehbar wurde, was ich als sehr anti klimatisch wahrgenommen habe. Am Ende konfrontiert die Prota zwar erfolgreich das Wesen, von dem sie glaubte, dass es ihr während ihrer gesamten Zeit durch den Wald gefolgt ist. Doch überzeugen konnte mich das alles nicht komplett

Fazit
Überraschenderweise muss ich feststellen, dass trotz einiger Aspekte, die in einem Buch von Stephen King aufgeräumt werden müssten, die Geschichte insgesamt immer noch gut und interessant war, wenn auch nicht vollends überzeugen konnte.


This review was first published at The Art of Reading. ( )
  RoXXieSiXX | May 20, 2024 |
#1307 in our old book database. Rated "Good." ( )
  villemezbrown | Apr 25, 2024 |
Going through this re-read is a fascinating experience. Books I remember loving the first time around, I'm only okay with this time around. Others that didn't do as much for me the first time around, I'm digging far more this time.

This, unfortunately was more the first one. I remember thinking this one, while not mind-blowing, was a really good one.

It's still good, but I think I can now pinpoint the precise point where King lost the ability to write a convincing child. Here. With this book.

Trish is a fun character, and I loved how King made her survive more due to her common sense than through some weirdly acquired survival skills. She's tenacious and she's interesting enough to hold the reader's attention.

However, King swings wildly between having her think like a young kid still in the single digits age, then shifting way over to a child who's point of view uses words like indecorous. She thinks about things like when the longest days of the year are, which—at least to me—are more the thoughts of, say, an author in his early fifties.

This way-off-the-mark narration and dialogue will, at least as of this writing in 2024, reach its zenith (or nadir, depending on your point of view) with FAIRY TALE and the utterly deplorable portrayal of 17-year-old Charlie Reade, a teenager who's a solid forty years out of date when it comes to expressions and thoughts.

But overall, the story was gripping. Trisha's plight was real, and awful, and King does his usual brilliant job of ratcheting up the tension.

I have complaints, primarily over the unseen threat hinted at throughout the novel. I would have loved to have seen King lean into the supernatural aspect harder, especially toward the end.

I also wouldn't have minded more cutaways to the parents and brother, and the manhunt.

So yeah, overall? Not a bad story, but not a great one. Kinda right in the middle. ( )
  TobinElliott | Apr 6, 2024 |
Stephen King knows how to tell you a story, and tell it masterfully. After just a few lines, there you are, lost in the woods together with Trisha (who is awesome).

The woods are real, as well as the fear, the panic, the hunger, things hiding and watching you in the dark. Slowly, the outside world disappears and Walkman radio is the only link to the rest of humanity.

I believe that I’ve read very few books that follow a single character, have a relatively small scope, and don’t let you catch your breath. How was this done? The power of the writing is impressive. I liked the descriptions of nature, various details, and Trisha's inner monologues.

I liked that the reader was free to choose both rational and supernatural explanations for things that happen in the woods. I found myself somewhere in the middle.

The ending was a catharsis. Thanks to Nataliya for letting me know this book existed :) ( )
1 vote Alexandra_book_life | Dec 15, 2023 |
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As the narrator puts it: "The world had teeth and it could bite you with them anytime it wanted. She knew that now. She was only 9, but she knew it, and she thought she could accept it."

Thanks to King's gruesome imagination, you as a reader feel the sharpness of those teeth.
 

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This is for my son Owen, who ended up teaching me a lot more about the game of baseball than I ever taught him.
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Fiction. Literature. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:The acclaimed #1 New York Times bestseller from Stephen Kingâ??uniquely frightening suspense about a young girl lost in the woods as night falls, with only the voice of her beloved Red Sox relief pitcher to sustain her and help her surviveâ??maybe.
During a six-mile hike on the Maine-New Hampshire branch of the Appalachian Trail, nine-year-old Trisha McFarland quickly tires of the constant bickering between her older brother and her recently divorced mother. But when she wanders off by herself, she becomes lost in a wilderness maze full of peril and terror. As night falls, Trisha has only her ingenuity as a defense against the elements, and only her courage and faith to withstand her mounting fears. For solace she tunes her headphones to broadcasts of Boston Red Sox baseball games and follows the gritty performances of her hero, relief pitcher Tom Gordon. And when the reception begins to fade, Trisha imagines that Tom Gordon is with herâ??the protector from an enemy who may or may not be imagined...one who is watching her, waiting for her in the dense, dark

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The brochure promised a "moderate-to-difficult" six-mile hike on the Maine-New Hampshire branch of the Appalachian Trail, where nine-year-old Trisha McFarland was to spend Saturday with her older brother, Pete, and her recently divorced mother. When she wanders off to escape their constant bickering, then tries to catch up by attempting a shortcut through the woods, Trisha strays deeper into a wilderness full of peril and terror. Especially when night falls. Trisha has only her wits for navigation, only her ingenuity as defense against the elements, only her courage and faith to withstand her mounting fear. For solace she tunes her Walkman to broadcasts of Boston Red Sox games and tahe griity performances of her hero, number 36, relief pitcher Tom Gordon. And when her radio's reception begins to fade, Trisha imagines that Tom Gordon is with her - her key to surviving an enemy known only by the slaughtered animanls and mangled trees in its wake. (0-684-86762-1)

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