Reviews

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King

maggotqueen666's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

zironmp5's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

rdellavalle's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

alexandra_ninelives's review

4.0

Oh I love King!
This book follows Trisha McFarland, a 9-year-old girl, who gets lost in the woods because she had to pee. And also because she was tired of listening to her mother and her brother fighting.
Her brother is the 14-year- old Pete who is struggling to make new friends. Her mother and father are Quilla Andersen and Larry McFarland who got divorced. Larry stayed in Boston and the others moved to Southern Maine.
Quilla is making the children go to "fun" places with her every Saturday but neither of her children likes going.
So Trisha got lost and I was sure she would die. She was so freaking stupid in the first chapters. I won't say what happened but I love the direction King went with this book.
Sometimes it was hard to believe a little girl could be so unlucky but then I remembered how unlucky I am, I wouldn't have lasted an hour if I got lost in the woods- especially those woods.
Even though the story focuses on Trisha and her journey, I feel like I know this family well, especially her father and her brother. Her mom was a little forgettable and a bad mother to Trisha.
Overall, everything fell into its place sooner or later. But this is King y'all, he's a genius!

colbyreads's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

abbycadabsy's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

macyishere's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

nezumi13's review

adventurous challenging tense

3.0

smaranell's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

vampiresreadtoo's review against another edition

3.0

Honestly not as good as I remember