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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Good and creepy. Very eerie. Great background audiobook, didn't have to think really hard about the plot or anything.
It was like drowning, only from the inside out.
I really didn't enjoy this one. I'm aware of King's slow paced writing, his characters that always have something deep and twisty to reveal and that I must have patience with his books. And still.
Although #thegirlwholovedtomgordon is quite small, under 300 pages, it felt like ages to finish it. Nothing really happens after she gets lost in the woods, it's more about fear and survival. But without the horror part. I mean, it depends how you see it, I guess. For me it didn't work out.
I really didn't enjoy this one. I'm aware of King's slow paced writing, his characters that always have something deep and twisty to reveal and that I must have patience with his books. And still.
Although #thegirlwholovedtomgordon is quite small, under 300 pages, it felt like ages to finish it. Nothing really happens after she gets lost in the woods, it's more about fear and survival. But without the horror part. I mean, it depends how you see it, I guess. For me it didn't work out.
I read this for a book club- but had to read the ending first. I couldn't stand reading it without knowing how it would end....
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
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
Termino siendo un libro que disfrute pero que se me hizo terriblemente pesado en algunas ocasiones (especialmente con las partes de deportes) y que tiene su buena dosis de relleno incluido.
Pero aún así puedes sumergirte en la novela de una manera bastante escalofriante debido a uno de los mejores puntos de ella: el suspenso. Está desde la primera página y es lo que más te engancha porque logra crear un ambiente tenso en donde sabes que 'algo' va a pasar.
Pero aun con todo esto el libro me decepciono de una manera increíble y esto se debe principalmente a su final (del que me esperaba algo más).
Pero aún así puedes sumergirte en la novela de una manera bastante escalofriante debido a uno de los mejores puntos de ella: el suspenso. Está desde la primera página y es lo que más te engancha porque logra crear un ambiente tenso en donde sabes que 'algo' va a pasar.
Pero aun con todo esto el libro me decepciono de una manera increíble y esto se debe principalmente a su final (del que me esperaba algo más).
The world had teeth and it could bite you with them anytime it wanted.
It’s oddly fun jumping from Salem’s Lot in 1975 to this book, published in 1999: a leap of twenty-four years, which is still just about half of King’s career(!), seeing so clearly how he’s grown better over time and polished his skill to something sharper. I actually really love his shorter books like this one, compared to the sprawling epics of The Stand etc; these ones are tighter, punchier, a quicker thrill ride, and so don’t wear out their welcome.
I’m internally categorising it more as “thriller” than “horror”, since despite some paranormal undertones, this is primarily a survivalism thriller about a nine-year-old girl lost in the woods. Which is sorta way up my alley tbh, as a kid of the 90s who grew up reading Hatchet and Julie of the Wolves.
King’s prose is so lovely at times, nailing the visceral and horrible and desperate experiences that Trisha goes through while she’s lost, in addition to his usual flair for dramatic irony and foreshadowing and stoking that tense knot of anxiety in your stomach. I would occasionally just find myself highlighting sentences because they were so beautifully-written and evocative: In that tender place between her chest and her stomach, the place where all the body’s wires seemed to come together in a clump, she felt the first minnowy flutter of disquiet.
And the whole way through, Trisha makes so many mistakes like a nine-year-old girl would, but she also shows so much grit and pluck and resolve that it’s riveting following her journey and rooting for her, hoping she’ll survive. The book is about the logistics of how she gets through each day and night, but also about the harrowing emotional/spiritual/psychological journey she goes through, too, in trying to keep her senses and her nerve about her, even as her sense of mind unravels.
In the end, it winds up being a nice little story about faith, belief, hope, and bravery. I teared up towards the end. Good stuff.
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No