The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King

Anybody who has spent time in Maine knows that there are many pleasant areas to go for a walk through the woods. A hike in Maine is an experience that no description can do justice. For the nature lover this experience holds endless new rewards, but given the right circumstances the wilderness can be a dark and dangerous place. A person not familiar with the wild is left at its mercy. Survival is expected in civilized society, but in the woods it is survival by chance and survival of the fittest reigns supreme. In Stephen King’s, The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon, a nine-year-old girl is put to the ultimate test of survival when she strays from the path and is forced to endure her worst fears by any means necessary. Trisha McFarland is separated from her mother and brother on a weekend hike in Maine. During this time her natural instincts take over and she changes from a peacemaking young girl into an animal whose only meaning of existence is to get out alive, and the only thing that keeps her alive is her imagination coupled with her love of her idol, Red Sox relief pitcher Tom Gordon.

This is a story of subtle horror and of the fear that hides in the shadows of

One of the only weaknesses in this story is the language used early on. Trisha is very young, yet she still has a very diverse vocabulary. This is hard to believe and somewhat takes away from the credibility of the author’s intent. I still have to recommend this book because it is very well written and vividly depicts the way a lost child would act in this situation. Tom Gordon’s role in the story is not pushed too hard so it does not take away from the story is the reader is not a baseball fan. This is not as terrifying as some of King’s other books, and it is not as long as many of them either. So, if you are looking for a good scary story that is an easy read pick up this book. If you are looking for something with more terror and gore is would be better to look into some of King’s other books first.

The setting provides a lot of the terror in the story. The most important part of the setting is what cannot be seen. It is what lies in the shadows, and it is the thing that is leaving its mark of existence no matter which way Trisha turns in the woods. “It’s a special thing Trisha-the thing that waits for the lost ones. It lets them wander until they’re good and scared-because fear makes them taste better” (98). The theme of this story is survival against all odds and survival by any means necessary. It involves finding the thing within oneself that allows a person to become deaf to the little voice inside their head that tells them to quit so they keep pushing forward. This theme is important because if Trisha had not found her inner strength she would not have lasted the first night alone in the woods which was the hardest night even though it contained the least amount of challenges.

everyone’s worst nightmare. Being cut off from friends, family and pre-packaged nourishment is something that most adults would lose their sanity over. Therefore; a girl lost and being stalked in the woods should stand no chance of defeating t

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