Another book I have recently finished is ‘The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon’ by Stephen King (here you see the Czech version since I’ve read it in Czech).
It is basically about a young girl who gets lost in the forests and isn’t able to get out for at least a week or so.
I’ve been really excited about this book because I live near a forest (which isn’t nearly as big as the woods described by Stephen King) and I always imagined how I would find my way out of the woods if I was to get lost in it. I used to imagine how I would be brave and strong and not let anyone (or anything) get near me or capture me or whatsoever.
Trisha McFarland is described as a 9-year-old girl who has rather genuine information about surviging in the woods. I think it’s a little exaggerated, I personally don’t think anyone at that age would memorize what to eat and what not to eat, how to find out where you are or how to behave when facing animals. It’s a bit too far fetched, either, that Stephen King adds a supernatural element rather than to finish the story appropriately to match the rest of the book.
Nonetheless, I really enjoyed this book (mainly because I can now add a lot of nature-words to my Czech vocabulary) because it was well written and scaring altogether. I could feel empathy for the little girl which is a huge thing for me. If I can’t feel the character’s pain - I don’t enjoy a book. It’s as simple as that.
I would’ve wished for an alternate ending, but Stephen King works in mysterious ways, I guess.
(originally posted July 2015)
It is basically about a young girl who gets lost in the forests and isn’t able to get out for at least a week or so.
I’ve been really excited about this book because I live near a forest (which isn’t nearly as big as the woods described by Stephen King) and I always imagined how I would find my way out of the woods if I was to get lost in it. I used to imagine how I would be brave and strong and not let anyone (or anything) get near me or capture me or whatsoever.
Trisha McFarland is described as a 9-year-old girl who has rather genuine information about surviging in the woods. I think it’s a little exaggerated, I personally don’t think anyone at that age would memorize what to eat and what not to eat, how to find out where you are or how to behave when facing animals. It’s a bit too far fetched, either, that Stephen King adds a supernatural element rather than to finish the story appropriately to match the rest of the book.
Nonetheless, I really enjoyed this book (mainly because I can now add a lot of nature-words to my Czech vocabulary) because it was well written and scaring altogether. I could feel empathy for the little girl which is a huge thing for me. If I can’t feel the character’s pain - I don’t enjoy a book. It’s as simple as that.
I would’ve wished for an alternate ending, but Stephen King works in mysterious ways, I guess.
(originally posted July 2015)
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