Carrie
by Stephen King
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A lot of water has run since the 70s and the release of “Carrie”, a lot of novels appeared on the market and for that matter Stephen King didn’t do badly at all, conquering the literary scene and all. I am definitely sure that just about anyone has read reviews about the book or the book itself, the adults anyways, but to think of the teens these days, who are not so acquainted with the classics like I was awhile back and still am, I am posting one anyways.
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recommends it for:
telekinetic would-be ugly duckling prom queens with a heavy flow
I want to start a shelf of "books-that-traumatized-me-as-a-child-with-stories-of-girls-who-just-could-not-stop-gushing-blood-Down-There," but I can't think of any others besides this and Bell Jar. I know in Are You There God, It's Me Margaret they just couldn't stop TALKING about it, but I think that was different, more just perplexing and annoying than actually traumatic.
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Um, BTW, this book is AMAZING. I should give it more than three stars. There!...more
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Um, BTW, this book is AMAZING. I should give it more than three stars. There!...more
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Read in July, 2007
recommends it for:
Stephen King fans, all those kids who have been picked on
Carrie is, famously, Stephen King’s first published novel and it put him on the map; it’s easy to see why. Given the sheer success of this book, King really struck a cord with the readers in 1974 and he’s been riding that wave till this very day. This story is firing on so many thematic cylinders that it’s no wonder everyone found something to like in this book.
I do have a slight problem when it comes to writing about this book. The problem is that pretty much every human being in A...more
I do have a slight problem when it comes to writing about this book. The problem is that pretty much every human being in A...more
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Read in August, 2006
Stephen King is one of the most popular authors of the latter half of the Twentieth Century, having most of his
works turned into either a feature film or a made-for-tv movie or miniseries. In my opinion, you would be hard-pressed to find someone in the modern world who does not know who Stephen King is.
When I was thirteen, It was turned into a miniseries and I loved it so much I purchased a copy of the book and jumped right in. Two hundred pages or so into it, I gave it up for lost. Few years...more
works turned into either a feature film or a made-for-tv movie or miniseries. In my opinion, you would be hard-pressed to find someone in the modern world who does not know who Stephen King is.
When I was thirteen, It was turned into a miniseries and I loved it so much I purchased a copy of the book and jumped right in. Two hundred pages or so into it, I gave it up for lost. Few years...more
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This was definitely one of the better quick-read horror books I've read. I read this from start to finish in one day on the beach and was surprised to feel like there actually was decent character development and insight. After seeing the movie MANY times, I was half expecting to skim through the book with a "been there-done that" attitude, simply looking for instances where the movie deviated from the book. But King's unique style of incorporating news clippings, interviews, excerpts ...more
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Read in January, 2008
I actually got a pretty good kick out of this book. When i first started to read it i was hoping it would be like the movie so i could have an easy assignment. The book was pretty different than the movie, the discriptions are so much more thorough than in the movie, and the characters had a more evil sound and look to them in the book. One of my favorite parts is when the book is describing how socially inept Carrie actually is and how the mother plays such a large role in it. It first starts o...more
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This was the first King book I read in 2007. It was what led me to become one of his fans. It's terrifying to the point where you'll never look at some people the same way ever again.
As the novel opens, Carrie is a persecuted, abused high school girl with a power nobody knows about or even understands. Some sections are told in the eyes of Carrie, others in the eyes of a girl who symphatizes silently with her, others in the eyes of Carrie's coach, who both pities and despises her. When the a...more
As the novel opens, Carrie is a persecuted, abused high school girl with a power nobody knows about or even understands. Some sections are told in the eyes of Carrie, others in the eyes of a girl who symphatizes silently with her, others in the eyes of Carrie's coach, who both pities and despises her. When the a...more
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Read in January, 1996
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I read this King novel at the urging of my best friend. She hated scary gory things, but liked this book because she sometimes felt like she was treated like Carrie for being different. I really liked this story of being an outcast and where that can lead. I also liked Sue Snell's side of the issue about how she followed the crowd. I also found the format of the book interesting since it isn't just a linear narrative, but rather is told more like a scrapbook of news clippings and stories. I...more
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Read in October, 2007
recommends it for:
Adolescent fiction readers, sci fi readers, horror readers, religious readers
Carrie shoots for catharsis from all the anxiety of high school: from being misunderstood by peers and adults, from the deliberate conflicts with those intimidating parties, from trouble at home, with parents, religion and puberty. Underlying that theme is an unreliability of sources that, if it doesn't define the supernatural in real life, certainly defines good supernatural fiction, with every fictional book that King cites conflicting with some aspect of the main narrative, whether in ...more
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Read in September, 1989
recommends it for:
Stephen King fans. It was his first book.
Carrie was the odd one at school; the one whose reflexes were always off in games, whose clothes never really fit, who never got the point of a joke. And so she became the joke, the brunt of teenaged cruelties that puzzled her as much as they wounded her.
There was hardly any comfort in playing her private game, because like so many things in Carrie's life, it was sinful. Or so her mother said. Carrie could make things move - by concentrating on them, by willing them ro move. Small things, like...more
There was hardly any comfort in playing her private game, because like so many things in Carrie's life, it was sinful. Or so her mother said. Carrie could make things move - by concentrating on them, by willing them ro move. Small things, like...more
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Read in June, 2008
recommends it for:
Anyone really.
The book opens with a scene in the girls' locker room at Ewen High School. That is where Carietta White, at 17, gets her first period in the shower and believes she is bleeding to death. She is cruelly bombarded with menstrual paraphernalia by other girls in the locker room.
This scene is representative of Carrie's relationship with her peers during her whole school life. Daughter of an insane Christian fundamentalist. Carrie is isolated from just about everyone
After one last cruel prank ...more
This scene is representative of Carrie's relationship with her peers during her whole school life. Daughter of an insane Christian fundamentalist. Carrie is isolated from just about everyone
After one last cruel prank ...more
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Read in September, 2007
recommends it for:
Stephen King lovers and teenagers
Just finished this about a night ago. Not the greatest from King considering what I've read, but good nonetheless. I plan to watch the movie, see if its any good.
The book is focused on Carrie White, a teenage girl with telekinesis. She is constantly put under strain at school because of overall weirdness and innocence, based mostly on her extremely religious mother. After a horrible incident in the locker room (I'm sure I will not have to describe this in detail, but for those who have read...more
The book is focused on Carrie White, a teenage girl with telekinesis. She is constantly put under strain at school because of overall weirdness and innocence, based mostly on her extremely religious mother. After a horrible incident in the locker room (I'm sure I will not have to describe this in detail, but for those who have read...more
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Read in February, 2007
I thought this book was pretty good for being King's first novel ever. But the thing I hated was the newspaper clippings and all that weird shit scattered throughout the book. Granted I had seen the movie before reading the book, but if I didn't know what was supposed to happen in this story I would have felt very ripped off. Why? Because these weird interviews and news bites basically give away the entire ending of this book. They tell you that Carrie killed a bunch of kids at her school and th...more
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Read in January, 2008
recommends it for:
people who like the movie, girls who feel they don't fit in, bullies
This was the first Stephen King novel I've read and was pleasantly surprised! I love the movie so I wanted more by reading the book. It was short, fast paced and I finished in 2 days. As with most novels turned into movies, the book is much better. I thought the articles and snippets of books that were written after the events in the book that were added into the novel were strange at first, but they really grew on me. I think it was an interesting way to tell the story by using thoughts an...more
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Read in May, 2005
I had been meaning to read this book for a while, and finally walked down to a bookstore while on vacation on Coronado Island. I was a bit apprehensive at first, as I am with a lot of books. I was instantly hooked after the first chapter. I don't know how Stephen King manages to catch me with almost every book he writes, but he does. It's weird because I was reading it in Study Hall, and the teacher said something along the lines of "you're smart." So I ask why everyone thinks I'm so s...more
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Probably one of King's best novels, it's also one of his earliest. Rare for having a female protagonist, it's infamous for the early scene where Carrie begins her period in the group shower at high school. Raised by a religious extremist mama, Carrie has no idea what the blood means, and she's scared out of her mind. The other girls ignore her pleas for help and gleefully begin to chant, "Plug it up! plug it up!" while pelting her with tampons. Wowee. That's a visceral scene. Few male ...more
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Read in May, 2008
this book just moved into my all-time favorites pile. so campy and wicked and gleefully horrific and tacky. yay. who didn't want to set the gym on fire with their thoughts during puberty? her mother even reminded me of mine. although we didn't have a four foot crucified christ on the wall growing up. perfect poolside summer reading...for me anyway. the movie stays pretty close to the story line but after watching it years and years ago i'm glad i finally read the book.
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King fans, horror fans, anyone who's ever been bullied, anyone who's ever been a bully
As a kid who got picked on all the time in middle and high school, I definately wanted Carrie's telekinetic powers. Wasn't sure what I'd do with them, but I wanted them bad.
Carrie is the ultimate social outcast who develops and masters telekinesis. She ultimately uses it against the girls who have picked on her when they push her too far. The book is amazing. I was impressed that King could get into the heads of high school girls with such accuracy. The movie version is really good, too -...more
Carrie is the ultimate social outcast who develops and masters telekinesis. She ultimately uses it against the girls who have picked on her when they push her too far. The book is amazing. I was impressed that King could get into the heads of high school girls with such accuracy. The movie version is really good, too -...more
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Read in May, 2008
I was surprised by how good this was. I've read some other books by Stephen King, and enjoyed them; I just didn't consider him to be a great writer. This was a fantastic book, right up there with "The Lord of the Flies" in terms of creating a mood of adolescent pain/pecking order--until the end. It's like King chokes and can't just wrap it up. The ending dragged on for way, way too long and made the whole novel seem clunky. If he could have ended it as quickly as Brian DePalma did...more
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