Christine est belle, racée, séduisante. Elle aime les sensations fortes, les virées nocturnes et le rock n'roll des années héroïques. Depuis qu'ell...
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Dec 17, 2009
Kerstin
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I have a real guilty-pleasure, love/love realtionship with Stephen King books. I don't care how literarily unhip that is. Christine was the first big-girl book I ever read--I was in the fourth grade and we'd just moved to California. I didn't have any friends or anywhere to go yet, so I spent my days poking around in the library, like any good nerd. I'd heard somewhere that Stephen King books contained scandalous curse words, so I picked it out of the library's King collection because the ti
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Nov 04, 2011
John
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Took me a long time to read this, due to various external factors, but it was well worth the effort. I think I was about 14 when I read it the first time and the re-reading brought back a whole pile of happy (and not so happy) memories. It seems that books have an ability to connect me to my past that nothing else comes close to.
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Dec 10, 2008
Sara
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Finished this book last night. This was my first real attempt at a Stephen King novel. The Mist had me warmed up to King and I figured I'd snag an other good ol' book of his from my library. Unlike the mist, this finally had an ending (which I'm glad about because after over 500 pages, I would have screamed if it left it with no closure). Sure, it wasn't exactly the happiest and there were still a few things left open ended but it was sufficient. My only question now is:
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Feb 01, 2012
Stefan
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Christine is not one of Stephen King's greatest works by any means, but it is still a good story with moments of real suspense and terror. I feel that one of King's biggest short-comings with this novel was having the tale told by a future Dennis. To me, this takes away a lot of suspense from some of the most tense scenes in the book because the reader is being told the tale by a character who is involved in a near-death experience, therefore revealing that the narrator survived his experience.
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Jan 21, 2012
David
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I have read a few Stephen King books and I must say that my favourites so far would be this book and Firestarter. In high school my English teacher had a chip on his shoulder regarding Stephen King books, referring to them a pulp literature and airport trash (a term that he used to describe books that you purchase at airport bookshops to read on the plane, his thoughts being that such books tend to have little literary merit and are simply read to while away the time). While I had read quite a
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Nov 15, 2011
Damon
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It was in the 1970’s where Dennis Guilder and Arnold Cunningham found a red Plymouth Fury, it was an old and used car, it was DILAPDATING. The owner makes Arnie a deal and sold the car for $250. The name of the car was Christine and Dennis and Arnold decides to buy it, while Arnie was in the house with the owner doing the papers and stuff, Dennis hops in the car. Dennis felt as though he was in the 1950’s he was freaked out and warned him not to get it. This is where it reall More...
It was in the 1970’s where Dennis Guilder and Arnold Cunningham found a red Plymouth Fury, it was an old and used car, it was DILAPDATING. The owner makes Arnie a deal and sold the car for $250. The name of the car was Christine and Dennis and Arnold decides to buy it, while Arnie was in the house with the owner doing the papers and stuff, Dennis hops in the car. Dennis felt as though he was in the 1950’s he was freaked out and warned him not to get it. This is where it reall More...
Nov 12, 2011
Jade
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Christine and Carrie were the first two books I had ever read from Stephen King and I personally think they're two of the best he's ever written--greatly because they were early works and that's where King truly thrives. At first I wasn't sure how I would be able to connect to a book with a demonic car, but as I read I got it. I can relate to Arnie Cunningham and his love with this car. I've got an older muscle car and the pure power makes you fall in love with it. Only Arnie gets to make it bea
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Aug 13, 2011
Wayne
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This is one of King's earlier works which I had never read. There are only a couple more, which I am rationing, lest I end up having to face the fact that there are no SK books I have not read unless a new one comes out. Luckily that seems to happen with some regularity, but it is still a fact I will resist having come to pass, at least for now.
Anyway, to the book at hand, I thoroughly enjoyed the experience of reading it. Old King works have a magic to them that the new stuff still can't captur More...
Anyway, to the book at hand, I thoroughly enjoyed the experience of reading it. Old King works have a magic to them that the new stuff still can't captur More...
Aug 11, 2011
Vicki
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This is yet another reason why I don't like him. He thinks he's allowed to change all the rules of fiction then stand there with his thumb in his nose at the rest of the world's authors, as if to say 'Nya nya ha ha, I can do what I want and everyone else has to follow the rules.'
But switching from third-person to first-person or first-person to third-person wasn't really necessary in this story, and I feel like he just did it for that very reason of giving a mental (if not an outright obvi More...
But switching from third-person to first-person or first-person to third-person wasn't really necessary in this story, and I feel like he just did it for that very reason of giving a mental (if not an outright obvi More...
Aug 09, 2011
This is a pretty good King book – it ranks up there with some of his best work. I was surprised by this, so this was an enjoyable surprise. The Reader of the audio does a good job, not fantastic, but well. I especially like the way the reader changed his voice for Arnie; when Arnie was in control and when he wasn’t. So the audio version is a good way to absorb this book.
The story starts right away with Arnie Cunningham and his best friend, Dennis Guilder, coming across the car known as More...
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Jul 20, 2011
John
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Ever wondered about those guys who say: “I love my car”, and look like they really mean it? Have you ever sympathized with wives and girlfriends who had a pained expression on their face as they complained: “He loves that car more than me”?
Christine is a 1958 Plymouth Fury, as red as the blood spilt during every term of ownership, in one of author Stephen King’s best horror stories about man’s abiding passion for cars, the need for speed, a greedy jealous love, and an obsession that turns More...
Christine is a 1958 Plymouth Fury, as red as the blood spilt during every term of ownership, in one of author Stephen King’s best horror stories about man’s abiding passion for cars, the need for speed, a greedy jealous love, and an obsession that turns More...
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Jun 27, 2011
Bre
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I loved this book- In fact, it is the first ever Stephen King book that I have ever read.
I don't want to spoil anything, so I'll just lightly give a short summary of what I thought about 'Carrie'.
When I heard that 'Carrie' it was about a High School girl going through 'problems', it instantly made me think that this was an overall mediocre book. But, alas, I picked it off the shelf anyways.
My thoughts before I read 'Carrie' were completely obliterated once I was into t More...
I don't want to spoil anything, so I'll just lightly give a short summary of what I thought about 'Carrie'.
When I heard that 'Carrie' it was about a High School girl going through 'problems', it instantly made me think that this was an overall mediocre book. But, alas, I picked it off the shelf anyways.
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Apr 21, 2011
Austin
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I was skeptical about this book because I'm not interested in cars... I don't know how to drive, I'm not interested in car mechanics, and a book about a "killer" car didn't sound like a great plot.
But that was before. Now, I'm glad I read the book. I really liked it. It's not just about a car... it's about youth, the freedom that comes with growing up (symbolized by getting your first car), and the trouble that comes with growing up... it's also a damn good story.
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But that was before. Now, I'm glad I read the book. I really liked it. It's not just about a car... it's about youth, the freedom that comes with growing up (symbolized by getting your first car), and the trouble that comes with growing up... it's also a damn good story.
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Mar 10, 2011
Harmonybites
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This isn't my favorite by a long-shot of King's novels. I'd name The Shining and Salem's Lot as his scariest, It (despite all its many flaws) the most moving and Cujo the most harrowing among those novels by King I've read. Unusual among the King novels I've read because much of it--the first and third parts--are told first person by Dennis, a friend of Arnie, a teen who will come to possess--and be possessed--by "Christine"--a red Plymouth Fury--a demonic automobile. That might sound
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Jul 07, 2009
Matt
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From the moment that lonesome Arnie Cunningham purchases sweet Christine from ghostly Roland D. LeBay, chaos, bewilderment, and hopelessness ensues.
This novel had been one of my very first reading experiences with Stephen King, and it served as one of the greatest narrative hooks throughout my entire life as an avid reader. With "Christine," every character is perfectly developed. Every moment is perfectly toned. Every chapter is perfectly written. The whole novel is perfec More...
This novel had been one of my very first reading experiences with Stephen King, and it served as one of the greatest narrative hooks throughout my entire life as an avid reader. With "Christine," every character is perfectly developed. Every moment is perfectly toned. Every chapter is perfectly written. The whole novel is perfec More...
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Apr 12, 2010
Tasmina712
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I have to admit, at the beginning when I was reading the prologue I thought that the main character: Arnie fell inn love with this dangerous girl named Christine. But then as I read on, I realized that Christine was actually a vehicle. Kind of weird I have to say, to be attracted to a car but really its not as weird as I thought.
Arnie is a young teenage boy. And he seems not to have many friends. In fact I think his only friend is Dennis. I'm wondering why it is that no one can stan More...
Arnie is a young teenage boy. And he seems not to have many friends. In fact I think his only friend is Dennis. I'm wondering why it is that no one can stan More...
Jan 25, 2010
Becky
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This is maybe my favourite King novel so far. What I like most about it is that it give meticulous character introductions and really instigates the reader's interest from the start in a pair of teens looking to fix up a car and latterly, the creepy old man selling it.
Through Kings meandering p.o.v storytelling the novel chronologically shoots from the perspective of three or so people, to describe the individuals points of view, this is slightly distorting when we have initially bee More...
Through Kings meandering p.o.v storytelling the novel chronologically shoots from the perspective of three or so people, to describe the individuals points of view, this is slightly distorting when we have initially bee More...
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Sep 08, 2011
Cherie
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My ratings system is as follows. One star is GOOD. The book is entertaining, easy to read and you don't want to stop reading because something about the book is compelling you not to. Two stars is GREAT! This time the story is not only entertaining, but highly creative, unique, easy to read and hard to put down. Three stars is EXCELLENT. Here the book has all aspects of one and two stars, but now the book is thought and emotionally provoking. Four is AWESOME. This is the read that is not onl
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Dec 24, 2008
Lisa
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Usually I don't mind reading horror, and have read plenty of Stephen King's novels to know what they're like, but after Christine I remember laying in bed, wide awake, trying not to stare outside the window for fear of car lights or a dead corpse appearing out of nowhere. Obviously after a while the fear wore off and I went to sleep thinking, "So stupid ..." but in a way I kind of liked that a book could have that effect on me. That's what a book is supposed to do, and King does not he
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Nov 08, 2011
Anne Nikoline
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While reading Christine by Stephen King I suddenly realised that you can't say you don't like Stephen Kings at all. It's like when people claim they hate fish. Fish, or Stephen King in this situation, is manifold. You might not like salmon or tuna, but you simply can't say you don't like fish at all, unless you've tasted every fish in the sea. The same goes for Stephen King. You might dislike horror novels, but you can't really say so because of the variety. So even though I'm not that into horr
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Jul 20, 2011
Anthony
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In King’s novel, Christine, the author states rather clearly in the prologue the premise of the story: “This is the story of a lover’s triangle…Arnie Cunningham, Leigh Cabot, and, of course, Christine.” Christine, however, is a car, a 1958 Plymouth Fury, which Arnie purchased from Roland D. LeBay, a cantankerous old man. The car has a terrifying history and, thus, is implicated in the deaths or murders of LeBay’s wife and daughter.
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Oct 18, 2010
Kristina
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In my opinion this book was good. It is the first Stephen King book I've read, and it makes me want to read more books by him. The book is written in 3 parts, from the main perspectives of Arnie Cunningham, and Dennis Guilder. The book begins with Arnie buying a '58 plymouth fury that is in a ruined state. Arnie bought the car from a man named Roland D. Bay, who was a retired veteran of Vietnam, who was most famous for his temper. Dennis is Arnie's best friend, and immediatly after Arnie buy the
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Apr 05, 2010
Anthony
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Stephen King, as you may already know, is one of my most favorite author's of all time, and he has written another one of his twisted, demented, and overall macacabre. King's tale of a car gone bad chills to the bone, and is a scary delight to read at night.
The story is about a teenager named Arnold Cunningham, who immediatley falls in love with a car he sees when his best friend passes by an old, dilapidated house. After Arnold buys the car, a transfromation begins to consume hi More...
The story is about a teenager named Arnold Cunningham, who immediatley falls in love with a car he sees when his best friend passes by an old, dilapidated house. After Arnold buys the car, a transfromation begins to consume hi More...
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Nov 08, 2007
Carolyn Heinze
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Ooh, she's so BAD, that Christine! Was skeptical that even King could dish up a good yarn about a possessed car, but it actually works. Couldn't put the book down. Might have something to do with being brought up by a motorhead - King certainly captures the motorhead culture well. But as a much as you feel sorry for misguided protagonist Arnie Cunningham, you kind of want Christine to win...
Sep 09, 2011
Tiki
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I loved this book from beginning to end, but I think it has a lot to do with the fact that I am an antique car nut, always have been, and found myself sympathizing with the car more than the characters.
This is a perfect example of why Stephen King is famous. Great story, original, fun, scary. Imagery is incredible. But some people may not enjoy it as much as I did, if they aren't into vintage cars...only because if you're into those big, sleek 50's monsters with giant tailfins and t More...
This is a perfect example of why Stephen King is famous. Great story, original, fun, scary. Imagery is incredible. But some people may not enjoy it as much as I did, if they aren't into vintage cars...only because if you're into those big, sleek 50's monsters with giant tailfins and t More...
Nov 27, 2011
Tom
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This will be my second time reading Christine. As a kid (7th or 8th grade) I remember this being the first King novel that I didn't like. I wonder if that'll change...
This is the lowest rating I have for a Stephen King since I've started rereading all his books in chronological order. Christine would've done well to not have a magical car that can repair itself and frequents murders row when rubbed the wrong way and in other occasions for no particular reason. Interesting that the More...
This is the lowest rating I have for a Stephen King since I've started rereading all his books in chronological order. Christine would've done well to not have a magical car that can repair itself and frequents murders row when rubbed the wrong way and in other occasions for no particular reason. Interesting that the More...
Aug 15, 2011
Denise (dmlk413)
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I was really nervous about reading this book. I saw parts of the movie as a child and it completely freaked me out and because of that I had no desire to read the book. I am so glad I did because I could not put it down. This is one of my new favorite Stephen King books. The story was so good, the characters were amazing and oh my goodness, was it creepy. The idea of a possessed car sounds kind of lame but trust me, this book is anything but lame. Roland LeBay is the perfect villain and De
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Aug 03, 2011
I felt that this was overlong. I saw the film first, and perhaps that wasn't a good idea - but I felt the way they shot it kept it far more engaging than the novel is written. I'm not one who usually has problems reading long novels, but I felt like the story was being streched out for no good reason, maybe King was trying to create tension or give a reasonable time frame to show how badly Arine was in the shit and didn't realise, but quite frankly parts of it bored me. I also didn't like the us
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Mar 29, 2011
John
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I read Christine at 10 years old, and could remember loving it. I had to read it again as an adult, so I read it again in 2002. I have the book in my collection just in the event that I might read it a 3rd time one day. That coming from the guy who doesn't want to read the same book twice.
I had to rate this 5-stars, because this was the best example of storytelling you can find. He twists reality with fiction so well in this story. It made the story seem very real. I never once foun More...
I had to rate this 5-stars, because this was the best example of storytelling you can find. He twists reality with fiction so well in this story. It made the story seem very real. I never once foun More...
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Sep 18, 2011
Jacob
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On paper, this is kind of a silly book. A high school jock has a nerdy small friend who has recently bought a beat up Plymouth Fury called "Christine" by its old owner. But as the nerdy boy continues to work on the car, not only does his appearance and personality begin to change, but the car appears to be alive. From there, the book becomes stranger and stranger, diving into bizarre supernatural terror. This is kind of my guilty pleasure of Stephen King's books. The writing is solid,
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