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Carrie by Stephen King

112 reviews

selimhannah's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

mhernanan's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Violence

fatkidatheartreads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

Carrie was the first Stephen King book to be published and through this sad heartbreaking story, he got more opportunities to write and we got to experience the marvellous mind of this marvellous genius. I digress. His introduction to the book was a really heartbreaking one and to the two girls he spoke up about, you deserved better. 

Bullying is wrong. It's unjustifiable, it's mean and it's long term effects are ruthless on the victims. I can honestly say that from my past personal experience. Yes kids are kids but kids can also be hurtful and mean. Carrie went through so much and her mum being a religious fanatic didn't help with the situation. I'm just so sad at how everything unravelled. But I am also simultaneously awed because Stephen King has all my admiration (I've been saying this for a while now). I love his brain and his words and his ability to story tell and character develop. He is one of the greatest writers to ever live.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Blood

emilylouise1608's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

uhm_kai's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

classic

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

aviery's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Cursing, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content, Violence, and Sexual harassment

sandybree7's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

painfullyshybookworm's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Racial slurs

Minor: Sexual assault

grave_liminal's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

The objectification of women and minors, as well as the glorification of sexual assault, makes this book extremely hard to read. It also opens a very large discussion about fatphobia in literature, as well as the lazy useless usage of slurs. 

If you removed every single female description and sex scene from this book, it would’ve been a solid 4 stars. The repetition of the “breast” descriptions were so frequent that it seemed like a joke, a book written by a 12 year old boy. Disappointed that this was my first experience reading a King novel, and it left a bad taste in my mouth. I would barely recommend it other than the purpose of being able to say you’ve read a horror classic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death and Fatphobia

Minor: Homophobia, Miscarriage, and Racial slurs

roadesntoades's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Self harm, Medical content, Car accident, Abortion, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment