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Carrie by Stephen King

40 reviews

littlemissgemreads's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

marigonz26's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Excrement

deena_wade's review

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.25

This was the first book I read by Stephen King and it’s his first published novel. Unbeknownst to me, he doesn’t only write horror books. Carrie is not a scary book, and it kept me interested to find out what ultimately happened when she discovered what she really was. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Animal death

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, and Fire/Fire injury

lavieenrose's review

dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Miscarriage, and Abortion

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Excrement, Fatphobia, Misogyny, and Alcohol

violet_pages's review

dark sad slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Drug use and Miscarriage

minapaige's review

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Bullying, and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Sexual content, Sexism, Mass/school shootings, Fatphobia, and Confinement

Minor: Cursing, Drug use, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Rape, and Antisemitism

discobitchxl's review

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This was my first of Stephen King's books that I decided to take a crack at and I absolutely LOVED it. It's an extremely immersive story told in an unconventional fashion--King uses documents like newspaper clippings, interviews, and snippets from other books to tell the tragic tale of Carrie White and the bloodbath of prom night (which he mentions in the first paragraph). It's a fascinating account of a teenage girl's deadly last few days and it's true: the book is MUCH better than any of the film adaptations. Of all of King's novels I've read so far, this is one of my favorites. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Violence, and Murder

While it's definitely an amazing debut novel, there's most certainly a fair amount of violent and disturbing content. It is Stephen King, after all.

ahalexont's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, and Violence

icfasntw's review

dark tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, Blood, Bullying, and Death

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Sexual content, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

megj23's review

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Cursing, Fatphobia, and Murder

Minor: Racial slurs