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Carrie by Stephen King

76 reviews

kay_ne's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

Not really sure what I was getting myself into other than girl with powers seeks revenge.

Book turned out to be a much easier read than The Shining. Having chapters would have been easier for me imo to keep pace instead of stopping before/after an article or excerpt or a line break.

Ending was okay -

bruh he tied it back to periods bc of how the first chapter started 💀

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what is up with SK and boobs bruh .-.

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picking_back_up's review against another edition

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dark reflective sad fast-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

3.75

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daisywilkes's review against another edition

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dark sad fast-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? It's complicated

2.0

Could have been shorter. Could have been less rascist and antisemitic.

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abhimu's review against another edition

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3.25

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hellandhogwarts's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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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eddiemylove's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Stephen King may have wrote this book but he does not understand Carrie White like I do.

This story is I know branded as horror but, to me, this is a tragedy. Carrie was betrayed by this town. They sat by and watched her mom ruin her and did nothing. And at the end of it they frame her as evil. She was just a child. A broken child who deserved so much better than that.

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charlies_shelf's review

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slow-paced

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

2.0

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samanthabee's review

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emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Carrie is a highschool student living in Chamberlin with her Mother, (Margot).

My Review:

This book was so amazing, also very sad. People should have taken her more seriously and her mother should've been there for her. This book was also reflective, in a way that tells me to check in on people/don't bully or make fun of people cause you never know what they're dealing with.

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thestorydoer's review

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dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

As this was Stephen King's debut, I must say I believe that it is overhyped.

The book is fantastic in it's tension, as per King's trademark style. It also provides an interestinf emotional journey from cathartic to ultimately disturbing which was quite the evolution.

It is also quite good in it's exposition. I usually find Kings exposition rather monotonous but this time, it was quite enjoyable to read thanks to the interesting creative decision to include research and journalistic articles dispersed within the main narrative.

However, this creative decision is stuck to religiously, may it be to the books benefit or it's detriment. When it benefits, it's interesting and has quite good foreshadowing (even if it were a little on the nose). When it doesnt though, it's quite unfortunate. This is because it often repeats climactic events twice, from different perspectives yes, but to repeat twice over became a little monotonous. I would've hoped that perhaps the separate perspectives were broken up in between Carries perspective, as opposed to full narratives played through twice. This ften took away from the climactic sequences.

Disturbing, tense, and interesting, if not a little too religious in it's creative delivery. Pun not intended. 3/5

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alexa_gee's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

Really struggled to forget the movie! This is probably the only time I can ever sincerely say do not watch the movie first.
The movie (new one) isn’t bad, but it’s a lot different. What ended up happening was I was expecting a and b to happen and I got A and B which screwed with my head.

I liked that it was done through both actual narrative and posthumous investigations. It took a little while for me to get used to but it was cool.

The end made me sadder in this version than the movie did.

I like Chris and Billy far better in the book than the movie (not as people, I just liked their character more).

I definitely want to sit on this book for a few months (probably longer) and then return to it at a later date.

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