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Carrie by Stephen King

51 reviews

alexashabit's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

kkalicky94's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Minor: Racial slurs and Racism

add_a_little_spook's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty

elioolive's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Blood, Animal death, Mental illness, Grief, Death, Animal cruelty, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Body shaming

Moderate: Rape, Child death, Child abuse, and Sexual violence

Minor: Cursing

rachelle_sheep's review

dark tense medium-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Child abuse

Minor: Animal cruelty and Sexual violence

nnnightime's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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

Not a bad book but not amazing either, I was interested enough to keep reading but there was definitely some excitement or something lacking.

All the characters, even Carrie were not likeable, I found Carrie to be kind of pathetic and only slightly less as the book went on. I guess Sue was okay, even though she's basically the reason all the shit went down. But I suppose that's what King is getting at, that people are awful and even good people can be awful, on purpose or not. The ending was both interesting and not, with the reveal of another girl being noted with telekinetic powers, but I'm not sure if it was supposed to leave the reader scared or with a sense of "oh no it could happen again!" Because I kinda don't really care, sure a lot of the town were bystanders but they all knew or had a pretty good idea that Carrie was being abused by her mother and/or bullied at school and did nothing to help her. So I find it difficult to feel sorry for most of them.

I thought it was interesting that we knew what was going to happen the whole time, jumping from past to the present and the future it was pretty well done and easy to follow. But I'm not sure if knowing what would happen took some of the mystery and excitement away.

I don't think I'll ever read it again and the only reason I'd recommend it to someone would be if they wanted to see how well King rights awful people, and because it's short. I'm genuinely interested I why some people rate this book 5 stars, other than the kind of person who just rates everything 4 or 5 stars, I can't really understand anyone finishing the book with any other response other than being mildly happy that you'd completed a book and everything ended the way the book told you it would at the beginning.

Ugh I sound super harsh, it wasn't a terrible book, I probably wouldn't have finished it if it was, but it just wasn't all that interesting either.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Car accident, Cursing, Fatphobia, and Gore

Minor: Miscarriage

Probably just don't read this book if you're sensitive to anything.

kmolson29's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Death, Bullying, and Animal cruelty

marthadude's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, and Rape

iloponis's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

this shit was sad and i wish stephen king didnt talk about women like a weirdo but aside from that it was a good read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Violence, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Racial slurs, and Rape

jessiahmarielle's review

dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Horrific and tragic events were masterfully written. So I am all the more impressed that this is Stephen King's first book. I can't wrap my mind around how someone can make this up in their own head. It's genius.

And can we just talk about the possibility of Sue Snell being in on it as well? She was the only person able to give a testimony about her whereabouts, so maybe she wasn't all that innocent. Just a theory I like to think about.

When they asked what would happen if there were more Carries out there, and whether the world would end because of it, I was beside myself because all I could think was, "It's not about how many Carries there are in the world, it's about how you choose to treat them".

And then I realised that those people are never gonna care how their actions hurt other people, but rather how it will affect them after the fact.

Overall, this is a book full of poetic justice, and I would strongly recommend it to people diving into horror books. I watched the musical and it wasn't quite as great--and by that I mean it wasn't as horrifying or as strange. 4.5 stars because I am sure I will find myself thinking about the events from Carrie weeks after reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Bullying