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Carrie by Stephen King

68 reviews

elikapaarnia's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Rape

Moderate: Bullying and Sexual content

Minor: Blood

kaitlynnnng's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

3.0

I’m glad I finally read this classic. I knew part of the story prior to picking it up, but there were still a few surprises, as well.

I think I would’ve gotten more into the story if there were traditional chapters.

For the first half of the book, I kept thinking to myself “Whatever Carrie does, they have it coming” (save for, like, 3 or 4 characters), but once she started getting her revenge, I stopped rooting for her. I didn’t dislike her, but I wanted her and everyone else to just…not.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Death, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Death of parent, Animal death, Child abuse, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Sexual content

sylvester749's review against another edition

dark 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

 king's writing style was there from the get go (if you ignore the many other non-published non-novel writing he did before this), and its interesting to see how confident his prose is right away (including his less than savory ways of describing people). really liked the epistolary structure of it - the build up to the actual event was incredibly tense and well paced, especially since it lived up to the hype. overall very strong, very sad, and very engrossing! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Domestic abuse, Death, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Body shaming, Child abuse, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Violence, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Bullying

Moderate: Rape, Car accident, Sexism, Miscarriage, Misogyny, and Sexual content

Minor: Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Racism, and Grief

ereich_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Religious bigotry

Minor: Animal death, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

jem_carstairs's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-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

This book started off quite slow but it didn’t feel like an issue, but even when I was told it would pick up in the second half it felt quite repetitive. We were given the same information from sometimes three or four different perspectives at times.

Additionally, there were a few passages I felt belonged on r/menwritingwomen

All that said, I did enjoy Carrie - it was a good introduction to Stephen King - and I probably will go on to read more by him.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Violence, Bullying, Death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Religious bigotry, and Sexual assault

Minor: Rape and Sexual content

egbarnes19's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Death of parent, Animal death, and Sexual content

jana07's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, and Bullying

Moderate: Sexual content

danicampbell0506's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Racial slurs, Cursing, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

hopeebruce's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

r0ry_'s review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Racial slurs