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Carrie by Stephen King

67 reviews

violet_pages's review against another edition

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 against another edition

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

arqueervist's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Racial slurs, and Violence

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Animal death and Sexual content

keen's review against another edition

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Child abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content, Grief, and Body shaming

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, and Animal cruelty

discobitchxl's review against another edition

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.

icfasntw's review against another edition

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

angelicathebookworm's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

While it may be one of King’s much shorter novels it’s still packed with masses of detail from the first page. The narrative contains many distinct characters including Carrie White, our eponymous figure who you cannot help but feel sorry for even as she becomes a monster within her own story. She’s definitely not the biggest monster of the narrative though, that title belongs to her mother who’s been punishing Carrie literally since birth through the guise of her extreme religious ideals which causes all of the horrors that ensue. It may not be the scariest of King’s novels but it’s definitely still suspenseful, shocking, and gruesome. Although this is such a well-known story, and you’ll more than likely read this already knowing many of the major details, the novel will still be able to engage and surprise you especially when it comes to the iconic prom night scene. That’s also probably my favourite scene of the entire novel and, surprisingly, it occurs in the middle of the novel.

The narrative is fleshed out and interrupted by additions of nonfiction mimicking extracts such as newspaper clippings and articles from science and medical journals, and while I did like their placement in the novel they are slightly jarring and affect the overall pacing. Also, the writing is quite dated, mostly when it comes to some of the language used, as it was first published in 1974 and while that isn’t necessarily a criticism, it is something to keep in mind if you’re planning on reading this one.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Body shaming