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Carrie by Stephen King

83 reviews

hellandhogwarts's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

fuathling's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

catsy2022's review against another edition

dark emotional 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: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

remuslibrary's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming and Fatphobia

Minor: Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, and Antisemitism

ularoyal's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Sexual content

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, Death, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Fire/Fire injury

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

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

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

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: Bullying, Child abuse, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Religious bigotry and Fire/Fire injury

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

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

Minor: Rape and Sexual content