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A review by writtenontheflyleaves
Carrie by Stephen King
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
“First came the blood. Then came the power.”
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Going for a spookier vibe for the pic today in honour of my first Stephen King read! Carrie totally surprised me and was a great way to kick off my October reading.
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👑 The plot: Carrie White has always been an outcast. Born to a fanatical Christian mother, she is victimised throughout her life both at home and at school, until a traumatic event in a senior year gym class changes everything. The torment she receives at the hands of her classmates - and the repercussions it has for them - sets in motion a chain of events that ends in bloody disaster as Carrie discovers the latent supernatural power that has been brewing inside of her for years.
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Not having lived under a rock my whole life, I was familiar going in with the general concept of “Carrie”. At least, I knew there was a prom night and lots of blood. I thought knowing this would dull my reading experience, but I was pleasantly surprised to find it didn’t at all!
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Carrie is told through a mixture of found documents (interviews, book excerpts, newspaper reports) and more straightforward storytelling as King pieces together the events leading up to Prom Night, the infamous event when Carrie’s powers are unleashed. The novel makes clear almost from the outset that something terrible is going to happen, and that its goal is to bring this terror slowly into focus. This was great news for me, because it meant that my imprecise knowledge of the story not only matched but enhanced the storytelling style.
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I was definitely gripped by this book, but if you’re looking for something scary I’m not sure this is it. “Carrie” left me feeling more melancholy than anything else - sad at how realistically cruel Carrie White’s tormentors were, how inescapable humiliation feels when you’re a teenager.
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🔥 Read it if you like the storytelling style of The Handmaid’s Tale, and stories that unpick the ugly and cruel aspects of humanity. Or if you super hate teenagers because they do not get a good rap in this one!!
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🚫 Avoid it if you don’t like blood or violence, or if you think that reading about bullying would seriously depress you. Ngl lads it gets bleak af.
🌟🌟🌟🌟
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Going for a spookier vibe for the pic today in honour of my first Stephen King read! Carrie totally surprised me and was a great way to kick off my October reading.
-
👑 The plot: Carrie White has always been an outcast. Born to a fanatical Christian mother, she is victimised throughout her life both at home and at school, until a traumatic event in a senior year gym class changes everything. The torment she receives at the hands of her classmates - and the repercussions it has for them - sets in motion a chain of events that ends in bloody disaster as Carrie discovers the latent supernatural power that has been brewing inside of her for years.
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Not having lived under a rock my whole life, I was familiar going in with the general concept of “Carrie”. At least, I knew there was a prom night and lots of blood. I thought knowing this would dull my reading experience, but I was pleasantly surprised to find it didn’t at all!
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Carrie is told through a mixture of found documents (interviews, book excerpts, newspaper reports) and more straightforward storytelling as King pieces together the events leading up to Prom Night, the infamous event when Carrie’s powers are unleashed. The novel makes clear almost from the outset that something terrible is going to happen, and that its goal is to bring this terror slowly into focus. This was great news for me, because it meant that my imprecise knowledge of the story not only matched but enhanced the storytelling style.
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I was definitely gripped by this book, but if you’re looking for something scary I’m not sure this is it. “Carrie” left me feeling more melancholy than anything else - sad at how realistically cruel Carrie White’s tormentors were, how inescapable humiliation feels when you’re a teenager.
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🔥 Read it if you like the storytelling style of The Handmaid’s Tale, and stories that unpick the ugly and cruel aspects of humanity. Or if you super hate teenagers because they do not get a good rap in this one!!
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🚫 Avoid it if you don’t like blood or violence, or if you think that reading about bullying would seriously depress you. Ngl lads it gets bleak af.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Animal death, Violence, Emotional abuse, Blood, Child abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Death