A review by effys
Carrie by Stephen King

dark 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

3.75

I’m gonna start this off by acknowledging that this is going to be a brutal review because I have strong opinions about Stephen Kings writing. I feel like Stephen King writes with a highly sexist and racist undertone (this is only the second of his books I’ve read and I’ve not read anything recent of his). I have only read this and IT but he managed to find a way to put the N word in both books and there was at least 2 occasions he mentioned minstrel shows very casually in this book, there was also a point where he described Carrie as looking like an “Indian wearing war paint” which made me very uncomfortable to read. 

King seems to be one of those male authors who is convinced women think about their breasts 24/7 as there were so many moments in this book where breasts were brought up unnecessarily including one occasion where a schoolgirls nipples are highly sexualised (creepy af 🤢). 

Overall the story was good but I feel like there is a lot of improvement to be had in Kings writing so I hope as I read some of his more recent works I see an improvement.
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