jdnew18 's review for:

Carrie by Stephen King
5.0
challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Simply incredible that this was an author's first novel. At, what, 30 years old? It's frankly remarkably good from start to finish.

I figured Carrie would sound amateur compared to King's later works but it simply is a great work.