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Carrie
This is an awsome book to read becuase it keeps you on the edge the whole time. Its about a young highschool girl who gets angrier and angrier everyday. All the kids at her school would do mean things to her all the time. They just kept getting worse. Little did she know she had telekinesis powers that could change the whole towns outlook forever. I can see why she did what she did. All the anger building up inside of her she was about to explode. Although it starts off a little slow, this book is definetly one of the scariest and most thrilling books I have ever read. I had never read a Stephen King book before this one, but I had always heard wonderful things about them. I started out just reading it because I had to for a book report. By the time I got all the way through it I was ready for more.
Carrie
They always say a book is better than the movie. In this case, they were right. I read this book many years ago and was amazed how well it was written for a first book. The main character, Carrie, was both strange yet it wasn't her fault. Her complete innocence of the world was due to her mother's shielding of her from the world. Both of my teenage girls have read this book and were thoroughly entertained.
Carrie
Besides the fact that this book was the first published book by Stephen King, it has nothing that claims for attention, nothing special.Sometimes known as an author for teenagers, Stephen King shows in that book why. The plot, that is not very rich - but is powerful, revolves around a teenager who doesn't know nothing about the world becauser her mother is a religion fanatic, and think this world is crazy - well, I wouldn't disagree with that hehe - and think that it would be better to lock her daughter inside her houser than let her become a lost soul in this world. The other girls tease her because of her innocence, and people find her ridiculous in general. And, much to her mother's chagrin, she also has a power called telecinesy, through whick she can move what and whoever she wants just looking and wanting to do it. The problem is that this power is not under her control - and that's when the horror begins - and she gives pain even for the ones who do not deserve it.The plot is good, and I couldn't think of it in another way better than the way it was written... Not exactly the way, but the scenarios where it took place: house of Carrie, School, end of grade's day... All in a small town. The book, completely different in its taste and matureness, hold the reader, yes, but books like IT, THE SHINING, PET SEMATARY and CHRISTINE are obviously much better than that book. Anyway, this is a wonderful Stephen King piece as any other could be. Ever a joy!Marco Aurelio.
Carrie
In my opinion this book is still one of Stephen King's best. Simple idea, unexpected plot, excellent automosphere, direct horror. This book reads like a true story indeed, so many documents and scenes are so vivid and you wonder whether it is merely fabulous or not. Via this book Stephen King tell us he is a born story-teller. BTW, After reading over 10 of King's books, I must say that I still love his early direct, earnest style rather then the recent psychological, sinuous, over-embellished one.
Carrie
As I see this book in the store I'm thinking to myself " Man this book is way to small."If you are a King fan like me you are used to books like "IT" and "The Stand" and most of his others books.Then you see this little 245 and kinda laugh.Being a King fan I bought it.Man was I wrong for laughing.This is a definite page turner.This story of a girl mystified me.I don't know how he compacted such a story in so few of pages.This is one you must read.Don't pass it by.
Carrie
This book is fabulous and horror filled because it tells the TRUTH about human nature and the microcosm that is high school. Though written in the early 70s we still see the same types walking the halls today-the Carries, the popular bitchy rich girl, the Sue Snells and Tommys and so on. In the film, Carrie is the beautiful Sissy Spacek. Sissy would never be the Carrie that is in this book, that Carrie we are told has stains under her armpits....Carrie's humiliation and the destruction she unleashes are not to be missed. This is vintage Early King, he says its raw and somewhat disses it, but it is his best work.