When people inquire about my intense dislike for this book, I will promptly display this image and clarify that it represents one of the milder aspects. This book contains approximately 10 descriptions of underage teenage breasts. It also features 2 rape scenes where the author insinuates that it wasn't truly rape as the women allegedly enjoyed it. The "pudgy", "chubby" protagonist is constantly characterized in such a manner, supposedly because it's from the POV of the abusers. However, the author's motives for writing these things are so transparent that they're almost laughable.
Even with the descriptions of underage nipples. Yes, we understand that the author aimed to discuss repressed sexuality, religion, puberty, and self-discovery. But the truth is, it could have been executed much better. Carrie could have explored her sexuality without it coming across as teen pedophilic pornography. She could have been obsessed with other girls' nipples and sexuality without being written in a sensationalist way. Come on, creepy male authors! When will you get it right? I have yet to encounter a King description of a teenage boy's penis that matches the length, adjectives, and sensuality of Carrie's nipples. I sincerely hope I never do, and I hope he discontinues writing such content. Buzz off, creepy old man, with your so-called "wholesome intention" of writing to provide for your family. Do so without leering at children's breasts, thank you very much.
I've been竭尽全力 to like Stephen King. I've attempted to overlook his subpar writing, and it's true that he has the ability to build suspense and pen exciting action scenes that make you flip through the pages without realizing the passage of time. But he fails miserably in most other aspects.
To add insult to injury, in the introduction, he presents the real-life tragedies of women he knew, who were bullied and had difficult and sad lives, as inspiration for Carrie and "tragedy porn" to pique our interest in the story. The dude even claims that he witnessed their bullying but didn't intervene because he was just a 14-year-old lad. Listen, fuckface. If a 14-year-old is deemed incapable of exercising the most basic common sense and compassion due to his young age, then what right do you have to sexualize 16-year-old girls' breasts for 300 pages?
And give me a break. I've actually dealt with bullies even in kindergarten. Stop with the lame excuses.
End of rant.

I really wanted to have a deep love for it, but unfortunately, I found it to be extremely boring

Now I understand why this book is the beginning of King's peak career!

It is a memorable and touching book that has been ahead of its time. Instead of being just a simple dark fantasy work with chopped-off hands and feet scenes, it is also full of critical, social, and psychological layers.

The story has many flashbacks, and between the past and the future, in the current, we know from the very beginning what the end of the story will be, but this very knowledge makes the tension of the story increase and the reader's thirst to understand the reason for the disaster.

In this book, King challenges religion, talks about the crisis of puberty, and about students who are expelled from their class by each other and are ridiculed and bullied.

I hope we can each recognize the cries around us and help them because, according to the poet, the writer is useless after the death of Sohrab!

The one (and only!) other Stephen King novel I have ever finished, apart from The Shining, is Carrie.

My sister is a big fan of Stephen King, but I prefer to sleep at night! The topic of bullying never seems to go out of fashion. We humans keep repeating history. I'm so glad the schools are addressing this issue, but we still have so far to go.

I honestly can't remember whether I saw the movie first, then read the book, or vice versa. Sissy Spacek did a great job in the movie, bringing Carrie to life in a very believable way. However, the actress who played the mother, Piper Laurie, stole the show. Her performance was truly outstanding, making the mother a terrifying and unforgettable character.

The story of Carrie is a powerful one, exploring themes of bullying, adolescence, and the power of telekinesis. It's a classic that has stood the test of time and continues to be relevant today.

When people discuss bathroom scenes, there is often this kind of psychological talk. However, I prefer to recall this ode on teenage dirtbag cruelty with psi.

I assume that everyone knows the story, so there are unmarked spoilers in the spookhouse club.

King has a penchant for outsiders, losers, and outlaws. So, what could be better than to commence one's career with a now-legendary pop cultural reference to serious puberty issues and female problems? As a result, the reluctant antagonist unleashed, but unfortunately not controlled and cultivated, dark elemental forces, transforming into, for example, a classy dark fantasy black witch and thematizing premenstrual syndrome. Sorry, I couldn't resist the bad pun. Please don't high voltage energize and burn me.

There is definitely symbolism that I should have focused on more when reading it for the first time. But even without that, the idea of using menstruation as a plot device is something predestined for the master of horror. Probably, there are cultures that censor this part while leaving the slaughter in it. Blood from piles of corpses is good, but sexual-related blood is bad.

I guess everyone knows the story that King's career might not have taken off if his wife hadn't found the manuscript. But there is something else about the development of this book that I keep asking myself. Did he get this inspiration while working as a teacher? Was a young lady who asked to go to the toilet or home because of cramps the reason why one of the best authors of all time had his breakthrough? Is human reproduction to thank for all these amazing works?

The harshness and directness of King's very young writing in this book are amazing. I remember so many details even though there is almost no real action or plot until everyone gets a surprising finale event of a fun horror bloodbath.

Religion and its potential negative side effects on well-being, extraversion, and self-confidence, not to mention sex education, also play a key role here. Because all of this couldn't have been possible without a combination of hardliner extremism and madness, resulting in poor Carrie having anger management problems that are not really alleviated by the sociodynamics of hormone-high high schoolers with horrible attitudes, highlighted through the hilarity of human culture and tradition. I don't know why I had so much, sorry, maybe possession. It's especially strange because I'm a bit too old for that and have the wrong gender. Possibly and hopefully, it's a succubus after long, hard years of trying to invoke one or, why not, as many as possible.

It could have happened much earlier if there hadn't been this lack of virginity and already inherent madness problems that made me less attractive to possess than an innocent, naive virgin. I have to maintain an aesthetic, erotic, sadomasochistic, love-hate, sick roleplay, memory picture for the next resurgence, wait, and save myself up for the perfect monster girl and discipline my weak flesh to not faint in the face of other, cheap, worthless, earthy, fading, seduction. But finally, the self-flagellation, animal sacrifices, and sexy female devil worship have paid off, and I bravely sacrifice myself to help expand their power.

But whatever demon it might really be, if it's true, beware of many enemies of mine. Everything is possible for a true believer in the dark forces. Mwahahaha

Fun fact: It goes without saying that the movie adaptation of a tale about a victimized girl exaggerating self-defense had the German title "Carrie Des Satans jüngste Tochter." Carrie, the youngest daughter of Satan. I find it extremely inappropriate that she has been discriminated against and falsely accused of satanism when her only real crime was killing a few hundred people. Shame on my native tongue!

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Stephen King wrote such a book at the age of twenty-seven, and a fortunate coincidence brought it to the doorstep of the (renowned) Brian De Palma. De Palma, without much hesitation (he was thirty-two at that time), directed a movie that was supposed to become a huge commercial success, was nominated for two Oscar nominations (for the first and second female roles), and introduced this innovative director (along with his split-screen technique) to the general public. King enjoys the publicity, which, as usually happens, is accompanied by money and fame. He abandons his teaching career and devotes himself entirely to writing. And since he is not just anyone, but the talkative Stephen King, he will not delay in publishing (to be precise, all this happened in a short time) several other emblematic horror stories ('Salem's Lot, The Shining, The Stand). The path to the top is uphill and difficult, but the start has already been made.

As for this book itself? Captivating! No less than Brian De Palma's movie (also a masterpiece), even though there are (many) points where the script differs. Stephen King tells the story of Carrie White and the massacre that was caused by her outburst of rage on the fateful night of May 27, 1979, in a rather documentary way. Through newspaper articles and scientific journals, as well as through excerpts from the book of the survivor Sue Snell and the pretrial depositions of various residents of Chamberlain, Stephen King gives authenticity to his story while at the same time explaining the reasons and causes that led Carrie White to trigger a tragedy that marked a town, erasing it from the map.

School bullying, religious fanaticism, and oppression. The sixteen-year-old Carrie White has no friends and no father, and she lives with a mentally disturbed mother (Margaret White) who never stopped believing that her daughter's menstruation was the result of a sinful, condemned by God, act. Carrie White is cut off from everyone and everything. Until the handsomest boy in school asks her to accompany him to the prom! No, it can't be true! It seems like a dream, but then again, Tommy Ross seems very sincere with her. And the night of May 27 is her only chance to feel that she is no different from the other girls. That she can dress like them, be just as beautiful. But evil, as usual, lurks. People are used to ruining the lives of others. Sometimes to take revenge, and sometimes for no reason. Although, of course, nothing of what was to follow could have been predicted. No one was able to imagine the powers of a girl who exploded. Against those who laughed at her and at all the others. The silent ones. The accomplices.

Brevity in the descriptions, the usual blabbering of Stephen King has not yet made its presence felt (we are talking about his first book, after all, perhaps because of that!), an impressive creation of a dark atmosphere that culminates on the night of the prom at Thomas Ewen High School, and Blood. A lot of Blood. Human and otherwise.

Carrie is an outstanding debut novel that presents a captivating story.

It revolves around a lonely girl who endures abuse from both her peers and her mother. What sets her apart is that she possesses powers, which offer her a glimmer of hope for revenge.

On Prom Night, when she is humiliated, she finally snaps, and her anger unleashes a force that decimates an entire small town.

Stephen King's first novel delves deep into the theme of bullying and explores how people respond to such deeds or choose to perpetuate them. Although the story may seem modest in scope, its impact is profound.

As you read this initial work of a writer whose career would go on to chronicle the lives of the little people who are both victims and products of society, you witness King's remarkable talent.

While he may bestow godlike powers upon his characters, he also leaves them inherently human, with all their flaws. This authenticity makes his characters highly relatable and recognizable.

In conclusion, Carrie is a brilliant first book that, despite not being overly large in size, packs a powerful punch.

I’m sitting here, still trying to fully digest this book. The only word that keeps coming to my mind is “disturbed.”

If the purpose of fiction is to evoke emotion, even just a single one, then this book has it in abundance. However, I still can't bring myself to rate it any higher than 3 stars.

At its most relatable, it felt like a degrading episode, and at its worst, it felt like Tarantino had directed the 700 club. Carrie wasn't a monster; she was just the equal and opposite reaction to her mother and her peers.

The only moments that elicited a different emotion were a flash when Carrie was 3 and talking to her neighbor and the early moments at the prom. Those were the only scenes where Carrie felt human.

Maybe I would have liked this book more if the glimmer of hope had lasted longer, if I could have believed, even for a second, that Carrie would graduate and go on to live a normal life.

I didn't hate this book; it just felt more like a paper puppet show. The story moved left and right like a 2D Street Fighter video game until everyone died.

It was an interesting read, but it didn't quite hit the mark for me. There were moments of brilliance, but overall, it felt a bit flat.

The story of misfit high school girl, Carrie White, is a truly captivating one.

She gradually discovers that she has telekinetic powers, which sets the stage for a series of events that are both thrilling and tragic. Repressed by a domineering, ultra-religious mother and tormented by her peers at school, Carrie's efforts to fit in are constantly thwarted.

This leads to a dramatic confrontation during the senior prom, which is both heart-wrenching and unforgettable.

This is a very sad book that I believe should be required reading in school. It captures many modern issues in gruesomely intimate detail, such as the importance of kindness, reaching out to struggling outcasts with toxic home lives, and how to not be so shallow and judgmental.

As a young adult who graduated high school not that long ago, reading this book was an even more intense experience. I can relate to the horrors of growing up as a bullied outcast and being an awkward teenager in a loveless and hostile environment.

With the prevalence of bullying and prejudice in today's society, especially thanks to social media, the horror of Carrie's story feels much more real and understandable. It's a chilling tragedy that serves as a reminder of the importance of being kind and looking out for one another.

While there are some flaws in the book, such as the somewhat awkward editing in certain sections and the slightly messy plot structure, it still holds up extremely well. It's clear that this was Stephen King's first book, but he has since improved significantly in his subsequent works.

Overall, Carrie is a must-read for anyone who wants to explore the darker side of human nature and the importance of compassion and understanding.

Jumpy read!

This book is truly riveting from start to finish. The narrative is excellent, pulling the reader in and keeping them engaged throughout. The storyline is not only good but also hauntingly so, leaving a lasting impression.

What really sets this book apart, however, is the incredible writing. The author has a way with words that makes the story come alive on the page. Every sentence is crafted with care, and the descriptions are so vivid that you can almost picture the scenes in your mind.

Whether you're a fan of thrillers, mysteries, or just good storytelling in general, this paperback is a must-read. You won't be able to put it down until you've reached the very end.

5.30.18 Third re-read review.

I completed my third reading of Carrie on Sunday. I desired my thoughts on it to be vivid for an in-person book group meeting at the end of this month. (After all, it is prom season!) I still have a great affection for this style of storytelling that incorporates snippets from newspaper articles, various (fictional) books and journals, and several eyewitness accounts. I still find myself empathizing with Carrie, and those feelings mainly consist of pity and sadness. I believe every American schoolkid has been in a situation similar to hers. I wonder if Carrie would be a school shooter in today's times instead of a telekinetic time bomb? That might be a crazy thought, but having just re-read RAGE last month, (not to mention seeing the daily news here in America), it seems natural for such a thing to cross my mind.

Lastly, reading this book while also reading King's latest, THE OUTSIDER, provided an opportunity for comparison. King was concise and intense in writing Carrie, in fact, I wished for more. THE OUTSIDER, while good, is a bit excessive and not as focused. Is that just his writing style evolving over the years? Or is it because the editing guidelines were different and stricter in the past? Whatever the reason, there is a distinct difference between the two, and despite King's tendency to digress? I think some of his longest books will still remain among my all-time favorites.

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8.21.2012: I just finished re-reading this book. It was somewhat different from what I recalled.

I think I gained a lot more from it this time than I did the first. Perhaps it is due to the current issues regarding bullying among teenagers, or perhaps it is simply that more than 20 years have passed since I last read it, and I am viewing it from a different perspective. Whichever it is, I enjoyed revisiting the town of Chamberlain and all its inhabitants.

I also greatly enjoyed how the story was told. Little excerpts from the White Commission (the investigatory body established to determine the truth about what happened in Chamberlain), fake AP news articles, and tidbits from books later written about the Carrie White case.

The only thing I would have liked would be a bit more substance to the story. Not something I would typically say about Mr. King! : ) Overall, I am very glad I re-read this book.

➳ \\n   4/5 Stars \\n

Embarking on my very first Stephen King adventure was truly a remarkable experience. It was a journey filled to the brim with delight and intrigue. From the very first page all the way to the last, I found myself completely immersed in his masterful storytelling. The complexity of his characters was simply captivating, drawing me in and making me eager to know more about them. With each turn of the page, a sense of anticipation welled up within me, as I was eager to unravel the mysteries that were skillfully woven within the narrative. It is abundantly clear that King's work comes highly recommended for a very good reason. I am now extremely eager to explore more of his literary treasures in the future.

Carrie presents a gripping tale of a young girl who discovers her extraordinary telekinetic powers in the midst of a chaotic upbringing and relentless bullying at school. As she struggles to cope with the oppressive influence of her religiously fanatical mother and the cruelty of her peers, her journey reaches a climactic and fateful showdown at the senior prom. With her powers now unleashed, Carrie seeks vengeance against those who have wronged her, leaving an indelible and terrifying mark on all those who cross her path.

The authenticity of the narrative is significantly enhanced by the inclusion of various media excerpts, several thought-provoking articles, and poignant quotes. These details add a palpable sense of realism to Carrie's story, bringing her world vividly to life. Every page becomes a compelling exploration of horror and its far-reaching aftermath.

°˖➴ \\"Overall, it’s a compact novel that won’t take much of your time to breeze through. And if you've watched any of the Stephen King movie adaptations, don't hesitate. Just dive in. You'll be glad you did.\\"