Wow! It has been an incredibly long time since I last delved into this book. It's a true classic by King!

A little background: Carrie White endures constant bullying in school, starting from grammar school. One afternoon during gym class, when she gets her period and is clueless about what's happening (since her mother never informed her), some girls harass and tease her with malicious intent.

The consequences of this bullying impact all the girls involved. However, one of them, Chris Hargensen, wants to seek revenge for being reprimanded for her role in the incident. She devises a horrifying prank to play on Carrie at prom night.

Surprisingly, for all those involved, the tables turn when Carrie takes revenge for the prank. Everyone discovers her true capabilities when she goes berserk, using her power to bring down the might on those who have bullied her. This sets off a chain of events that not only causes destruction to the town but also claims many lives!

Thoughts: I believe this story vividly showcases the profound impact of school bullying on all those affected and emphasizes that it should never be tolerated. King brings this issue to the forefront in this story, revealing what can happen to the victim of bullying. The pain in this story runs deep, and you can sense the emotional turmoil that Carrie has to endure from her classmates, as well as at home where her mother also bullies her.

You would never guess that this was King's debut novel, as it masterfully weaves those intense emotions throughout the book. The story progresses at a rapid pace, with more and more events unfolding. You can witness the gradual buildup of pressure that Carrie has to bear from everyone around her, and then when the pressure reaches a boiling point, it's like a pressure cooker about to explode!

Interestingly, given what the bullies did to Carrie, you can't help but root for her as she exacts revenge on them. After all, who wouldn't want to see the bullies get what they deserve? On the other hand, you also feel sorry for the people who tried to help her but unfortunately got caught in her wrath.

When I sat down to read this book, time simply flew by. I was completely drawn into the story, just as it always happens when I read a King book. It doesn't take long to become engrossed in the master of horror's tales, and this one took me on an unforgettable ride!

Even though this is a reread for me, I don't recall much of what happened in the story. I think I read it back in the early 80's, which seems like a lifetime ago now. Although I've seen the movie numerous times, reading the book truly brought to life the raw emotions that occurred within the story. I'm giving this one five "Revengeful Wrath" stars.

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Carrie White is a quiet and shy young teenager. She is raised by an extremely religious mother, which makes her even more isolated from the outside world.

When Carrie gets her monthly cycle for the first time, she is completely unprepared and scared. This vulnerability leads to her being bullied by a group of girls at school. As a consequence, some of the girls are banned from their senior prom.

However, a small group of the bullies, not satisfied with the punishment, decide to pull a cruel prank to publicly embarrass Carrie. They recruit one of the boys to take Carrie to the prom and arrange for her to be crowned Prom Queen. Their plan is to reveal their horrible agenda and humiliate Carrie in front of everyone.

But what they don't know is that Carrie has a secret power that she has been hiding all along. And now, pushed to the brink, she will unleash hell on the prom goers without mercy.

I have a deep love for this book. I have read it numerous times, and every time I do, I am drawn in by the story of Carrie's revenge. There is something about seeing the bullied get the ultimate payback that really speaks to me. This is Stephen King at his absolute best, creating a thrilling and unforgettable tale that keeps readers on the edge of their seats.

Violently precious. The climax was perfect.

Carrie's story represents the pain of millions who have endured bullying in their lives. At first, it all seems like a children's game, a joke, a harmless act that seemingly hides no ill intentions. But just as a tropical storm can turn into a hurricane, that "innocent game" can transform into one of the most toxic and cruel ways to physically and mentally abuse a human being. Although this is a fictional story, I truly feel sorry for those real-life Carries who suffer so many humiliations, despises, and psychological harassment just because others feel like attacking them. Carrie is not only an extremely entertaining horror story but also a profound social criticism that promotes the eradication of bullying. This book is a masterpiece of Stephen King.

What I liked most about this book is the climax of the plot because it is morbidly perfect due to the dose of explosions, death, blood, and lack of control with which it was endowed. After all the injustices and suffering of the protagonist, reaching this part is spectacular because you discover that, within you, there is a wild voice that shouts justice at the top of its lungs: A voice that perhaps you didn't know you had. Although the author gives us spoilers about the end, much too early, due to the structure in which he presented his story (a detail that I didn't like), I feel that it is worth reading this work to enjoy the power of destruction caused by revenge. Personally, I don't consider myself a person who enjoys the suffering of others, but here, with this work, I have loved every related paragraph. I think that this is the path that Matilda, that character created by Roald Dahl, could have taken if she had let herself be carried away by the dark side. Similar powers but different environments, that's the difference. It is the reason why the result of this equation is completely altered.

In addition to bullying, it is a book that exposes the flaws of religious fanaticism, hypocrisy, taboos related to sex, deficiencies in the educational system, and corruption by the more favored. Carrie also makes you understand that no matter how well-intentioned you are, chance plays an important role in the lives of all people in the world. If we observe the end and then go back in the plot, we will notice that what happened was not due to a time bomb but to one and another chance that triggered a tragic end. If only one of those chances had not occurred, the story would be completely different.

From this book, I take away the image of a normal girl who was not bad but whose environment made her that way. A girl who endured, suffered, and repressed herself more than necessary but who in the end could no longer bear the abuse. I don't want to justify everything that Carrie did, but I do think that her behavior is understandable. If many times, we only respond aggressively when we receive an insult... I don't even want to imagine what most people would cause if they had a bit of Carrie's gifts. Possibly, we would be a hundred times more destructive... before she controlled herself... I think...

It is a book that I have really enjoyed, I highly recommend it, and I consider that it not only deserves the five-star rating but also a place among the ten readings that I have liked the most in my life. Reading Stephen King is always a pleasure. It's that simple. Very, very recommended book.

I can't even believe that this is King's first work.

As for me, here lies the quintessence of everything that the author will write about in more detail later, exploring the dark corners of human souls.

And although the volume of the book is a little over 200 pages, I read it for about a week because the bullying and deviation in the church here are so concentrated that I had to "dilute" the reading with something else.

I didn't know that the book was written in such a way that the reader sees the events one after another, but from different sides.

Definitely now one of King's favorite books, I missed him.

Rating: Very Good

Genre: Horror

Carrie is a highly renowned story, and thus, I don't need to elaborate much on its synopsis here. I had never read this book before. However, I have watched the original movie adaptation starring Sissy Spacek, the recent remake, and also the TV movie adaptation. I have even seen what was supposed to be the sequel to the original movie (Rage: Carrie 2). So, essentially, there is no element of shock or anything when it comes to the events of the book. Of course, there are minor differences between the book and the movie, but nothing significant, I would say.

Carrie is narrated in a combination of third-person narration along with interviews, excerpts from a book written by one of the surviving characters, parts of news from the media, and so on. I believe Stephen King has used this kind of a mix in his narration to present two aspects. One is the normal storytelling, and the other is the different points of view of several characters, whether they are main characters or side characters. This gives the reader a clear yet somewhat mixed picture of how the events unfolded during the prom night both inside the school and outside it, and what these characters were thinking about Carrie or her mother.

One of the more significant forces driving the events in the story is the character of Margaret White, Carrie's mother. This psycho religious fanatic woman has such a uniquely interesting and, of course, insanely crazy character. Stephen King ensured that the readers understood the reasons why a girl like Carrie became the laughing stock in her school. The woman did not act as a proper mother to the girl. The bathroom scene is a truly horrific one and immediately proved to the reader how that woman neglected her daughter. Carrie even went on to ask her mother why she did not tell her.

King has brilliantly utilized the idea of telekinetic ability and integrated it into an isolated girl who was repeatedly mistreated by her mother and her peers in school. This combination created a horrific atmosphere that exploded during the prom night. I feel that this is one story that is told extremely well in both the book and the movie (the original). You will not go wrong with either one of them.

Brilliant! 5 stars!

This was a re-read for me, but the first time in English.

I read it during my teens, over 40 years ago, in a Portuguese edition.

I'm extremely happy to be re-reading this book in its original language. It's truly so much better.

The writing skills demonstrated in this book are superb.

The structure of this book is simply brilliant. I absolutely loved the epistolary form.

The story is heartbreaking.

The mental and physical abuse that the main character, Carrie, endured during her early life under her religious fanatic mother was brutal. Additionally, all the bullying she faced in school makes her a wonder. It's impossible not to feel sorry for her.

I view this book more like a drama rather than a horror story.

If you have never read a Stephen King book, then you should definitely start with this one, as it is his very first published book. (The first one I read was “The Shining”, which I'm planning on re-reading soon.)

There is a movie adaptation that was released back in 1976, with Sissy Spacek playing the main character. That movie was a lot more gory (and overly dramatic) than the book. However, while the book is much better, it's still nice to have some real faces to associate with each character.

« Hanno fatto del male a Carrie per l’ultima volta. »

Carrie, let's see. Where to start...

After finishing reading, I curled up on the sofa in the fetal position and, being a true sociopath, I stayed for a while staring into the void, partly listening to the voices on TV, partly dodging my mother's questions about what was wrong with me. Then, a few minutes ago, I went up to the attic to deal with the modem and I sat for a moment on my father's swivel chair and up there, all alone, I burst into tears. Because Carrie has nullified time for me, has wiped away in less than two hundred pages the space that separates me from bad memories, has cancelled years of work, of improvement, of evolution.

And it has brought me back there, right there, into my private hole, to the center of that small knot of discomfort from which it seems one should never come out. My private hole covers a significant span of time: most of my life, in fact, I think I have spent it down there. And still sometimes I wonder if I have really come out of it completely, if it is really true that I have taken the big step, that I have inserted myself into life.

In each of us – in every woman – there is a small and livid Carrie. Even if we have been the luckiest, and it so happens that acne, clumsiness and untidiness have spared us, we must have had a Carrie moment. The moment when, looking at ourselves in the mirror, we didn't like ourselves. The moment when we felt different and wanted to be someone else. The moment when we wanted to break free from our circle of isolation and take the big step, come out into the open, make friends, go out, prove to be an interesting person, a person who matters. And sometimes we have triumphed and sometimes we have failed. And we are all still here, all except some, because there must be someone out there in the vast world who didn't make it.

And so it happens that a small book can remind us of ourselves at thirteen, the pimples and the big breasts, the hair not always clean, the indecent clothes. It reminds us of them, them who broke things for us – because the things were ours and had to be broken; their fists and their kicks, the trips; the teasing in the gym for how you ran, the nicknames that stuck to you, so stuck that you couldn't tear your face away from them. And still the taunts because you liked the smallest boy and none of them hit on you. And then, high school, five years in the last row, so no one sees you, so you don't have to talk, so no one realizes that you have nothing to say. People who date, people who receive flowers, girls who take good pictures, girls who talk about things you don't know and won't know for a long time yet. An impossible desire for redemption, a longing for a happiness that is our right – it's a bit everyone's right, isn't it? – and to which you still seem never to arrive, never.

Carrie... how can one not root for Carrie? How can one be satisfied with the blood, the fires, the torn wires? And at the same time know that revenge is a desert, because it will not bring you closer to others, it will not make you less different, but on the contrary it will separate you from them forever, an abyss that nothing can ever fill.

In ‘Carrie’ Stephen King strikes with sensitivity, the acuity with which he knows how to touch and describe the nuances of the female psyche in a phase as delicate as adolescence. The real horror does not lie in the telepathic abilities of the protagonist but in the psychological excavation, in the investigation of deviated human relationships like that between Carrie and her mother, burdened by an exasperating and vaguely incredible religious fanaticism. And then, again, the implicit link between beauty, sexuality and power, innocence and sin, domination and submission. Confused notions, often stagnant at a preconscious level, that have nevertheless emerged at least once in the mind of each of us.

We have all been Carrie. Then, perhaps, we have had the opportunity to no longer be her. For a moment we have felt beautiful, for a second we have seen the light at the end of the tunnel, we have thought «this time I'll make it, this time is the right time, I won't be marginalized anymore, I won't have any more reason to be afraid to speak, I can be myself, be appreciated, I can impose my will ». And maybe we have come out of the tunnel. Or maybe we have remained in the tunnel, the carpet has slipped from under our feet – it was just another big joke. We have stumbled. And we have wanted to set everything on fire, we have wanted everything to break and break us with it. We have wanted to annul everything in a cataclysm, a catastrophe, a non-cathartic catharsis, a final bonfire. And still we were alone, alone until the end, forever, irreparably.

How can one not love, not feel compassion for, not be afraid of Carrie, when we love, feel compassion for and are afraid of ourselves through her?

I really loved it, but what I felt the most throughout the entire book was pity and sadness for Carrie. Carrie's hell was both inside and outside of her home. She endured so much pain and suffering. The way she was treated by others, especially at school, was truly heartbreaking. And even at home, with her religious and overbearing mother, she didn't find any solace.

I thought at the end that everything could have been avoided with just one different decision. Maybe if someone had been kind to her, or if she had made a different choice herself, her life would have been completely different. But unfortunately, things happened the way they did, and Carrie's story ended in tragedy.

Despite the sadness, I still fell in love with the book. The writing was so powerful and engaging that it kept me hooked from start to finish. It made me think about the importance of kindness and how one small act can have a huge impact on someone's life. Overall, it was a great read that I would highly recommend to others.

A Decent Story with an Unforgettable Scene

A story that manages to be both decent and have an unforgettable scene is no small feat. However, it must be noted that this is a first-book, and as such, it has its rough edges. The author, King, later criticized himself for his overuse of the detail-cheating adverb, which he had a penchant for in the old days. This overuse might have detracted from the overall quality of the writing to some extent.

Moreover, the structure of the story could have been reworked. A more refined structure might have enhanced the flow and readability of the narrative, making it even more engaging for the readers. Despite these flaws, it is important to recognize that this is a debut work, and as such, it shows great promise.

Overall, this book is an attention-grabber of a debut. It has the potential to grow and improve with subsequent works, and it leaves the readers eager to see what the author has in store for them next. With a bit of polish and refinement, this could truly be a remarkable piece of literature.

It has been quite a while since I've read a book that was very clearly written by a man.

Often, in the world of literature, it can be a challenge to distinguish the author's gender based solely on the writing style. However, this particular book had a certain clarity and directness that I couldn't help but attribute to a male author.

The prose was straightforward, without the excessive flourishes and subtleties that are sometimes associated with female writers. The story was told in a linear fashion, with a focus on action and adventure rather than on the inner thoughts and emotions of the characters.

It was a refreshing change from the more complex and nuanced books that I've been reading lately. While I appreciate the depth and complexity of those works, there is something to be said for a book that gets straight to the point and tells a good story.

I'm looking forward to seeing what else this author has to offer.

I'm probably one of the last people on Earth that hasn't delved into the world of Stephen King's books. Carrie, however, has now become the first King novel that I've decided to embark upon. People have been suggesting it to me for quite some time, and it seemed like a wonderful and concise introduction to Stephen's captivating horror realm.

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Carrie is a story about a girl who resides with her fanatical religious mother in a spooky house. She endures constant bullying at school. It's a tale of a girl who possesses the extraordinary ability to move objects at will. And then there's the prom night, where everything takes a terrifying turn.

Carrie is a sixteen-year-old girl, raised by a mother whose religious beliefs are, to say the least, extreme. When Carrie misbehaves, she is confined to a closet to pray for an entire day. Despite not sharing her mother's views, Carrie lacks the courage to stand up for herself.

The plot truly thickens when Carrie experiences her first period at the age of sixteen. She believes she is going to bleed to death, and her classmates mercilessly laugh at her, throwing tampons at her. As I read this, I can't help but wonder - what kind of mother would neglect to educate her child about menstruation, puberty, and all the normal stages of a teenager's growth?

This moment in the school bathroom is when Carrie discovers her powers. And a few weeks later, a truly horrifying event occurs.

This is a horror story, but the horror doesn't merely lie in what Carrie does. It lies in what drives her to do it. It makes us question who is to blame and why things spiral out of control in such a way.

Stephen King masterfully portrays bullying in its most excruciating and realistic form, highlighting the devastating consequences it can have. And let's face it, this is a reality that many children around the world face every day. Sometimes, most of the time, they are bullied simply because they are different, not because they are bad.

This story quietly takes a stand against bullying, and in doing so, it raises a powerful voice that can be heard in every corner of the world.

So, if you are the bully, think twice before you utter those hurtful words. Words have the power to wound deeply and can lead to disastrous outcomes. Consider why you are saying what you say. Your classmate might have a hidden talent that you know nothing about.

And if you are the bullied child, remember this - you are kind and beautiful, regardless of what others may say. Don't let anyone bring you down. We've all experienced bullying at some point in our lives. But as you grow older, people will stop caring, and you will too. Eventually, you can find comfort and happiness in being true to yourself.

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They all had it coming :)

This simple statement holds a certain truth. When people engage in actions that are unethical, irresponsible, or hurtful to others, they are setting themselves up for consequences.

Maybe they thought they could get away with it, but in the end, karma catches up.

It could be a person who lies, cheats, or steals. Or perhaps someone who treats others with disrespect or cruelty.

No matter what the offense, there is a price to pay.

Sometimes the consequences are immediate, while other times they may take longer to manifest.

But one thing is for sure, they all had it coming.

We should all strive to live our lives with integrity and kindness, so that we don't find ourselves on the receiving end of what we deserve.