Carrie

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Summary: highschool hello
Review: stephen king was brilliant in his first attempt at horror fiction if your a girl and can't feel the deep turmoil of carrie your not normal....king is exsplosive.

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Summary: Bitter Revenge
Review: "Carrie" is a masterpiece! Carrie White resembles those of us who have been the outcast: the ones who were made fun of for what we liked, what we looked like, and how we acted. It's almost like a true life syopsis of teenage life and how they deal with their difficulties. And Carrie White, like many of us, didn't just suffer at school. The restrictions placed upon us as we grow, sheltering from the truths of life. Stephen King's wife was right when she took this manuscript out of the trash, handed back to him and told him to finish. And "Carrie" shows what can happen when someone cannot take bullying anymore: it's there, but the results are unknown until it's too late. "Carrie" is exceptional and shows that Stepehn King isn't just "one of the basic writers".

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Summary: Fanastic
Review: I have to say that this an excellent story that i have read. The book was well written from high school peer pressure to the sheer cruelty of carrie's mom. It was a gut-wrenching thriller that would not let me put the book down. At first i was a little doubtful about it but after i read it i don't regret and will read it over and over again. To Stephen King this was a true gift to any horror fan.

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Summary: A breath taking novel
Review: After the first couple of pages the book starts to get confusing.When the book jumps around from one person to another is when I found the book to be confusing.So far this is a pretty good book.I would rate it a 6. Reading Carrie you will find that it can get disgusting. For example, the part where Carrie started her period for the first time in the girls' locker room is one of the most unacceptable parts. The author goes into graphic detail. This book also has some profanity.I would recommend this book to older childern,Juniors,Seniors or someone who is exceptionally good at comprehending what they're reading.

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Summary: Definetly a classic...
Review: My friends always told me about the how the movie was. But I never really watched. But after I read the book, I could not wait to watch the movie as soon as possible. I started reading this book and I was over with it in a feel day, because I just couldn't stop until I was done. The fact that the book was talking about something that really happend and there are a lot of witness to prove that, will make get more and more interested. It's something to have it home and to have it master it.

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Summary: This is where it all began
Review: As with virtually everything Stephen King has written, this is enjoyable reading. It is also a quick-read for anyone who is intimidated by the length of some of the author's later works. I think the basic premise of this story appeals to many people because Carrie is, in many ways, the ultimate underdog, a girl terrorized by an insanely religious mother, victimized and persecuted by her peers, and alienated from the world around her. Everyone in life has been a victim or a bully, and I think the story of Carrie White does impart an important lesson to the folks out there who are treating someone they know the way that Carrie's classmates treated her. For those of us more sympathetic to Carrie's plight--the high school "outcasts," the "poor," the unpopular, the nerds, etc.--the story really matters here. Many of us daydream about the revenge we will exact from those kids who made fun of us all those years ago, and Carrie White shows us that revenge is not all it is cracked up to be. Carrie's "triumph" costs many innocent people their lives, and it doesn't really do a whole lot of good for Carrie herself.

You don't need me to tell you why you should read or re-read this book. This is Stephen King. By this point in time, unless you are just coming of age, you have already read this book if you are one of King's legions of fans or even if you were ever curious about this man's phenomenal success. Even more of you have probably seen the movie. While the movie was pretty faithful to the book, not even the magic of cinema can convey the true weight and atmosphere of this (or any other) book. Carrie is also King's first published novel. This is very important to would-be writers--clearly, King was still learning his craft when he wrote this novel, and thus the process of reading it provides any potential writer with a great learning experience. The format here is significantly different from King's more mature work. The story is told through several "voices," including a third-person account from a "survivor," extracts from research articles and newspaper items based on the events, as well as a more traditional author's voice. Thus, we get several perspectives on the characters and events. The story is not as fluid as it might be because we switch from one viewpoint to another as the tale unfolds. While I much prefer the style of King's later works, especially in terms of getting inside a character, King still infuses Carrie's world with realism and believability, proving that he can create masterful atmosphere and mood with any number of literary tools.

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Summary: The beginning of the King...
Review: While 'Carrie' may never be considered Stephen King's finest accomplishment, this novel has a certain charm that makes it one of his better works. While 'Carrie' is admittedly raw and even downright rough in some places, it illustrates just what King is capable of and carries the reader into the dark places that only King can take you. Carrie White is an intricate character that is essentially, the ultimate victim. The reader has no choice but to completely loathe and completely empathize with her as the story unfolds. Carrie is portrayed as a pitiful annoyance, the scapegoat, the target...yet we all have known her at one point in our lives, whether she was someone in our childhood, or our own worst fears personified.

Carrie truly is a victim. A victim of her religious fanatic of a mother, a victim of her peers and even her teachers, some of which cannot even remember her name. No one likes Carrie White and that is something that she has to live with on a daily basis...something that she is reminded of time and again as she struggles through life. It is not until well after she discovers that she possesses a special gift, that she realizes that finally, she may be able to do something about it.

King guides us through this tale with a combination of straight-forward story telling and a series of interviews and newspaper articles. This method, while quirky and at times distracting, is necessary to convey the view of both the main characters and society as a whole. The media, whether we like it or not, shapes our attitudes and opinions of others and we are forced to face the question of who and what is acceptable as defined by a small few. The tactic serves King's purpose well, it keeps the reader on track and allows you to understand just why Carrie White is intolerable and yet, the most worthy of understanding and tolerance.

As the story reaches it's fatal climax, Carrie finally realizes that she will never fit in and her rage and her "gift" essentially destroys everything around her. The ultimate victim evolves into the ultimate power and finally, the ultimate sacrifice.

This novel may never be considered King's best in terms of literary critics, but it still an exceptional story and its shortcomings are overshadowed by this factor alone. If you have read any of King's other work, give his first novel a try as well. You won't be disappointed.

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Summary: Don't mess with Carrie!
Review: Carrie is the story of a young teenage girl who is hounded by bullies at school and hounded by her nuerotic mother at home. An example of the craziness of her mother is when Carrie gets her period. Carrie was never informed of what this is and thinks she is dying. She turns to her mother who beats her and tells her she is of the devil and that she must pray for forgiveness. Carrie soon learns that she has telekinetic powers and can use it to her advantage. The climax of this story involves Carrie and her wrath against her schoolmates. You won't believe what they did to her and what she does back to them. This is a terrific King book!

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Summary: Carrie
Review: The novel Carrie by Stephen King wasn't as good as some of his other books that I have read. Even though it was a decent book, the story lacked suspense and excitement. There just wasn't much happening to keep you reading. This book was relatively short, not even 300 pages, considering most of his books are much longer. The main character of the story is Carrie, a teenage girl with telekinetic powers that are just discovered by her when she is in high school. Carrie is considered weird by most people in her school. Her mother is extremely religious and has abused Carrie emotionally her whole childhood with her extreme religious beliefs. Carrie's powers eventually get out of control and people paid for it. I found many similarities between this book and another book by Stephen King, The Dead Zone. Both take place in a small town in Maine. The main characters' mother in each story is extremely religious, but in different ways. Also, the main characters in the two stories both had some sort of psychic power. The style of this novel is unique in that portions of books and stories written about the events that happen in the story are shown throughout the book. (The main events that take place become a huge story). These sometimes give away part of what is going to happen later in the book and because of this nothing very surprising ever happens in the book. But it is an interesting way to show the story. Even though there were some weak points in this book, it isn't that bad of a book because of the interesting way it was written. The story does have sort of a negative feel to it, especially towards the end of it. It doesn't have a great ending but I feel it is still worth reading.

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Summary: Fast, furious and never lets up!
Review: Stephen Kings Premier novel Carrie, is the best Stephen King book I have read, it is fast paced, which is unusualy for him considering that The Shining was horridly slow.

Now comes Carrie the story of a somewhat tortured girl, with a bizarre talent. She has no friends and a psychotic mother. Carrie then is asked to the prom by a really hot guy.

Stephen King writes Carrie brilliantly, in a truly disturbing and haunting manner. A supurb book.