Carrie

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Summary: A Pretty Good Book
Review: I thought that this book was pretty good, I mean I couldn't really put it down. There were some parts that were kind of gross and I would say them here but I don't want to ruin the book for people who are going to read it now or soon. The book I rated was 4 stars because it was kind of hard to follow at first but after a while you pick up on it. The storyline was an cool one that is very easy to hold someones attention, what makes it interesting is that a girl with an over protective and over religious mom who won't let her leave the house talk to anyone or anything that she should be able to do finds out that she has the gift of telikensis where she can move things using her mind. It was a really good book and I think that anyone who likes horror and much suspence should read this book!

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Summary: So everyone already knows the story...
Review: Or do you? We all know the basics of this book... and that's why I didn't jump to read this one, but I'm so sorry that I put it off!

There is so much more to this book then the story we know. I can't believe I powered through the book in 3 days time (I'm a horridly slow reader).

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Summary: Good story hampered by style
Review: I could tell easily that Carrie had to have been one of King's first novels just by the way it was written. Carrie doesn't read so much like a narrative, but as a collection of different viewpoints trying to tell the same story, one of a tormented young girl with telekenetic powers who exacts revenge on those who treated her badly.

In Carrie, we read selections from the "Carrie White Commission", convened to discern why and how Carrie practically destroyed her community, from Sue Snell's autobiography, which exudes some compassion for Carrie in the aftermath, among others. Overall, the effect did not work for me: I found the book confusing and the writing just subpar of what King has since delivered. I suppose since I had seen the film version before reading the book, that made Carrie tolerable reading.

If you're new to King, I recommend The Shining or Misery, and suggest watching the film version of Carrie instead.

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Summary: The Movie is Better
Review: I only read this book this year (2000). I don't know if is dated or not. But the movie is far, far more arresting. So for a good time, skip this book and rent the movie. Even for the second time around, the movie is still compelling.

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Summary: Revenge
Review: I read "Carrie" when I was in high school. Stephen King captured the essence of teenage life with great accuracy, I thought. At school people talked about the same things the shower girls in the first chapter talked about: parties, who's going out with who, who's dumping who, and a whole lot of other shallow topics that seemed really important at that age. For a first novel, King handled the dialogue well.

Everyone knows the story: a misfit girl finally gets her revenge on a town that rejected her. Being telekinetic is something I'm sure a lot of people would envy, even if they don't envy Carrie's plight. But ultimately the school and the town brought their destruction on themselves. No one can ever predict when someone will snap and wreak havoc. Bullied students who aren't telekinetic have to rely on less subtle means such as pipe bombs and guns. And usually, the taste of revenge is less than sweet. But the results they aim for are quite the same: heartbreak, grief, confusion and despair. Perhaps bullying should be a criminal offense?

I once read somewhere that when King was writing this novel he was so frustrated with it that he threw the manuscript in the bin. It was his wife who salvaged it and forced him to keep working on it. I also read that first novels are almost always autobiographical. Was King ridiculed in his youth? If so, then his international success as a writer is surely the best revenge.

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Summary: Awsome!
Review: 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.

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Summary: Great Book by the King of Horror
Review: Carrie was one of the coolest books that I've read in my life. It is scary, funny, suspenseful, and has an enthralling story to go along with those other things. This book is about Carrie, a high-school girl that is misunderstood and made fun of. She can move things using mind force and she learns that what she has is telekinetic powers. After a boy asks her to the prom it looks like she is having a great time until she is prom queen and while sitting in the chair pig blood falls over her. She has had eough and is fed up. Destruction time!!! Carrie, using her telekinetic powers, destroys the whole city and gets her point across. She murders, sets fires, and has police from all over MAine have to come and fight. I won't give away the overall plot but you must read this book. Whether you are a Stephen King fan or just an avid reader you will really enjoy this book by the King of Horror. Don't wait another second before buying this book. You'll really love this enthralling book that will stand out forever!

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Summary: Carrie
Review: The book i read was Carrie by Stephen King. The book was a little difficult to read... It was pretty much about a girl named Carrie was a misfit and school and she always got picked on. Her home life didn't help either, her mom was a jesus freak. Her mother didnt teach her alot so when she got he period in gym class she had no clue what was going on cause no one had told her. So you could probably understand how confused this poor girl was.

Some of the popular people thought it would be funny to make a big seen at the prom! So the most popular guy asked her out to the prom . the girl was so excited and on top of everything she won prom queen. But when she went to get the crown the spilled pigs blood all over her. Thats how it all started she started going all crazy . All in all i was a really good book it is very true to life, othere then the end, i recomend this book for anyone who would like scary books.

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Summary: Good.
Review: First King novel, I liked it but it could have been better. But since it was his first novel I do admit it was good, I would recommend it to anyone.

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Summary: For a first book, very entertaining!
Review: 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.