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Summary: Carrie was an Awesome story and plot.....And it is true!
Review: Carrie is a great book to read if u have a good stomach. There were some points when i had to put it down becuase it was very gory and descriptive. Examples include the smell of blood and Carrie's outraged face. I love when a story is also true because it addds tension and fear to the novel. Even though this is one of King's earlier works I think it is an excellent book and King deserves a standing ovation for his work!
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Summary: Quite a promising first King novel.
Review: I read most of Stephen King's books about 10 years ago in high school, and recently I decided to buy them all and read them again. I started with "Carrie" since it was his first novel. It is less polished than his later works but he still has the same story flow that makes you keep reading. One thing I always liked about King's books is that he can change back and forth between subjects without losing you, and by making you interested in both of them. For instance, in this book the constant notes of the Carrie White commission provide premonitions of what is to happen later. Overall, I still like King a lot, especially his stuff before 1990. I'd recommend starting with this one if you haven't read his work before.
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Summary: Short but Sharp
Review: This book is one of King's shortest, but it's also one of his best. It feels raw, unpolished, young. The movie compliments this book well, which is rare. This doesn't take long to read at all, since King hooks you and just won't let go. His talent was already well in place by the time this book came out.
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Summary: Short but Sweet
Review: 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.
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Summary: Gory Story
Review: This is a pretty good, short, and gory book. I finished it very fast and loved it. It is about a High School girl with telekinesis. She is unliked and at her school, until she is asked to go to the Prom with a very popular guy. She thinks it is a trick, but he gets her to do it. They are voted King and Queen of the Prom and everything is going great until they play a bad trick on her. She unleashes her power and soon the whole city is in ruins.I recommend it, it is a quick book. I was a little dissapointed, but I guess I was expecting too much.
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Summary: King's first, but almost his best!
Review: I just finished reading this book today. It took me a total of a day and a half to read this 253 page book, which is extremely fast for me. This is without a doubt one of the most fast paced and horrifying King books ever written. No wonder this was the book that spawned his great career. This book had great character development and the ending was shocking. I have not seen the movie, so I did not know what to expect when reading this book. I also recommend The Shining, Misery, and Christine by King. Bottom line is...this book is great and fun to read. Take the word from a true King fan. And please...don't ever bully someone weaker than you, it might come back to burn you.
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Summary: Carrie -- King's Mastery before its Maturity
Review: I want to open by stating that I am a 'tried and true' King fan -- I love his novels and shorter fiction (Okay, Tom Gordon is a stretch). Carrie is definately a successful attempt by King to create characters that continually haunt the reader. Margeret White, for example, is a truly psycopathic, terrifying character who literally ruins our heroine, Carrie. We believe the insane, abusive zealotry found in Mrs. White; she neverendingly haunts our imagination, with large upper arms and daddy's bible in hand. Additionally, Carrie is drawn as a character teens and adults find appealing; we empatize with her view of society and its inherent cruelty. Carrie, furthermore, is an unleashed but polluted beauty or a Blakeian 'Sick Rose.' Although King is sucessful in his creation of character, it is the linear and occasionally predicatable plot that detracts from the perfection of the story. The progression from Carrie's womanhood and maturing of her TK power to her all out frustration with momma and the tantalizing teanagers works well, but King's plot/subplot development is not at its peak. Instead, King seems to apply a more creative narrative structure -- a structure of clippings, testimonies, and journals that clearly works well. Carrie is an example of King's earliest success that shows his expertise in riveting character development.
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Summary: Absolutely Riveting!
Review: This book had me fascinated form the first chapter to the last. During the climax, the vivid images of everything that happened went through my head. It kept me up way past my bedtime (I'm 14) reading it. I couldn't put it down. I wanted to know what would happen next. The best part was undoubtedly the scene between Carrie and her mother which leads to Mother's untimely demise. A must read for anyone who enjoys King or sheer apocalyptic holocaust reigning down on Small Town America.
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Summary: Carrie is the Best!
Review: I have read two of Stephen King's books (The Shinning and Carrie) and I'm reading "Desperation" and Carrie is the best of his books yet! "The Shinning" was good but a little too gory. "Carrie" is more freaky and makes you think. I liked "Carrie" because I could relate to her. I was one of the girls that got picked on, not poplar and everything. So, reading this book really made me think. I'm going to see the movie if my dad will let me (hey, I'm only 12). So, read "Carrie". But, my advice to you, don't read any of his books at night!
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Summary: You hate the tormentors!
Review: Carrie didn't scare me at all. But, how many of us didn't cheer for Carrie when she killed Billy and Chris? The destruction of the town is so vivid, that you can see it. And, for all the hatred we readers bear for Carrie's mother, it's still chilling to read how Carrie killed her. Worth reading. Dirty trick, dirty trick.
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