Carrie

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Summary: Carrie is still a reknowned figure in the supernatural field
Review: I beg to disagree that his work is flawed although SK himself claims it to be too raw. I enjoyed reading the book & watching the movie as well. Carrie is indeed a popular figure & has travelled from generations to generations. & upto these days, I can still clearly remember Carrie/Spacek's naive face. I couldn't wait for Carrie to punish her bully schoolmates for they deserved to be gotten back for all their mischievousness. But kids are kids & so be it. I just wished that Carrie was able to control her powers & punish only the guilty & not the innocent ones. But had it been that way, the ending would have been less tragic, & therefore, would have had a lesser impact.

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Summary: Scary and Provocative
Review: Carrie is one of those stories that you think you've always known. You can almost predict what the characters are going to do and what's going to ultimately happen. So did Stephen King do a lousy job writing a story that's predictable? I think not. King has the razor sharp keenness that only a fine writer can possess to pinpoint the exact turbulent emotions a person goes through in his adolescence. As we read about the characters in the book, we are subconsciously reminded of our own adolescence experiences. We are being shifted into the teenager thinking-mode, and we would imagine what WE would do in the similar situation. That's perhaps what makes this superb fiction possesses a familiar feeling. Nevertheless, the book scared us (it scared me at least). Not because of Carrie's supernatural power, the fear is more due to the cruelties and insensitiveness of teenagers in the book. Most teenagers are nasty, shallow and selfish creatures. What scares us the most is that we're reminded of our own nasty side of human nature when we were young: picking on the weird looking kids, poking fun of the nerds...Shame on us. Some of those kids grow up to be Carrie, or the gunmen in the Columbine shooting incident.

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Summary: Carrie is a must
Review: This book is fabulous and horror filled because it tells the TRUTH about human nature and the microcosm that is high school. Though written in the early 70s we still see the same types walking the halls today-the Carries, the popular bitchy rich girl, the Sue Snells and Tommys and so on. In the film, Carrie is the beautiful Sissy Spacek. Sissy would never be the Carrie that is in this book, that Carrie we are told has stains under her armpits....Carrie's humiliation and the destruction she unleashes are not to be missed. This is vintage Early King, he says its raw and somewhat disses it, but it is his best work.

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Summary: Movie vs. Book comparisons
Review: The Carrie of the book inspired as much empathy as Sissy Spacek's movie character, but the others much less so. In the film you felt some empathy for Sue, Miss Desjardin, and Tommy because of their empathy for Carrie. The teacher in the book is basically evil minded, Sue is a mix, and Tommy is on the good side. The most substantial difference is what happens at the prom. In the film, only a few of Chris's friends laugh (it's implied that the other laughter shown is only imagined by Carrie), in the book everyone laughs. In both book and film I'm totally on Carrie's side and applaud her actions; if I had her power in her circumstance I'd do exactly the same. In the book there is a final poignant interaction between Carrie and Sue. I should say finally I consider both the book and film masterpieces. If you want to know the root cause behind Columbine and such read this.

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Summary: My All-Time Fave Book!
Review: "Carrie" is a great book. It was the first Stephen King book I read, and it has become my favorite book of all-time that I have read so far. I found this book to be very interesting, and I am glad it was semi-short compared to others, because sometimes I just don't have the time to read a long book. "Carrie" was actually the book that got me hooked on horror. I loved it and it influenced my taste in books, and helped me to find my interest.

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Summary: Stephen King's First Masterpiece
Review: Carrie is a story that almost everyone knows, basically because the movie is such a classic and to this day is watched over and over againg by old and new fans of the story. The novel however is even better. The movie isn't too distorted and basically is the same as the book, however what makes the book even better is the fact that you understand a lot more about Carrie and some of the other characters, but mostly Carrie. The story also continues on a bit longer and the action of the end events are much more exciting. After reading the book I watched the movie and was amazed at how much more I actually understood the movie. For anyone interested in horror or Stephen King, this is a most. It's King's first published novel, and it's also one of his shortest which makes it nice for a young reader or some who just doesn't have time to read a thousand pages of the Stand. The book really is great and I feel it gets looked over a lot because the movie was and is still so popular, but while the movie is great the book is a lot better.

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Summary: Pure, Raw Horror!!
Review: This was the first Stephen King book that I read and was also one of my favorites. Mr. King's description is vivid and amazing. This book kept me on the edge of my seat and biting my nails. I loved every minute of this book and was left begging for more. In my opinion, the book is much better than the movie and is very different compared to the film. This book has it all: a girl with psycic powers, a psycotic mother who's VERY religious, cruel hazing, and a bittersweet ending. A great horror novel that is a modern classic. A must for any horror fan!

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Summary: Religious nuts are nothing to fool with
Review: The soundtrack for the movie is one of the best I have ever heard. I had it in my mind while reading the book. Snip: (...)

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Summary: Carrie: The scariest book ever. I don't think so.
Review: This book has been raved on how scary it is. Well it was the most gore ridden horror book I have ever read. Carrie White is a girl who has a special power called TK (you can move things by just thinking) but no one knows about it and at school she is the laughing-stock of Chamberlain. But prom night is near and she thinks no one would ask her, well she is wrong and the most popular boy in school asks her to it. But after the events of what happened on that night she needs to use this power on the whole of the town. If you liked the "Blair witch project" you will certainly like this because extracts from made up books and police reports are cleverly taken from, which makes this book seem like if it really happened but if you are looking for gore which i expected you will have to give this a miss.

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Summary: Carrie : My first Stephan King Book!
Review: I read "Carrie" when I was 16. I loved it! This book got my attention, and kept it from beginning to end! I was hooked on Stephan King from that time on!