Carrie

an obvious 5 star read

It didn't feel very Stephen King-ey but it was his first book so that's understandable

anyways carrie is THAT girl and we love her

Wanna know why all the shootings in schools are happening? Read this book. Its always been quite obvious. Especially when you mix in all the pills kids are taking nowadays which make them potentially more unstable instead of the opposite.

Fun re-reading this one. It's one of my King favorites as well as the movies, old and new.

Slim and exceptional. Reread in August, 2022.

Great story I really enjoyed this when I read it in my late teens and I really related to Carrie.

Excelente lectura. Para ser la primera obra de Stephen King, es simplemente sensacional.

Carrie White es una adolescente que, a edad muy tardía, padece su primera menstruación. Y decimos “padecer”, pues este hecho le trae tres desgracias que la dejan terriblemente marcada: Uno de los peores episodios de bullying de parte de sus compañeras; uno de los peores maltratos que pudo recibir de su madre, una fanática religiosa; y el repentino despertar consciente de sus habilidades telequinéticas.

A partir de esto, Carrie decide que es momento de empezar a vivir realmente, e investigar qué es lo que sucede con su cuerpo, y con su mente. En busca de la redención por el episodio ocurrido en las duchas escolares, Sue Snell le pide a su novio Tommy que se acerque a Carrie y la invite al baile escolar, mientras que por otro lado, Chris Hangensen planea vengarse de White, después de que le suspendieran y quitaran el derecho a asistir al baile de graduación.

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Bajo la fachada de una novela de terror, Stephen King, con la ayuda y consejo de su esposa, muestra las vivencias que pueden recibir los adolescentes que son marginados y se crían en ambientes tóxicos. En palabras del propio King, basó a Carrie en dos compañeras suyas, una hija de religiosos que vivía cohibida eternamente, y otra que provenía de una familia disfuncional. Con dichas especies de musa, empieza a construir un personaje que es muy identificable para los jóvenes que viven en dichas situaciones.

La “villana”, Chris Hangensen, también es un perfecto y típico retrato de bully, en su versión femenina. Cruel y poco empática, centra su inteligencia en cosas que servirán únicamente en dañar a Carrie, quien cada vez debido al estrés de casa y colegio, está más cerca de un quiebre emocional.

I am stopping this book at page 110 because I am not loving the story as I go on. Will pick it again if possible.

Gory? Yes.
Supernatural? Yes.
Horror? Yes.
Teen-coming of age? Yes.
Confusing? Also yes.

Carrie has a great premise - a bullied teenager with the power to destroy. It's a perfect coming of age book, fit with teen struggles and a change in the end that transforms Carrie. However, the book is confusing to read. I watched the movie (2013 film) first, and found it enthralling. It was the perfect paranormal film to enjoy on a night in.

The book is also equally great - details and emotion are more channeled and strong. But the chronology is what threw me off. King makes the entire story a flashback of events based on a newspaper article and interviews, essentially hinting at everything that happens before it has occurred. It didn't spoil anything at all no, but it made it quite unclear as to what exactly was going on. When I read it, I was so confused on what was going on even though I had already watched the movie and knew how the book would end.

All I'd say is to pay attention to when the book switches from future to past. I kind of wish I just borrowed this book from the library because it is not one of my favorites, but it's definitely worth a read.

No one was there—or if there was, He/It was cowering from her. God had turned His face away, and why not? This horror was as much His doing as hers.

I've read this at least once before, but it's been years so I figured I'd pick it up before Kayla's community reads The Weight of Blood (inspired by Carrie). I'm happy to say this is probably one of my favorite books by King. There's no unnecessary length (King does tend to be overly wordy) and while there is still some offensive content, it's not as front-and-center as it is in some of his other works. Overall, the story and characterization were wildly compelling. I hadn't remembered the epistolary aspect, which really added to the book. There were a few moments that had me rolling my eyes at King, but as a whole I do recommend this and I'm glad I reread it. I will be excited to pick up a retelling written by a woman, though.

This is my first Stephen King novel and i devoured it in a couple of days! I loved this book so much and really felt for all the characters. When a book will bring you through so many emotions and sympathize for characters you know you have something special. I find this book haunting because it is still relevant in the sense of bullying in schools. It has many lessons to be learned(dont pick on the weird kid). I really recommend this book!

First book that I read by Stephen King. I think it was in 8th grade that I picked this up. It scared me pretty bad, but not because of the supernatural aspects of it, but rather the human aspects of it. The way that Carrie's mother treated her, the way Carrie's classmates treated her..it was really unsettling to an 8th grader. Really fantastic read. Incredibly though-provoking.

Written in a somewhat chaotic, loosely detailed retelling of a story-- Almost like a talking head documentary. Very interesting!

I read this back in high school and liked it fine, but I feel I have a better appreciation for it now. It's not particularly scary, exactly, but it does have a sense of foreboding even when you know what's going to happen. 4 buckets of happy funtime confetti and definitely not blood of any animal out of 5.

Not bad for an authors first novel. Good concept but could have been explored with more depth.

Final Rating: 3.5

I really wanted to give this a go for its 50th anniversary year, and after loving Pet Sematary, I knew I had to bump this one up. Believe it or not, I’ve been alive for 32 of those 50 years and managed to avoid pretty much all spoilers.

While reading this, which I didn’t know was any form of religious, I also happened to be listening to C.J. Leede’s American Rapture—which is an extreme examination on religion. Both of them start with a kind of deep dive into the bounds in which Catholicism is designed to hold down and punish women simply for existing. While Sophie’s family is simply force feeding her guilt on a biblical scale, Carrie’s mother seems to be well off the deep end. While Sophie is showcased to be so far removed that she truly doesn’t even know how the world itself functions, Carrie is so religiously uneducated in womanhood that she is unaware of menstruation, not even knowing herself. While AR showcases how religious families can be hurtful even within the Bible, Carrie’s mother using god like a hammer. Much more on the side of torture than praising.

I was surprised by how thoroughly this goes into the high school level of bullying. Because she is so sheltered, the other girls view her as weird, because she isn’t allowed to dress normal or use makeup, isn’t super skinny, they consider her ugly. The opening scene of the novel they throw tampons and sanitary napkins at her instead of helping her, solidifying just how other they view her. She is ostracized from her fellow classmates while she can’t even seek solace at home. Kind of similar to Neal Cassidy’s Schroeder that I just finished as well, that level of bullying could be seen as more than enough to push someone over the edge, and yet King’s novel adds an additional layer.

Right from the beginning, the reader understands that Carrie has telekinetic powers. She is not sure how exactly they work, or why she has them, nor are they very strong, but it’s something within her that she can explore. The novel mixes Carrie’s own discoveries with excerpts from scientific research and journals surrounding the phenomenon in a way that almost felt like King was creating his own superpower or mutant gene, even though that is not at all the direction of the novel. And Carrie is anything but a superhero.

And while there are definitely some issues where this is dated—primarily the descriptions of young girls, women in general, and some racial terms—I found it interesting that Chris’ boyfriend is displayed as the quintessential bad guy, his mistreatment of women being the main thing on display. It’s almost a commentary while missing his own mistakes?

And with that being said, Chris is the villain here. As a ringleader from the opening shower scene, she becomes wholeheartedly hellbent of ruining Carrie’s life…mostly because she got in trouble for doing a terrible thing? As the daughter of a lawyer, who is also displayed as an entitled idiot, it’s no surprise that Chris would blame someone else rather than doing some soul searching. This hellbent desire to get back at Carrie is the straw that breaks the camels back. The ending is fast, violent, and gruesome in a way I don’t think I’ve ever read before.

Idk it's not too gory or scary but left me disturbed
Like tommy didn't deserve that , tbr tommy is the first one who get my sympathies here , like genuinely tragic
Then carrie , of course , but her school shooting thing , while tragic make me feel less favorable about her
And sue she has a good heart I guess

Every spooky season I tend to fit in a classic Steven King novel. This year's selection was Carrie.

OK like I understand why this is iconic but also it's not my cup of blood

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3.5

I think this is a very good book that shouldn't be enjoyed as an audiobook. Just doesn't seem the right medium for it.

Stephen King does always manage to grab me and put me into the world and setting of his story. 

Carrie was only my second King book so take my opinion with a grain of salt.

Carrie is a fascinating story that really shows off King’s ability to give you a sense for how a character thinks and acts. I was not a huge fan of the interspersed article clippings and interviews, but they did provide some interesting points of view. I much preferred the sections of the story that focused on one character’s perspective (especially Carrie’s).

There isn’t much mystery to this novel (especially considering its place in pop culture), but the moments you know are coming are still tense and I found the end to contain some of the most interesting details in the entire book - specifically surrounding Carrie and Sue Snell’s interactions.

I found Carrie to be less gripping than I expected (having been unable to put 11/22/63 down), but it’s a fairly short entry so it still went by quick.

I want to state for the record, that I love this book. I have to suppress the urge to hit stephen king with a brick every time he describes someones firm breasts for the tenth time but it is a gripping and unique book that will always have a place in my horror-loving heart.

I am still waiting patiently for a film adaption that does it justice though...

I could tell this was King's first novel. However this was really good. It had some slow parts and I felt some of the interviews were unnecessary to throw in there but it had some terrifying scenes!

El primer libro de SK y empezamos alto, bastante entretenido y conciso, un clasicaso de terror al estilo que marcó a Stephen en su futuro..
Soy fan.

Just ok. Does not flow well but a decent story none the less.