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Stephen King is a giant of American literature who is too easily relegated to simple horror genre. He is far more complex and insightful. His body of work is monumental. 'Carrie' shows him as he started out, full of the sometimes undisciplined exuberance of his youthful writing brilliance. It is a must-read.

I've seen many films adapted from Stephen King novels, and I'm a little ashamed to admit that this is his first novel that I've actually read, not including his memoir, On Writing, which inspired me to actually read Carrie, but better late than never. I must say after reading many popular novels of the day, King's Carrie still reigns supreme, even though King himself has recently described his debut novel as dated.

I don't think spoilers apply in this review since it is considers a horror classic and there has been at least two major motion pictures produced from film adaptations. And for the same reason, no premise is needed. I'll just say that King is King and I see why so many of his novels have been adapted into screenplays. His prose is powerful, his imagination indisputable, and his skill as a writer, second-to-none.

If you're looking for a happy-ending-feel-good-story, you've come to the wrong place; this is about as dark as it gets. But if you want a story that challenges your humanity, feels a real as the Kennedy assassination, and has you thinking days later about the dark corners the human psyche and emotions can inhabit, you're in the right neighborhood. I'm sure she's used to it by now, but I wonder what Tabitha King must've thought about the inner-workings of her husbands mind when she first read Carrie.

One of things that stood out for me about Carrie was how it was written as if it were a true account with witnesses and testimony. This adds to the story's hopelessness and morbidness. Time to pull out some more Stephen King novels ... Yikes!!!

King's writing, as always, is clever, unique, and effective. By the time you reach part two of this novel about the tortured Carrie White and the ill-fated town of Chamberlain, you will be on the edge of your seat.

Highly recommend.

So, I finally got around to reading Stephen King's first published book, Carrie, and I'm in awe. I've been terrible about putting books off where I've already seen the movies. Even though this was Stephen King's first book, it reads like any of his other words.

Gripping. Enthralling. Horrifying.

This book is one of my favorites by Stephen King. This book is the epitome for bullying and where it can lead. Carrie, while so lost and filled with suffering, is relatable for almost any girl. We all know how it feels to have other women stand against us and push us down. Women can be the worst of monsters.

I'm still reeling from this book, so I apologize for the lack of words. The thought that Stephen King was going to toss this story in the trash breaks my heart, and I thank Tabitha for pushing him on.

So, I finally got around to reading Stephen King's first published book, Carrie, and I'm in awe. I've been terrible about putting books off where I've already seen the movies. Even though this was Stephen King's first book, it reads like any of his other words.

Gripping. Enthralling. Horrifying.

This book is one of my favorites by Stephen King. This book is the epitome for bullying and where it can lead. Carrie, while so lost and filled with suffering, is relatable for almost any girl. We all know how it feels to have other women stand against us and push us down. Women can be the worst of monsters.

I'm still reeling from this book, so I apologize for the lack of words. The thought that Stephen King was going to toss this story in the trash breaks my heart, and I thank Tabitha for pushing him on.

I think Carrie was one of the first "adult" books I read, maybe I was 13. This is a good book to introduce young adults and adults to reading. I went on to read almost all of Stephen King's books thru high school and I am revisiting my all time favorites. It's not to scary or to graphic to get young readers hooked on reading.

One of my all time favorite movies (the original motion picture with Sissy Spacek ). Now, one of my favorite books. No one tells stories that make you want to sleep with the lights on like Stephen King.

I love Stephen King books and this one never disappoints. The story of Carrie White is of heartbreak and despair. A girl trying to exist in a cruel world and finds herself with the power to change everything even if it causes horror beyond belief.

Like all Stephen's classics, this was gripping. I didn't remember much about the film except the shower incident, and the mayhem that resulted was brilliantly portrayed. I also liked his "witness" style of re-constructing the story.

To be expected from Stephen King, absolutely an excellent book. Definitely should read before you see any of the movies...that one made in the 1970s didn't follow the book very well, but that's typical. However, the book is incredible. I finished it in two days, and I probably could have finished it in one if I didn't have other things to do.

After reading On Writing and The Shining this year I wanted to see how King began his career, which led me to Carrie. While not as great as the polished show of precision that is The Shining, Carrie is a well-written (well-known) tale that only really suffers from predictability since the film and countless other pop culture references have aped and spoiled the narrative for the modern reader. In terms of prose, you can see King FLEX-ing here (pardon the pun) as he explores and strengthens his writing muscles. The focused narrative points toward the prom from beginning to end, but King intercuts the narrative with time jumps and different character perspectives, as well as the haunting implications that what happened on Prom Night was so fatal a federal commission was created to uncover its secrets. The best moments come from inside Carrie's head. We grow to love and pity her, then fear her by the book's end. King strives to make TK the mysterious core of the book's intrigue, but it's really his depiction of guilt and frustration with the high school experience- including childish teachers and sociopathic gearheads- that brings the heat. You can feel him stretching and growing as the book continues, almost experiencing growing pains with his own format. These are the baby steps of a Titan, so even when King falls back on plot-slowing architectural details to cement a mood and reality, you know he's doing it for a good cause, namely to instill a sense of calm before the storm.

The first thing that hit me while reading Carrie was how much of my memory of the book was actually formed by the movie. Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie were great in their roles, they were just nothing like the women described by Mr. King in his book. The second thing that hit me was how well in captured, right from the start, the cruelty that can exist/exists in High School and how peer pressure and/or a mob mentality can make otherwise good people do and condone bad things. That first scene in the shower was horrific and hard to stomach but the reality is that there are worse things going on in our schools everyday. How many kids have wished that they had powers like Carrie’s? How many of them would have ended up regretting it if they did. With all the focus these days on bullying and seeming endless episodes of violence in our schools we can only hope that our young people and our educators will find the courage to step in and make a difference.

Back to the book, as a reader I was sometimes really liked and was sometimes really annoyed by the use of the report, news and books excerpts. I get the foreshadowing and the ability to relate information outside the stories timeline and main characters but sometimes I just wanted to get on with the story already. My only other complaint and if you continue to read this blog you’ll find I as a huge fan won’t have many is that Mr. King tends to go a little overboard with his adverbs in this book. I’ll attribute this too his youth in this case as it’s not something I’m aware of in his more recent work.

All and all I thoroughly enjoyed revisiting this story, I don’t think I have read in since Jr. High. I may right another post re Carrie once I re-watch the first movie and see the new one but for now it’s on to Salem’s Lot.

After reading On Writing and The Shining this year I wanted to see how King began his career, which led me to Carrie. While not as great as the polished show of precision that is The Shining, Carrie is a well-written (well-known) tale that only really suffers from predictability since the film and countless other pop culture references have aped and spoiled the narrative for the modern reader. In terms of prose, you can see King FLEX-ing here (pardon the pun) as he explores and strengthens his writing muscles. The focused narrative points toward the prom from beginning to end, but King intercuts the narrative with time jumps and different character perspectives, as well as the haunting implications that what happened on Prom Night was so fatal a federal commission was created to uncover its secrets. The best moments come from inside Carrie's head. We grow to love and pity her, then fear her by the book's end. King strives to make TK the mysterious core of the book's intrigue, but it's really his depiction of guilt and frustration with the high school experience- including childish teachers and sociopathic gearheads- that brings the heat. You can feel him stretching and growing as the book continues, almost experiencing growing pains with his own format. These are the baby steps of a Titan, so even when King falls back on plot-slowing architectural details to cement a mood and reality, you know he's doing it for a good cause, namely to instill a sense of calm before the storm.

The first thing that hit me while reading Carrie was how much of my memory of the book was actually formed by the movie. Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie were great in their roles, they were just nothing like the women described by Mr. King in his book. The second thing that hit me was how well in captured, right from the start, the cruelty that can exist/exists in High School and how peer pressure and/or a mob mentality can make otherwise good people do and condone bad things. That first scene in the shower was horrific and hard to stomach but the reality is that there are worse things going on in our schools everyday. How many kids have wished that they had powers like Carrie’s? How many of them would have ended up regretting it if they did. With all the focus these days on bullying and seeming endless episodes of violence in our schools we can only hope that our young people and our educators will find the courage to step in and make a difference.

Back to the book, as a reader I was sometimes really liked and was sometimes really annoyed by the use of the report, news and books excerpts. I get the foreshadowing and the ability to relate information outside the stories timeline and main characters but sometimes I just wanted to get on with the story already. My only other complaint and if you continue to read this blog you’ll find I as a huge fan won’t have many is that Mr. King tends to go a little overboard with his adverbs in this book. I’ll attribute this too his youth in this case as it’s not something I’m aware of in his more recent work.

All and all I thoroughly enjoyed revisiting this story, I don’t think I have read in since Jr. High. I may right another post re Carrie once I re-watch the first movie and see the new one but for now it’s on to Salem’s Lot.

A book that changed American fiction and my life. Many do not remember what American horror/suspense fiction was like before Stephen King. "Tales From The Crypt" or gothic romance novels were it. A few sci-fi writers had produced some great stuff, but for the most part, it was a disrespected genre. Carrie was published when I was in 6th grade, and the local library put it in the adults only section. My sister-in-law read it and passed it on (a sin worthy of stoning in the small Maine town I grew up in.) I was horrified and fascinated by what the girls did to Carrie. I knew it could happen, had already seen it happen in a mild form. What I didn't know was how close to home Stephen King's novel would be. For the first time, there was a novel about teens that didn't sugar coat teen life in a Nancy Drew fantasy. It prepared me for the years immediately ahead, when I would be physically bullied by the "popular girls" - the gang who threw rocks when they caught me alone, beat me up at the town ice rink, spread nasty rumors and generally acted like popular girls all over America. For the first time, an adult actually put on paper what teenage girls do to each other. There was no turning of a blind eye, instead there was a microscope on that behavior. When Mr King took it one step further and dared to write what would happen if the victim had the power to retailiate... he instinctivly knew that she would be pushed too far and use that terrible power. Because the bullies always push too far. And I freely admit, if I had been given a special power, that little witch and her gang would have all been sorry for every tear they made me shed. Carrie made me feel I had the understanding of at least one adult in the world.