Christine

Stephen King's novel "Christine" was published in 1983 and later in the year, on the heels of the success of the book, a movie version hit theatres.

The novel deals with a young man who, in 1983, purchases an old run down automobile from 1958 for $250.00. Unknown to the teenager the car is possessed by evil forces and a series of wild mishaps and horrifying events eventually take place.

To many "Christine" is the equivilent to "Jaws on Wheels" and the the main character is indeed the car who is one of the best villins King has ever written.

The original hardcover edition is now a collector's item and is sought after by King's huge fanbase.

I admit that I have only read a few of King's books and short stories. I prefer his older stuff too. I think his scariest book so far is The Shining. That book scared the pants off me which is fine since I enjoy being scared. I then read Pet Sematary which I found a little too morbid for my taste. I really liked Salem's Lot, The Dead Zone, It, The Tommyknockers, Bag Of Bones, Dreamcatcher, Hearts In Atlantis, Cujo, Needful Things and 11/22/63. I found Carrie, Insomnia and The Stand a little too slow to get through. I hated Revival, Misery and The Dark Half and could not get into The Dark Tower series. I'm only telling you about the books I've read to give you a basis on which to compare my review. I absolutely loved Christine and it is one of my favorite books. Honestly, I didn't find it scary like The Shining but it did send a few chills down my spine. I think King adds a good amount of humor here and all the old songs he uses only enhance it. A prominent theme for King is that of teen angst and the protagonist or anti-hero who gets revenge on those who torment him or her. This book is a tragedy for sure but is also great fun if you enjoy King's earlier works. I loved Christine so much that I read it a couple of times. And for whatever it's worth, I loved the movie too! (Note: I guess Stephen King was not able or willing to retain the licensing rights for all the old songs he had previously used at the beginning of each chapter in Christine bc in the updated version the lyrics are missing. That is a shame bc they added to the work but it is understandable that he could not continue to use them.)

This is King in the kind of story he's best at: suspenseful, a little sinister, and really spooky. The story includes all the teenage angst that most of us can identify with and builds from there into a really enjoyable read. I've read about 10 of his novels so far but put off buying this one because the premise sounded pretty dumb- a possessed car. But he pulls it off in typical King-style with lots of character development and suspense, with some restrained use of the supernatural thrown in. The only things keeping me from giving it 5 stars were a few plot holes but overall I'd recommend this to anyone who likes being scared for a few hours.

In King's novel, Christine, the author states rather clearly in the prologue the premise of the story: "This is the story of a lover's triangle...Arnie Cunningham, Leigh Cabot, and, of course, Christine." Christine, however, is a car, a 1958 Plymouth Fury, which Arnie purchased from Roland D. LeBay, a cantankerous old man. The car has a terrifying history and, thus, is implicated in the deaths or murders of LeBay's wife and daughter.

Shortly after Arnie takes possession of the derelict, strange things begin to happen. First, Roland D. LeBay passes away, then, Arnie begins to change, as well as Christine. Arnie rents out space at Darnell's Garage, and spends time fixing up the wreck. His best friend, Dennis Guilder, the narrator of the story, his girlfriend, Leigh Cabot, and his parents, Michael and Regina Cunningham, try in vain to persuade him to give up the car.

While his relationship with family and friends deteriorate, his obsession with Christine only grows stronger. He not only becomes obsessed with Christine, he eventually becomes overwhelmed by the evil spirit of LeBay. When a few roughs from the local high school - Buddy Repperton, Don Vandenberg, Moochie Welch, Richie Trelawney, and Sandy Galton - trash the car, while it is parked at the airport, in a long-term parking lot, it isn't long before Christine regenerates herself and meters out her revenge, settling the score.

Dennis and Leigh, who fall in love, realize that the only way to save Arnie, and, perhaps, themselves and their families, was to destroy Christine. If you like reading a horror story about teenagers, rock and roll, and cars, you'll enjoy reading Christine. It's a great read, and, thus, I highly recommend this book to all readers.

The better by far of the two Stephen King "auto" books set in Pennsylvania (the other being FROM A BUICK 8) this is far from perfect. The odd shift to third person point of view in the middle section of the book is crudely handled. And while the characters are far better developed and more interesting than those in BUICK 8, there is nothing really very compelling about the narrative until near the end, when the novel gains speed and takes off.

I've read a ton of Stephen King books and this is one of my favorites, right up there with Pet Sematary.

I always marvel at how well King does these two things: how he develops amazingly layered and believable characters, and how he can scare the crap out of you with just a couple of sentences even if you're reading his book on a crowded train in the daytime.

Christine really showcases his talent. It's got a wonderfully creepy premise with a slowly building dread that will actually make you afraid of an old car. It's also a heartbreaking coming-of-age story in which teenager Arnie meets his first love, in both girl and car form.

This classy bitch of a car will haunt your dreams afterwords so if you like horror, do not pass this up!

I stumbled onto this book when it was left in a classroom at my high school.
My mother has always been a Stephen King fan. She had yelled at me for a good ten minutes once when I had accidently spilled water on a copy of Dark Tower 5.
I never understood why she liked his work so much(because the bottom of her closet was once full of his work) but I do now.
Christine is admittedly not the best he's ever written. I've been told by a lot of my friends(who love this brilliant but insane author) to read The Stand because it's supposed to be one of his very,very best.
But it was very,very good,especially since the premise( a crazy old car comes out of nowhere and starts eating peeople) sounds lame at first.
I like a book that keeps me riveted and Christine did.
Besides, it made my school day go a lot quicker.
Four stars.

Arnold Cunningham is in love. Not with a girl but with an old beat up red and white Plymouth that he sees while riding with his friend. Arnold is so infatuated with the car that he wants to buy it on the spot and the old man who owns it asks for $250. Arnie gets it and takes it to a shop where he can work on it himself.

Arnie starts to rework the car to her classic beauty and as the work progresses he changes in personality so much that even his friend Dennis notices the changes. Work is being done on Christine which is the name of the car given to it by is previous owner Ronald LeBay, but not in the way one normally does car repair. Arnie focuses on the small details and the big items just seem to take care of themselves. Dennis finds out that LeBay died and that LeBay's daughter died years earlier in Christine while choking to death on a hamburger and LeBay's wife committed suicide in the car by carbon monoxide. It is a death car, maybe worse. Possessed!

Arnie gets Christine running and the best looking girl in school goes out with him. She almost dies by choking to death in the car on a hamburger and she thinks Christine caused it, she thinks Christine is jealous of her relationship with Arnie.....

This is a freaky and scary story about a haunted and demonic car with a life of its own. Stephen King has the talent to create an inanimate object that just reeks of terror! Christine hunts the streets killing and this book is so well written you will believe you are there. This is an outstanding horror story and a classic Stephen King master piece. You will see young Arnie slide into the spell of Christine and see how Dennis tries to help him.

This story is fast paced and you will not want to stop reading it to go to sleep. This is a great story and one of my all-time favorite books. I recommend it to you.

This isn't my "favorite" King book-- I'd be hard-pressed to say which one is-- but it's one of my favorites. Anyone who went to high school encountered at least one "loser" like Arnie Cunningham-- and for those who were "losers," high school was a hellish experience. For someone who wasn't a loser himself, King does a very good job of portraying what the high-school life of a loser is like.

Arnie is one of the most-- if not "the" most-- tragic characters King has ever created. During the summer between their junior and senior years, Arnie and his best (and only) friend, Dennis Guilder, get jobs working on a road crew. The job does Arnie good-- the hard work puts some meat on his scrawny body, the sunlight seems to clear up his pizza-face acne at least a little, and he's making good money to save for college. There's a good chance that when he returns to school, he won't be quite as much of a loser.

Then Arnie "meets" Christine-- and for a few months, it seems that his life is improving: his acne clears up and he meets and starts dating a very attractive girl. But Christine isn't just a car, and as Arnie falls more and more under its spell, and to take on more and more of the characteristics of its hate-filled, anger-driven owner, his life goes farther and farther out of control.

There is only one major blunder in the book, and it occurs during one of the final scenes, when Dennis and Arnie's former girlfriend, Leigh Cabot, set out to "kill" Christine. I can't tell what the blunder is without giving away too much of that scene, but if/when you get to it, remember this question: "Why didn't Dennis just use one of his crutches?"

The notion of an evil car, haunted not only by some unspecified evil force but by the spirit of its malignant former owner, is one that I've not encountered before-- but then, King is good at thinking up unusual things to be haunted. After all, he even wrote a short story (not one of his best) about a haunted stall in a men's rest-room.

Roland LeBay, the car's former owner, is also one of the most compelling-- and thoroughly dislikeable-- characters King has ever created. Full of anger and bitterness, thoroughly antisocial, and completely selfish, he doesn't have a single redeeming quality-- but unlike the "villain" in many other books, he doesn't come across as a "cardboard cut-out" villain. He seems every bit as real as some of the hateful, grudge-carrying old men who exist in real life. Google "Jimmy Lee Dykes" for a sample.

King also does a good job of portraying Arnie's oh-so-politically-correct, liberal parents, who are both college professors, and of portraying the dogmatic self-righteousness that makes such people every bit as repulsive and destructive as their right-wing counterparts.

To sum up, there is a lot more to this book than just a simple horror story about a haunted car, and that is what makes it one of my favorites.

I love the writhing by stephen king but the hard cover book looks like someone took an old paper back book and placed cardboard around it and then pasted a photo copy of the cover of the book over it. The pages are in the book crooked and hard to read in places. I dont remember what company or person printed this book like this but I will never buy from them again. Thank you

I love this book. It is so much more than a book about a haunted car...The characters are so wonderful. We see Dennis and his family, Arnie and his family etc etc. I think that King has captured the adolescent experience again with Arnie, a pimply nice kid transformed into something....else upon his meeting Roland LeBay and CHRISTINE. I first read this freshman year of college and the book is so EMOTIONAL, it makes you feel things....The book is also romantic and about friendship and good vs evil. I love every aspect of this book. The writing is tight and the story is realistic, and not without humor.

Christine is the best book I've read in a long time. King is dead on here, started with the Characters who are all totally believeable, they could be living next to me. I don't know much about cars, so I thought I wouldn't get a lot out of this one but I was wrong. It creeped me out! One of King's talents is to make plots work that you would shake your head at when you read them by someone else. I mean - a possessed car???? A pretty silly Idea, to get to the point. But in King's Hands, it works!

Hands down my favorite S. King book, Christine will leave you spooked to say the least. As many others have pointed out, it is much more than 'car-goes-psycho-and-murders-teens'. It is actually a twisted love triangle of sorts between two best friends and a possessive, increasingly jealous, attention craving girl....named Christine, a '58 Plymouth Fury, one of the original muscle cars from back in the day. The two friends, Arnie Cunningham and Dennis Guilder, are polar opposites, having grown up together and maintained their strong ties. Arnie is the typical high school geek, always getting picked on and harrased by school bullies. He can't even find solace at home as his mother is a dominating, overprotective lord-of-the-house type who runs everyones life in her family. His only friend in the whole world is Dennis. Dennis is a popular, good looking football player who acts as a big brother and protector to Arnie. Their friendship is really the key to the whole story, and it is built up well. Things begin to go south when Arnie sees Christine junked up and for sale on the side of the road, and he is instantly smitten with her (if you think it is odd to call 'it' a 'her', you'll change your tune after reading this book). Arnie pours an increasing amount of time and effort into fixing her up, which begins to strain Arnies relationships between him and Dennis. The disturbing thing (and I mean disturbing) is that the rolling wreck which barely ran in the first place begins to fix itself, slowly healing as Arnie shows her more love and attention...and as Arnie begins to put more time and effort into Christine, fixing her up and attending to her mechanical needs, she begins to look out for him (!) as well. It is interesting that Arnie grows to have more in common with Christine than Dennis, in that as he grows and matures, his long friendship with him begins to fade (remember your childhood friends? remember when you started hanging out with other people in high school? sad isn't it when relationships change as you grow?) Both Arnie and Christine in a sense are castaways, awkward, and unloved, forgotten in a crowd. As the story goes, Arnie becomes obsessed with Christine and her well being to the point of unhealthiness, and he begins to shift from a high school loser to a rebel with a malevolent attitude to boot. It's at this point that things start getting scary, as Christine, who has 'asserted' herself as the centerpiece in his life, begins to take on a life of her own. A tangible love story fleshes itself out between the two outcasts (it sounds stupid here, but is horrifyingly real as King paints the picture)...and God help anyone who threatens Arnie or tries to get between her and her 'Man'. School bullies begin to die in mysterious hit and run accidents unmatched in their brutality and viciousness, and a showdown sets itself up when Dennis and his girlfriend decide to save Arnie from his downward spiral by destroying Christine in a gripping, white knuckle showdown you will never forget. You will NEVER look at an old car again without seeing in your minds eye a candy apple red, snarling '58 Plymouth Fury, all fins and chrome, with a black skull and crossbones license plate saying 'Rock and Roll will Never Die!'

I'll just start off by saying that these new 2016 mass market book covers are AMAZING. Now I'll have to re-buy all the books with these awesome covers! The book was awesome, and I was attached to the characters right away. They felt so real, as they mostly always do in King books. Ladies and gentlemen, if you love great storytelling and characters, look no further than this man, Stephen King.

Format: Audio CD

Every high school in America has at least one kid like Arnold Cunningham. Arnie is your typical nerd: He's scrawny, brainy, wears thick-framed glasses, has a bad complexion, and is a member of the Libertyville High chess club. The only thing you might say is unusual about Arnie, is that he has an uncanny knack for fixing cars. Rather than gaining him acceptance, this ability only serves to throw him directly into the path of the motorheads in the auto shop, the kind of kids who feel it is their sworn duty to make sure the Arnold Cunningham's of the world remain in their proper place. But during the summer before Arnold's senior year at Libertyville High, he fell in love, and everything began to change.

No, it wasn't a girl that caught Arnie's attention, he knew no girl would want to be seen with him, Arnold fell in love with a car, a 1958 Plymouth Fury that looked like it would be more at home in a scrap yard than on the road. Going against the advice, and pleadings, of his best friend, Dennis Guilder, Arnie dips into his college fund and buys the old heap, affectionately referred to as Christine by her owner, for the sum of $250, not a small sum in 1978. Arnie saw a lot of potential in Christine, and perhaps a kindred spirit. It never occurred to him, however, that maybe he was only seeing what Christine wanted him to see.

For Arnie, it was pretty much downhill from there. Christine gradually consumed more and more of Arnie, not just his time and his college fund, but he himself. His grades began to suffer, and Arnie began working for Will Darnell, the crooked owner of the shop where Arnie worked on Christine. Within just a few months, his best friend Dennis, and even his own parents, barely recognized him.

Dennis Guilder has known Arnie since they were little, and he was with Arnie the first day he saw Christine. Dennis, more than anyone, is aware of the unhealthy hold the car has on his friend, and has witnessed first-hand the changes Arnie has undergone. But Dennis knows a few things that even Arnie doesn't. He knows, for instance, how much Christine's first owner loved her, how he poured his heart and soul into the car, and how Christine was still the most important thing to him, even after his wife and daughter died in her. Dennis doesn't understand how, but he is convinced that the malign spirit of Roland D LeBay still inhabits Christine, and now that spirit is beginning to take hold of Arnie. When the people that get in Arnie's, or Christine's, way begin to die, Dennis knows the car must be destroyed. He can only hope that it is not too late for his friend.

Christine is one of my favorite Stephen King novels. Lots of authors have written about haunted houses, but I can think of only one story about a haunted car. I love the way King personifies Christine: the snarling mouth of her grill, the slender curves of her body, the furious scream of her engine, and especially the glowing dashboard dials, like two eyes that watch whoever is inside. It becomes entirely too easy to think of Christine as Arnie's girl, his protector and his jealous lover.

The thing I really appreciate the most about King's writing, is the way he can create characters and make you care about them. I don't know any other writer who can do it so well. Dennis and Arnie are two good examples of that. Their friendship was a very special one. As Arnie and Dennis grew up together, Arnie became a nerd, and Dennis became a star athlete, but they always stuck together. And it wasn't a one-sided friendship either. Dennis always stuck up for Arnie, sure, but Dennis always felt like he got just as much out of the relationship. It was always Arnie, after all, who could think of fun things to do on a rainy day; Arnie who could always make Dennis laugh. It is the special nature of that friendship that makes Christine such a tragedy, and further serves to illustrate the almost human nature of the car. What else could come between such close friends besides a girl?

Holter Graham did an excellent job in his narration of Christine. His reading and characterizations were good, but I especially like how he handled Arnie. Graham started out with a voice that sounded like a nerdy kid who hadn't even reached puberty yet, but as LeBay gradually gained control, Graham's voice gradually became deeper and rougher. There was one scene in particular where Arnie and LeBay are fighting each other for control, and Holter's voice slips back and forth from one to the other, seemingly with ease. It was a nice piece of narrating.

Good narrator, great story, what more can I say? You won't be disappointed with this audiobook.

A story about an evil car doesn't sound that good, but King makes it work.

The movie is pretty good too, but in the movie, the car is inherently evil, an idea I hate so much I avoided the book for years.

Fortunately, King doesn't use that idea. In the book, the car is possessed by a previous owner.

CHRISTINE shouldn't work, but it does.

Its effectiveness testifies to King's talent for character-building, evocative description, and the building of suspense. What really makes this run, though, is that the supernatural element is a vehicle for an intense exploration of social tensions. CHRISTINE is an obsessive meditation on power struggles - between high school social castes, husbands and wives, fathers and sons, boyfriends and girlfriends, the present and the past.

Underlying these struggles are major thematic motifs of liberal vs. conservative, and past vs. present. The story opens with Roland LeBay's complaints about the "debased times he had lived to see" as Dennis phrases it, and ultimately the novel reveals that sometimes the past has "an unending fury."

LeBay embodies resentment of cultural and social change. That's a timeless reality, though some elements here might seem dated. Like CARRIE, this is a daringly un-P.C. look at social dynamics as they can erupt in a high school environment. It looks "under the surface, where savage things grow" (CARRIE).

CHRISTINE also showcases the sturdiness of King's technical vocabulary, one of the tools he employs to ground his otherworldly tales in a believable reality. He's got a knack for car parts, architecture, clothing and landscape, laying a solid groundwork that is as shining an example of "world-building" as anything a sci-fi author might achieve.

This is one of, if not the, best King book for a long time! King goes one better by throwing in the jealous demon that everybody calls Christine, and everybody hates her. King does a great job of showing us of how Christine and her former owner slowly, methodically take over Arnie's life. Yowza! And as for Leigh and Den-Den...everybody wanted to see them together, but they didn't stick. Just goes to show that thing in life don't always end up happily. Klassic King

I've been re-reading King's works for the last several years now. The last few books were not horror stories so I was looking forward to getting back to the genre with this one. However "Christine" is about on opar with "Firestarter" with me. The book drags on as the entire first half is set-up. It is not until about page 250 that anyone gets killed. There is a limited number of characters here for such a hefty book; I much prefer when King carries a large cast as in Salem's Loty or The shing as he is a master at weaving their stories together. Christine spends so much time droning on about the few characters involved that I actually didn't care for any of them deeply. I had no real liking for anyone; they could have all died and I wouldn't have been surprised and Christine/Roland D. LeBay didn't instill any terror in me as the villain. Nothing of particular note stands out in this one for me. It was readable but too slow and drawn out for my tastes. The ending to this book though is different from previous ones to this point as while there is a finite ending, much more so than ever before there is a real impression that the evil still exists and more of the story is out there to be told.

I always look for connections while reading with King's multiverse, but didn't find anything related to previous books here.

It is a pity that no one writes like this horror anymore. Even old King himself. Christine is a perfect round-the-camp-fire story with chilling moments, incredibly real characters and a sad, very sad feeling washing over you.
I don't know about anyone else but I liked 70's and 80's King's more than anything he wrote in 90's (except Dreamcatcher and Wizard and Glass) In those days King was writing horror in a way no one has written and no one will ever write again. Christine is a very fine example of his unique writing. Maybe there are better horror books than this (and than Stephen's whole bunch)but as a whole they lack something King's books (early ones at least) were carrying. Christine is not only a demonic car book, as many mentioned here, it is one of the most agonizing love and coming of the age stories, with a very depressing atmosphere and very tragic ending. This is what makes Christine (and all King books) so terrific: The real horror of the world is essential in his books: People we love die...people we love leave us...we remain alone in the world.we lose...you lose...
Christine is a story of three youngsters and a love triangle, comprising an unbelievably real and evil car. These four are tangled in a complex love affair: On the one hand, Christine is trying to triumph and spread her evil, on the other hand, the youngsters are trying to beat her and keep their sanity. Arnie seems to be the scapegoat and the weakest link with his repulsive outlook, dysfunctioning family and a hungry longing for love, respect and admiration, which he lacks and which Christine offers him....but at a very regretful price.

Then there is Dennis...Arnie's best friend with all the good things Arnie longs for...Both see Christine at the same time...But Christine is an expert in knowing who is the weakest link, and easily picks up her victim.
She starts to process Arnie into becoming something which her evil aims will be satisfied...then surprisingly, Leigh, a wonderful girl, steps into Arnie's life and becomes a light of reason for Arnie and, not surprisingly, the lifetime enemy of Christine. Now Christine should get rid of her...as well as Dennis and a few other fellows who mistakenly treat her bad...
Then Dennis and Leigh fall in love...Arnie learns this... and all the story becomes tangled in a way impossible to untangle.
All this seems pretty silly, doesn't it? But in King's hands it wonderfully works. It is, in fact, a very fast paced story and it flows smoothly that the pages flip almost on themselves. The writing is veryþ vivid and energetic, as if Stephen was himself the bad Christine.... Along with the story, you are tangled with those four characters...you are drifted along with them helplessly into an ever-growing climax full of suspense, horror, breathless reading and tension.
Christine is a very good story and a very good horror story...but also a very good loser yarn, which only King could pull off and which would be a total flop in any other hand. That must be the reason why people come back to Stephen's books again and again in flocks after so many years and books although he does not (stubbornly) write anything like this (or Pet Sematary or It or Salem's Lot). He always talks about the loser inside us. Perhaps he knows better than all the people in the world that it is really a very hard thing to beat real Christines and he is trying to tell this all along those years.
Read it...There is so much in Christine.

Christine still stands as one of King's finest novels. It is replete with gut churning horror, although the grossness is occasionally overdone, and the poignancy of lost innocence. King always does coming of age brilliantly and this novel is no exception. His finely nuanced depictions of the teenage protagonists, especially the tragic and doomed Arnie and loyal, courageous Leigh, ring true. Even the villains are more than two-dimensional - for instance, there is a universality that we can all relate to in Buddy Repperton's fall and the dim pathos of his friends. The chief villain, Roland LeBay is another of King's utterly appalling characters, mephistophelean and sadistic. Then there is Christine. Vampire, monster, she is one of, if not the most amazing, of King's creations. She is so implacable, so terrifying, that every scene with the car shows King at his best, and is riveting reading. This is a novel layered with meaning and with interlacing subplots. I have read it many times and each time it hits hard. King's prose has never been better and this is a very rewarding novel to read.

a story about a killer car would be so entertaining? I really enjoyed this novel. What I liked best was the characterization. King did a nice job of diving into each character -- especially Arnie. He has to be the most dynamic character I've ever known. I love how you watch him transform right before your very eyes. I found it hard to put this book down. King has this way of making the reader hang on and keeping hanging until the book is finished. Christine is certainly worth the read...the end is great -- one of those that make you go, "Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm..." and then you don't stop thinking about it for hours.

I really enjoyed this book. I am always amazed at how King can take a presumably normal subject matter and make it horrifying.
I loved the way the car started out as just a car and turned slowly into an obsession and finally something that drives Arnie insane.
As always with King, the characters were wonderful. I liked the way the point of view shifted from Dennis to 3rd and back to Dennis. I thought it was a nice touch.
Great ending as well!

Christine is one of my top-ten favorite Stephen King novels. I've heard many people over the years misjudge it as a story about a car that's alive. Anyone who has read the book knows that it's a ghost story, and a very scary one. The main character, Arnie Cunningham, mirrors Carrie in a lot of ways. He's an oddball, eccentric and alienated from the "cool" kids at school. The difference is that he has one friend, Dennis, a popular jock who has kept a soft spot for his nerdy childhood friend. Just like Carrie, Arnie gets picked on, made fun of, sometimes physically harassed. But without Carrie's supernatural talents, and with Dennis unable to be around to stand up for him all the time, Arnie has much less with which to defend himself. Until Christine comes along, that is. The ghost of the car's former owner, Roland Lebay, sensing a weak soul, preys upon Arnie's yearning for confidence and slowly takes possession of him through the car. Lebay, harnessing his increased power, uses the car to murder all of Arnie's enemies and ensure his own continued ability to drive Christine, the only one true love of Lebay's hateful, wretched life. In one particularly creepy, chilling, and memorable scene, Dennis takes a ride with Arnie after Christine's full restoration. During the drive, Lebay takes control of Arnie and causes time to first stand still, then to run backward to his glory days. A horrified Dennis can only wait for the hundred-plus-mile-per-hour nightmare to stop and hope that he lives through it. This story is packed with horror, mystery, great characters, spooky flashbacks, and terrifying images. Stephen King's eighth novel, Christine is one of those books you won't be able to put down.

When Arnie Cunniungham, a high school loser spots Christine rotting in a junkyard, he can't resist the urge to take a closer look...and it was love at first sight.

While the actual idea of a possessed car that has a life of its own could ever be thought of as scary, in Stephen King's classic CHRISTINE he weaves a terrifying tale of a possessive vintage ’58 Plymouth Fury, and the obsession that a senior high school boy [Arnie Cunningham] has for her. The novel, from the beginning few pages, grips you by the seat of your pants and carries the reader on a wild ride of rage and fury, revenge, and a love traingle that churns into deadly obsession.

As the opening prologue states:
This is the story of a lover’s triangle, I suppose you’d say - Arnie Cunningham, Leigh Cabot, and, of course, Christine. But I want you to understand that Christine was their first. She was Arnie’s first love, and while I wouldn’t presume to say so for sure, i think she was his only true love. So I call what happened a tragedy.

This book is by far one of Stephen King's best; as a writer and master storyteller there are few writers back in the day that could have written a book like Christine. I read this for the first time in 1983, after having received it as a Christmas present at only 12 years old and, similar to Pet Sematary, it kept me frightened enough to stay up all night flipping the pages just to find out “what happens next.” I’ve read it three more times since then. Most books you read once and shelf; Christine, as are many of Kings earlier works, a permanent keeper for the shelf.

The book works for several reasons but the deepest threshold of the story is the relationship between Arnie Cunningham and his lifelong [and only] friend Dennis Guilder. Arnie purchases a beat-up and eroded-looking 58’ Fury from Ronald D. Lebay, the brother of the man who owned Christine, and we find out later who died in her as well. Against his best friends advice, Arnie purchases Christine and sets out to restore. But everyone seems dead set against the car. His parents don’t want it around, Dennis has a “bad feeling” about the red Plymouth, including Arnie’s new girlfriend Leigh Cabot, who appears later on after Arnie undergoes some big changes from “loser” to a “somebody” that he claims is because of Christine. The obsession takes hold from the very beginning and the jealousy of Christine becomes apparent when she tries to kill Leigh in the car.

As the story builds, with Christine taking revenge on the high school “bullies” who trashed her, the final climax is stunning: A showdown between Dennis and Leigh, Christine and Arnie as they fight for possession of young Arnie Cunningham’s soul. If you haven’t read this book yet, I won’t spoil the ending. Christine is a definite wild ride, a real thriller that balances the high-end stakes of real friendship with love and terror in a story that only King could deliver.

In my eyes, Chistine is one of the best books that I have ever read. -The book is dated back to 1978. While reading this book, I was never bored. Everything in that book kept you itching to read more. It was meant to be like a normal Stephen King book, with mystery, horror, action, adventure, and suspense all rolled into one.
I think that this book is for a person no younger than fifteen years old because the book was a little long. The book's vocabulary was not too difficult, but it was a little complex for a younger person to understand. I think that because of the violence in the book, younger readers would not be mature enough to read it.
I think that the characters were selected perfectly in this book. Arnie, the seventeen-year-old who is obsessed with his car, played the role perfectly. He was a teenager that was picked on a lot and just wanted to prove to everybody that he could fit in. His friend was a teenager that was one of the most popular kids in the school. The book kept its suspense the whole way through.
I don't read books that often, mostly because after the first two pages I am already bored. When I decided to read Christine, I was attached to the book right away. I would highly recommend this book to anyone that likes almost everything rolled into one book.
-Matt Quam-

Where is all the love for this book? While the reviews here are mostly positive this book seems to have the least review count of Kings work. More people need to read Christine!!!

I think the casual reader may skip over this because on the surface the plot of a killer car sounds hokey so they may pick up The Shining or Salem's Lot or Pet Sematary instead. While they most definitely should read those books, they should also throw Christine on the pile as well.

As other reviews have pointed out, this is far more than just a book about a haunted killer car. This is a book about the teenage years that feels utterly real and heartbreaking. The growth, the hurt, the confusion, the love. Its all there and it all feels totally organic. This is one of the most realistic books about high schoolers I've ever read. It would be just as good without the supernatural aspects. That is the best praise I can give the book.

King captures the young like a freakin' master. From Carrie to IT to The Shining to Dreamcatcher to Hearts In Atlantis. The guy simply knows kids. Christine rivals his opus IT as far as painting the picture of the lives of young people. It's that good.

Like all of his earlier stuff, the feeling of "something is not quite right" is palpable in this novel. It builds slowly and methodically and gets creepier as it goes along. This a surprisingly sad book. It has this sense of tragedy and melancholy that may take you aback. While it's not as overtly dark and depressing as, say, Pet Sematary, it does have that same sense of depression about it.

Christine is just a very well structured novel. The characters live and breath, the tone is consistent and the horror is genuinely scary and intriguing. This is one of Kings most well rounded books.

Be afraid. Be very, very afraid...
Truly gripping stuff and probably some of the best writing King has ever done (and that's saying a lot). Once picked up 'Christine' is absolutely un-put-downable. The story will grab you by the short hairs right from page one, and will not even let go at the end. You need to be either brave or foolhardy to embark on this book, but you'll not regret the experience.
Scary. Very, very scary.

I read this book when it first came out in the 80's just prior to the film. I have always loved a good Stephen King read. I found this book frighteningly enjoyable, but at the same time I wanted more as a reader. The detailed incidents where Christine the car shows her true fury are page turners, but the characters themselves I found a slightly undeveloped. It was a very imaginative book, and a must for every Stephen King fan!

well.. i just finished this book yesterday, on christmas day. all i can say is "WOW". This book has to be one of the most interesting stories ever, I couldn't put it down! a very good introduction to stephen king novels. the story mostly revolves around the changes in the main character, arnie, and how it gets possessed by the car and changes, rather than being about the car itself. if you're expecting a cheesy story about some car running people over, you have to read this, you'll be shocked.

When I read this book, I was dating a guy with an Apache truck. After this book, I refused to ride in the truck for a week.

Some say this was a little long winded. I say, go write your own book, then lets see who is the better author! Who would ever come up with a concept of a car coming to life, have feelings, then kill off people who betray it? I'll tell you, a sick and twisted man, Stephen King!

I loved this book. It was a great read back in 1990 when I read it. I think this book was my second Stephen King novel to read. I would suggest it to anyone!

This book has got to be the best book I ever read. The horror scenes are very descriptive, the writing style is easy to follow. The book makes you look and think twice before crossing a dark road at night. Perhaps the only problem I had with the book is that Stephen King says that the 1958 Plymouth Fury is a four-door, when in actuality, all Fury's were two-doors. Oh well, the quality of the book makes up for this oversight.

A coming-of-age story wrapped in a gruesome horror yarn, "Christine" is pretty much what people expect from a Stephen King novel. The characters may not be deep, the prose not that rich, but the story is a pure adrenaline jolt that pulls you in and never lets go.

Arnie Cunningham is a high-school loser with bad skin and no social life, destined to follow his domineering mother's chosen path. Then another woman gets ahold of him: Christine. She's not a person, but rather a 1958 Plymouth Fury which Arnie discovers in a heap on a nasty old man's yard. Soon he's got her completely overhauled and ready to rock - or did she do that to him? End result: Arnie's a changed boy, ready to do some damage on those who get in his way.

A hitchhiker puts it simply: "This car, I don't know why, but I get bad vibes..."

"Christine" is not one of King's more highly regarded novels, but it has a fierce energy in its narrative that sometimes has nothing to do with a story about a possessed automobile. King pulls us into the often-harsh world of teenagehood, where abuse at school is rivaled only by misunderstanding at home. A sense of powerlessness is the one common denominator.

"Christine" takes its cues from two earlier King novels: "Carrie," with its concept of taking supernatural revenge against teen oppression; and "The Shining," where Jack Torrance is possessed by a hotel in much the same way Arnie is by Christine. King adds to these themes an almost-fetishistic focus on cars, how they work and the loving way they are regarded by their owners. Each chapter opens with a verse or two from a pop song that connects with this idea; giving King's narrative both some clever amusement as well as a sense of something inherent in the American condition.

The horror stuff is pretty good, too, especially for the first third. That's when Arnie's lone friend Dennis begins to get suspicious of the strange car and her power over Arnie, and starts to investigate the matter. As the story goes along, King pulls Dennis out of the story for a while, then sticks us in a left-field romance which hurts the story and sucks up valuable focus while Arnie goes south offscreen as it were. The ending manages to be both exciting and a bit of a hash, which I won't go into except to say there is some demolition-derby fun to be had, not to mention inspiration for "Terminator 2: Judgement Day."

All in all, this is a very enjoyable horror story that taps into some deep areas of life, both adolescent and automotive. If not a classic, it's a solid double.

I must say I hadn't read Stephen King since my high school days, but I had run out of other books to read, and a friend had given me Christine a long time ago, and so I picked it up and started to read. I haven't had a full night's sleep in a week because I have been reading it every night! I finally finished it and I must say I was actually sad at the end. I won't say anything to give it away, but let's just say I would have done things differently. However, it is still one of the most exciting books I have ever read. You are just riveted from the getgo because you KNOW something is going to happen and you don't want to put the book down. In my mind, I keep seeing what I imagine Roland D. LeBay would have looked like. Frankly, it scares ... me. One of the things that makes this book so great is that it's obviously fiction, yet it seems so REAL. You almost imagine that Dennis, Leigh, and Arnie are real people that really did exist, and that LeBay IS actually alive, even after his death. I almost wish there was a Christine 2 or something that brought the story to a whole new time and place. I must say I was depressed and saddened by the end of the book...not even so much because it wasn't quite how I would have ended it...honestly, it was because the book was over!

Christine by Stephen King kicks the YA genre in the teeth and screams bloody murder with complete abandon. Again Mr King delves into the teen world but mixes it up with violence, bad language, revenge, bullying and murder.
I was bullied I school, so I know where this book leads the reader - straight to hell and back in a red Plymouth Fury called Christine. Se needs love and attention like no other car. She knows her new teenage owner will give his all for her and she in return sorts out the bullying problem. Cue in he best friend and his girlfriend who snoop under he bonnet to discover a car from hell itself that possesses its owners.
There are plenty of gory shocks, nosy cop, revenge of the bullies and redemption, but at what cost. Read and find out and you will never look at a Plymouth Fury the same way again.
5 Stars and highly recommended.

Almost 34 years have passed since I read 'Christine' when it was first published in 1983. Hell, I was only a 23-year-old whippersnapper but qualified for the chrome dome club, so don't tell me about your measly problems. I remember little about the story but do recall enjoying it very much. The book held up well. Part of Mr. King's success is his ability to create believable well-rounded characters and slowly introduce otherworldly elements in such a manner that they almost seem plausible as the story moves along. I also recall that TIME magazine's book reviewers seemed to have constant brooms up their backsides about anything the author wrote. Times sure have changed. Those critics are long gone and Mr. King is still delighting readers with new works.

The story begins on August 10, 1978 as the three major protagonists (Arnie Cunningham, Dennis Guilder, Leigh Cabot) are about to start their senior year at a Pennsylvania high school. Arnie's discovery and fascination with fixing up an old 1958 Plymouth Fury slowly evolves into a nightmarish possession by a ghost with serious anger-management issues. Some of the antagonists are easy to pick out as Christine's future victims. They are odious enough that I was kinda rootin' for the Plymouth Fury to make mincemeat of them. However, Mr. King also has plenty of innocent decent people who I was surely hoping wouldn't become Christine's victims. The author seems to take joy in throwing a few babies under the bus whenever he pens a book. I wasn't going to relax until I had finished reading the last words to 'Christine.' As usual, Mr. King also throws in some funny lines to ease the tension.

'Christine' is suspenseful more than scary. There are ghoulish aspects to it, but they just didn't give me the heebie-jeebies compared to such earlier works as 'Salem's Lot' and 'The Shining'. However, the story had me fully engaged with never a dull moment. It was great fun. The story would have been nowhere near as scary if Christine had been a Ford Pinto Hatchback.

Have you ever wanted something so bad and once you got it you never wanted to let it go. Well in this book a young boy named Arnie Cunningham finds a car that is not all the prettiest and for sure not the most mechanically sound in a yard around their town in Pennsylvania. He loves this car that is a 1958 Plymouth fury that the previous owner named Christine. There is a terrifying past to this car that Arnie doesn't find out until it's too late. This car is his dream and he loves it. He treats it as if it is his girlfriend and quite honestly it's a true love. Arnie works very hard and long to restore this car and get it running in tip top shape only to realize that the car is alive and it is ready to seek vengence. Although terrifying this book is extremely engaging and you can't help to read more. I read this book because my friend told me about it and I am sure glad I was able to borrow it from him. I am extremely impressed with this book and recommend it to everyone.

I was just out of high school when I first read this book back in fall of '83, and it captured perfectly the experience of being the nerdy outsider in school, something I knew all too well. As a funny side note, soon afterward a dilapidated old Plymouth Fury of the same model year as Christine appeared in someone's front yard near my home and stayed there for a couple of years. I kept a real close eye on that car.

I read "Christine" over 30 years ago and it is one of the scariest books that I ever read! It took me 2 days to read it and I just could not put it down. I recommend this book to anyone who likes a good scare!! I slept for 2 weeks with the lights on after I read it.
Stephen King was at his best in his earlier books. I also highly recommend "The Shining"," Salem's Lot", "Pet Semetary" and "It".

Arnie Cunningham is a high school geek. He has glasses, pimples, controlling parents, and no girls until he meets up with Christine. Christine is a 1958 Plymouth Sport Fury that Arnie finds, and is immediately attracted to her. Christine gets fixed up by Arnie and Arnie gets some attention.(his first girlfriend). As Christine starts putting her spell on Arnie, he loses touch with the things that matter most like family, school and his friends. Arnie gets deeply entranced by Christine and uses her as a tool to get back at people her were not so nice to him. Arnie and Christine turn into a Thelma and Louise and go on a killing spree. Arnie, in turn, loses everything, his friends, Christine, and his life.

My Thoughts: Christine is one of my favorite reads. I love the storyline, because it is mostly believable. This young nerd gets a cool car and everybody starts liking him. This is believable! Then he gets a big head and people start disliking him!(also believable) When Arnie falls under Christines spell, it is most exciting to me. I relate to Arnie in the aspect of time and love he put into Christine, something that every car lover does. When Christine turns into a killer and fixes herself,the story gets supernatural. I like how Christine is displayed with feelings of jealousy, which gives this car a personable image. Overall, I feel this book is a great read for anyone with a desire for an ultimate twist!

Christine reminds me of what I like about Stephen King. The novel was gripping and exciting. It reminded me of Salem's Lot. Reading each novel, the moment when evil begins to exert itself cannot be identified. Suddenly the building suspense has passed, and the terror has begun to seemingly win. I love the moment when I realize this shift has occurred, for me this is the best of Stephen King. I like how Stephen King writes characters. I like the point of views he uses to write this novel. I really enjoyed this King novel, more than the last five or so I have read by him.

This was one book of King's that I put off reading for a long time because I had heard it was not very good. Well I finally broke down and read it, and while I was not dissapointed I did feel it was not as good as his other works. The story and the plot were great and interesting I especially like the history of the car, but the charactors did not see as fleshed out as much as in his other books.

This book is very exiting. If you didn't know, this story is about a possesed car that murders people. If you want a scary book, then I reckomend Christine. I like it when Dennis has the bad dreams about the Christine. This book has a lot of amazing adventures in it. Every thing is normal until Arnie and Dennis find Christine. After they buy Christine strange murders happened. This is not a book for children because this book has a lot of profanity in it.

While CHRISTINE has its exciting moments, the novel is not one of King's best. If you're looking for vintage King, buy THE DARK TOWER or THE GREEN MILE series, or read THE SHINING and CARRIE. King gets credit for the use of a car as the "monster", however, and also for making me see cars in a...well...more sinister light. I will never regard cars in the manner I used to again.

This is complete tripe, and the sad thing is Stephen King wrote it. The really sad thing is that it was such a good idea; the thought of a demonically possessed car in Stephen King's hands should be enough to make anybody read it, right? Well, don't. You're wasting your time. The characters are an irritating bunch, none of them even remotely likable, and the best of the cast--Christine herself--is inexplicably kept out of the 'action' (we're supposed to be scared of her occasionally gunning her engine without a driver--ooh, save me!). Like this review, the book is much too long for its own good. Avoid it.

I thought that the movie was great, but I had something coming when I read the book. There was a great deal more character development and character history in the book. The book contains typical King character development, which is the best part of the book. He does a great job of making the change in Arnie evident also. The car that King uses in the book is perfect. The grille is probably why he picked it. The 1958 Plymouth Fury has a grille like no other car. It really does look like metal teeth. (The movie portrays this wonderfully.) I'm an avid Stephen King fan and I've read many of his books. In my opinion, I believe that this is probably his best book of all.

I have a lot to say about Stephen King's "Christine". Unfortunately, most of it is negative. Like many of King's books, I was drawn into the novel as soon as I opened it. Within the first 50 pages the reader is introduced to a handful of well developed, interesting characters, and an intriguing plot begins to build. It isn't until the last 150 pages or so that it starts to go downhill. And once it starts to go downhill, the story continues to suffer right up to the very last page. I can't say much more without ruining the book for those who haven't read it yet, so from here on in my review will be full of spoilers.

**SPOILERS**
I had some major gripes with this book, and I'm not even sure where to start. The most obvious problem was that be book was simply too wordy. This is one of King's trademarks and I knew this going in, so I guess it's kind of a moot point. Another thing that bothered me was the general format. I understand that it was supposed to be a memoir told from the first person perspective, but what about the middle of the book where it's told from the third person? It reveals things that Dennis couldn't possibly know and would leave a significant gap in his story if anyone were to read it. I guess that's why King told the second part of the novel from a third person perspective, but it makes the overall format inconsistent and prevents story from flowing naturally.

My biggest problem with this book was Christine. The novel's title is "Christine" and throughout the book the reader is led to believe that the car itself is evil. It isn't until toward the end of the novel that the reader finally figures out (and this point was never made entirely clear) that Christine isn't evil, nor is she even all that important. The driving force behind the car (and the true source of evil) is LeBay. So if Christine doesn't have a persona of her own, what's the point of giving it a name and a gender? If the car isn't even important, why is it the title of the book? It could have been an interesting plot twist of handled correctly, but the issue is never explicitly addressed. Left as it is, it misleads the reader and is ultimately self defeating.
When we first meet LeBay, he's a grumpy old war veteran with a taste for bigotry and a mouth as foul as a sewer. He sells his rusty old car to Arnie (who is inexplicably drawn to it) and he laughs evilly after making the transaction. So what would this lead the average horror fan to believe? It would seem logical that the car is possessed and had brought great misfortune to LeBay. When Arnie is suddenly drawn to the car it's because the car has chosen a new victim. LeBay realizes that he can finally be free of the cursed car and relinquishes it to its new victim. Stereotypical? Yes, but it works. Unfortunately this is not how the story plays out. And as a result, it leaves the reader with a lot of unanswered questions.
If the car wasn't possessed in and of itself, then what was it that made Arnie want it so badly? And what exactly went through LeBay's mind when he sold Arnie the car and began to laugh? "I'll die as soon as I sell this car only to be reincarnated in the form of ghost and possess the car in order to... um... I guess I'll figure it out when I get there..." Does this make any sense to you? If you think about it, this is what must have happened.
Setting aside the absurd concept of LeBay knowing that he would die and possess the car, what exactly was his motivation? Normally when we read books about evil characters who die only to continue their evil after death, it's for a specific purpose. In most cases it's because they have unfinished business (usually in the form of revenge that has yet to be issued). From what I can tell, LeBay just wanted to continue to be a jerk from beyond the grave. What kind of motivation is that? I'm not buying it.

Another thing that bothered me was Dennis's plan to get rid of Christine. After brainstorming with Leigh he has a brilliant revelation that is hidden from the reader until the very end of the book. And his incredible plan is to... beat the living crap out of it? I'm pretty sure he realized that every time Christine received a blow she was able to heal herself, so why would his plan be any different?
And then when Christine is compacted into a cube and Dennis has finally moved on, years later he discovers that one of the kids who helped mess up the car about half-way through the book is mysteriously killed... by a car. Now, Dennis makes a casual connection that it may be Christine, and points out the possibility that it could be after him and Leigh next, but not only does he not sound particularly concerned about it, he basically says that the story is over. It's clear as day to the reader that Christine had finally recovered and was, in fact, continuing her mission to kill everyone who crossed her. How could he not know that, and how could he not even care? If not for himself, he should at least have been afraid for Leigh (for whom he still had romantic feelings for despite the fact that she was married). And what does he do in response to this news? He ends the story. Seriously, what the Hell?

Yet another point to add to the list was the fact that Arnie died. Dennis nearly gets himself killed for one main goal: kill Christine in order to save Arnie. He successfully kills Christine (or so he thought at the time) and Arnie dies anyway! And what's worse is that it was never made quite clear how this even happened. Dennis hypothesized that when Christine was getting creamed, LeBay retreated back to Arnie's body... and then he and his mother died in a car accident. I guess I can kind of see it, but it desperately needs clarification.
And I just don't understand why Arnie had to die. Don't get me wrong, it's not that I don't like it when main characters die in books, it's just that death should add depth to the story. In this case, it simply doesn't. To me it seems like it was only thrown in for shock value, while failing to add any real value to the book. I generally don't like happy endings in horror novels, but I felt like this story could have gotten away with it.

I could go on, but this review is too long as it is. In a nutshell, this book severely lacks something that most Stephen King books are overflowing with: Explanation. Reminiscent of King's "The Dark Half", "Christine" never really reveals the true origin of the evil force, nor does it even give enough clues to begin to form a larger picture. As a result, the leader is left scratching his or her head thinking, "What just happened?"

It's a real shame. This could have been an excellent story.

I loved this book! I only gave it four stars just because I didn't like what happens to Dennis and Leigh at the end. Still , it was amazingly thrilling from beginning to end. Actually , at times I found it hard to put the book down. It even made me sad at times . If you read this book , you'll know exactly what I mean. READ IT! I garuntee that you won't be able to put it down.

The Good
I have to admit, I really don’t like to read Stephen King books. Except for Cujo and On Writing, I’ve never been able to finish one of his books. Until I discovered Lisey’s Story on audiobook. Oh. My. Good. Now, I’m hooked. As long as I hear them rather than read them. So I was listening to this one. It was dark and creepy and Stephen King is the master of horror in my opinion because his killer car is terrifying. I can’t describe how scared I felt listening to this book on audio. Let’s just say… I work nights, and I couldn’t listen to it on the way to work (after the sun had already gone down). I had to listen to it in the morning, on the way home.

The Bad
Erm… I don’t really know anything bad… I guess I didn’t like the fact that from the beginning, you know how it’s all going to end, but that’s sometimes the way with horror books, no matter who writes there. Granted, there were a couple of twists in this one, some unexpected happenings, but… yeah…

The Review
I liked Christine. Not the car. Nope. Keep her away from me. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to look at a Plymoth Fury the same way again. Makes me question Flow in Cars as well. The book though? The book I can handle.

I thought that the beginning of this book was a bit slow. Not the dreadful slow that makes you want to put the book down, but the slow that just takes you time to get through because you aren't hooked. I found myself once telling someone that not much had happened yet. But that is the key word- YET. Once the action started picking up, I felt that it got much better! I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes Stephen King!

I am a long time King fan. I do prefer his early work to the novels of late. Of all of the ones I love, and that have left an imprint on my mind, heart and soul, my favorite is Christine.
Not a house haunted by a "bad event" Christine is a vintage Plymouth tainted by the evil spirit of it's former owner.Typical of King, he taps into the vulnerability of human nature in his lead character, a picked on high school nobody who falls in love with the junker at first sight.
Fast-paced and subtly terrifying this story is poignant, powerful and beautiful.
I read it for the first time in 1981, I am still delighted to have an occasional nightmare featuring duel headlights cruising through quite streets in a snowstorm.
Driverless and seeking revenge.
Loaded with quality, substance and story telling flare, this novel has long been underappreciated.
King at his magnificent best!

I first read Christine back in the 1980's. As a youngster I found the book to be morbidly interesting on many, many levels as well as quite imaginative. Having re-read King's recently, my opinions have not changed. It is an excellent, and at times horrifying ride. All the characters are well-developed and believable. Christine is more than just a typical horror yarn; it explores relationships from teenage friends to child and parent. It gives us a view through the eyes of an "outsider" - Arnie Cunningham. His world is certainly dark and undeniably a challenge, even before he "meets" Christine. His best friend Dennis is clearly the only positive aspect of his life but that relationship is doomed the moment Christine - with the aid of Roland LeBay, come into the picture. I enjoyed many of the minor characters and their interactions with Arnie and Dennis. Many of the situations are actually quite funny. To sum all this up without spoilers (of course) Christine is one hell of a ride! I was hooked from the first few pages and the ride really never slows down to let the reader catch his/her own breath.

This book is one of my favorite books. It has so much suspense. It is about a haunted car, and a lot more. It took me along time to read, because I wasn't that into it at first. But when I hit one point in it, I couldn't put it down. I thought some of the best scenes were when Christine was chasing down Moochie Welch, and when it was in Darnells garage. It is really good book and I highly recommend it to everyone.

I recently read Stephen King's legendary novel "Christine". This was after I had seen the movie several times and I was surprised that the book and movie are vastly different. The characters are the same, but instead of the book being about a killer car that is mysteriously evil, it is more about possession. The book is mostly about two characters, Arnie Cunningham and Dennis Guilder. Dennis is a popular jock who gets all the girls; however, he has a soft spot for his geeky friend Arnie. Arnie is a stereotypical high school nerd. He is a pizza face geek with demanding parents and only has Dennis to stick up for him. That is, until Christine came along. Chrsitine is a beat up 1958 Ford Plymouth with an old and creepy owner Roland Lebay. Arnie starts to develop a strange obsession towards Christine and buys it from Lebay. This is when Dennis starts to notice that Arnie is no longer being himself. He is arguing with his parents and only cares about fixing up his car. After Roland Lebay dies, Dennis starts to do some research on Christine. He finds out through Lebay's brother, George, that Lebay's wife and child both died in the car.Dennis starts to become haunted by Christine, as well as Arnie's girlfriend he falls in love with later in the story, Leigh. What follows is a story of possession of Arnie's former self from Christine and the dead Roland Lebay. I loved the heavy detail and creepy storytelling that King portrayed in this novel. He really made you feel for the characters and want everything to work out for them. There were many other positives in this novel, but there was one aspect of the story that I thought was a bit cheesy. When one of the main antagonists in the story, Buddy Repperton, and his friends destroy the car to get back at Arnie they are all murdered by Christine with the dead skeleton of Roland Lebay driving the car. I thought it was incredibly stupid and uncreative, as well as Arnie being able to travel back in time when he is driving Christine. With the exception of those two things I would say the book is flawless and an absolute must buy for any fan of Stephen King's work or horror in general.

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Do not fear a book because it has no teeth!!
When you open your used book, wear gloves if you have to, then you’ll realize, “This book ain’t that back after all.”
Good read and peace!!
- Ricky

I read this book as a teenager and just loved it. When it comes to cars, Christine is not one you want to mess with. It has a way of making you pay for that mistake. When I first read the tagline I thought this book would be incredibly stupid. King, however, does a great job of making it more than just a killer car out on a rampage. He made the book dark, suspenseful, full of tension, and most of all, entertaining. I couldn’t put the book down. I recommend this book to any fans of King or readers who enjoy a solid horror story.

T.S. Charles
Author of young adult book, "Consumed." Available on the store.

"Christine" is one of my favorite King books, and one I re-visit quite often. If you are only familiar with the film adaptation, I highly recommend you pick up King's novel and enjoy "the other half" of the story. As good as Carpenter's film is, it still misses the fundamental story of what exactly happens to Arnie Cunningham.

Arnie and Dennis are high school seniors, and one afternoon while returning from their jobs with the state highway department, Arnie sees her, a rusted out 1958 Plymouth Fury rotting away in a decrepit yard. Arnie forces Dennis to pull over, and despite Dennis' advice, Arnie buys the rusting hulk from a cantankerous old man named Rollie LeBay. Arnie, the school nerd, seems to have fallen in love with the junker on first site, and will not be persuaded from buying it. Storing it at a local garage, Arnie begins to work on the car, named Christine, and Christine begins to work on Arnie, changing him from the sweet, mild tempered nerd into something else, and God help anyone that crosses Arnie...or his car.

Just a classic ghost story, that is creepy, but very human. "Christine" features some of King's greatest writing, and his character development in this novel is second to none, even minor characters feel fleshed out. Just a great, easy, fun and goosebump filled ride. Highly Recommended.

King begins each chapter with a verse or lyric from a "driving" song, and with this reading I noted down each of the songs referenced in the novel and created a "Christine Playlist" that I popped onto my iPod while reading. Listed below are each of the songs King references at the start of each chapter in case you feel like doing the same. (I should note that these songs were pulled from the original printing of the Hardback. I'm not sure if anything has been revised or altered since that first edition came out?)

Christine Playlist:
1. Somethin Else - Eddie Cochran
2. Yakety Yak - The Coasters
3. Hot Rod Lincoln - Charlie Ryan
4. This Car of Mine - The Beach Boys
5. Surf City - Jan & Dean
6. Partytown - Glenn Frey
7. Road Runner - Bo Diddley
8. Mercury Blues - Steve Miller
9. Cadillac Walk - Moon Martin
10. Drive My Car - The Beatles
11. Cadillac Ranch - Bruce Springsteen
12. Roadrunner (Once) - Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers
13. Maybelline - Chuck Berry
14. Less Than Zero - Elvis Costello
15. Deacon Blues - Steely Dan
16. Little Deuce Coupe - The Beach Boys
17. My Mustang Ford - Chuck Berry
18. Mercedes Benz - Janis Joplin
19. The Beach Boys - Shut Down
20. No Money Down - Chuck Berry
21. She's In Love with My Car - Moon Martin
22. Corner Store - Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers
23. No Particular Place to Go - Chuck Berry
24. Riding in my Car - Woody Guthrie
25. Racing in the Street - Bruce Springsteen
26. Transfusion - Nervous Norvus
27. Buick '59 - Vernon Green and the Medallions
28. Magic Bus - The Who
29. You Can't Catch Me - Chuck Berry
30. Who Do You Love - Bo Diddley
31. Racing in the Street - Bruce Springsteen
32. 409 - Beach Boys
33. Ride on Josephine - Bo Diddley
34. Brand New Cadillac - The Clash
35. Mexican Blackbird - ZZ Top
36. I Can't Sleep - The Inmates
37. Riding in the Moonlight - Howlin' Wolf
38. No Money Down - Chuck berry
39. Hot Rod Lincoln - Charlie Ryan
40. Custom Machine - The Beach Boys
41. Mary Lou - Bob Seger
42. Ramrod - Bruce Springsteen
43. Cadillac Ranch - Bruce Springsteen
44. From a Buick 6 - Bob Dylan
45. A Young Man is Gone - Beach Boys
46. Teen Angel - Mark Dinning
47. Wreck on the Highway - Bruce Springsteen
48. Riders on the Storm - The Doors
49. Dead Man's Curve - Jan & Dean
50. Last Kiss - J. Frank Wilson & The Cavaliers
51. I Know a Man - Robert Creeley**
**This last item is a poem, not a song.

I recently read the book Chrisitine with no sense of foreboding nor were there any ominous signs like dark clouds,birds squawking.I picked up the book with the thought that it will give me a warm buzz before nodding but what it did was just the opposite!!. Christine kept me awake, riveted in tension and fear as the pages inched to climax. The open ended climax leaves us with pleasurable chills that stays with you for a long time to come allowing your feverish imagination to pick up the plot and complete it to your satisfaction yet the pervading essence of King will gently influence you to think in a 'certain way '.

Never again will I look at a four wheeler with a nonchalant equanimity!

17-year-old Arnie Cunningham, a main character of the suspense-thrilling novel, Christine, is what you would call a nerd. He had one good friend named Dennis, until he buys Christine, the vehicle of horror. Dennis distrusted the car from the beginning. I just think this book is a little to wierd and unreal but Stephen King, the author of this novel, did a good job at leaving you to not know what the car is going to do next. He goes to a scene where one of the bully's from Arnie's school gets out of his car and is walking home, then out of nowhere Christine is chasing after him and kills him. Christine, totally changed Arnie. He would do anything for his car. It was kind of hard to understand. You would have to read the book yourself to understand most of this. I would recommend it for people who like a thrill. Dennis and Arnie's teen-queen girlfriend Leigh, try to stop all of the drama and tell Arnie that the car is evil and to get rid of it. The car has a mind of its own and pretty much hypnotized Arnie and changed his whole life. King leaves hints of whats going to happen next. I rate this book 2 stars only. King has many better novels and more that seemed realistic.

I first saw the movie and thought it was great. Then I read the book and I couldn't believe how much better the book was. The way the characters change in the book was really well done. Espeacilly, the main character. He (Arnie) starts out as a total nerd, then turn into a really tough hoodlum type. Talk about a pervious owner that just wont let go. The book was a really fun read. One of the more enjoyable books I've read.

If U'r a teenager, U have to read it!
This book is the perfect fuson of fantasy, horror, genuine feelings, friendship, hate, life and DEATH. Only King can hold your fantasy in this way.
If U'r not a teenager, U have to read it!
King's knowledge of 50-60's is impressive, and U could understend more better U'r son

this book was my first expeance with stephen king scince i never was a horror book fan. i found it a really good experance and scince then i have read carrie and 'salem's lot but i could never get used to stephen kings habit of getting too detailed about stuff that doesnt matter which sot of makes it boring for a while

King has succeeded in describing how a persons obsessive behaviour can get out of control. He also brings home the message that the people who love you most, can sometimes not understand that there is another realm to this dimension. The true terror here is not the possessed car, but rather the owners obsession.

Okay, the story was a bit overboard but once again, Mister Kings writing abilities actually made it believable. I sometimes wonder where he digs up these ideas for books because some of them are so outrageous yet he still manages to make them seem believable. Although I don't think this is one of his best, it's still worth reading.

Christine was not just your 50s 60s novel about a kid and his car any more than Cujo was about a family and their dog.
Christine is about evil. Plain and simple, Christine is evil and taints those who own her.

King writes this book as though the car belongs to him and he is merely a character in his own book. Christine caresses then clobbers.

Solid outing from King, with some decent character development and plenty of suspense and gore. However, unlike many of his later books, this feels a little too obvious, a little too explained, and a little too dependent on high school tropes. Where a classic like IT manages to evoke childhood nostalgia while never becoming trite or pat, with complexity and layers, this book (like 'Salem's Lot) leans heavily on classic high school stand ins and doesn't do much development. The exception is Arnie and his character development is mostly due to being possessed by the malevolent spirit of an army vet. Which is not to say this isn't a fun ride (metaphorical pun intended). There is plenty of action and vengeance, plenty of emotion and uneasiness. And King is entertaining enough as a writer to be fun even when he isn't at the very top of his game.

If you read the book jacket of most of Stephen King's books you'll realize it's difficult to sum up his books into a few sentences. I had always heard this book was about an evil car that killed people. That sounds silly, and like it would be anything but quality. In true King fashion, he takes a plot line that sounds ludicrous and makes it interesting. This is still a strange story, but it's a strange story about people. King wrote characters so well early in his career, and this is a great example. Not one of his best books, it lagged quite a bit in the middle. (I'm not sure why we needed to know that Dennis' father made toys in the basement as a hobby...) I listened to the new audio recording read by Holter Graham, and I enjoyed his interpretation. If you've stayed away from this one because the plot sounds laughable, give it a chance.

The horror/suspense theme of Christine, like many other Stephen King books, is mainly suspense. From the moment I picked up this book, I couldn't put it down. The setting is in 1979 in a town in the middle part of Pennsylvania. Arnie Cunningham is a pimply-faced 17 year old who fell in love with a 1958 Plymouth Fury named Christine. Arnie bought Christine for much more than the junker that she was worth. People started noticing that Arnie changed since he bought Christine. The pimply-faced klutz was now an over-aggressive motorhead with a hair-trigger temper. Friends said "This car, I don't know why, but I get bad vibes." The book is definitely a nail-biter, and one of the best nail-biters that I have ever read.

Christine is by far my faveorite of all stephen kings novels. The story of a posessed car and the teenager that loves her. I can relate to the character of roland lebay and his spirit of unending vengeance. This is not only a must read for all of us stephen king fans but i would highly recommend to non stephen king fans. Its just an incredible book all the way around.

I just recently read The Green Mile which was very good and it made me think of his earlier work when I was a huge King fan. I thought I'd sumbit a review. Christine is so good, I read it twice (one of the few times I've ever done that!). It is a very well written and plotted novel with great character development. It took me on a ride back to those high school days of my 80's.
Of course cars don't drive around by themselves killing people, but somehow King takes the concept and nails it. Your belief is suspended and although not as scary as some of his other novels, it's still hard to put down! Give it a read.

Oh, yeah! That's more like it. Good old King. Christine is a great and brilliant horrornovel, the way that only King can write it. It's just like Overlook on wheels. The damn car is alive, it's got ghosts and zombies, it repairs itself, and it even bites! There's also plenty of humor and high-school horror in it. Arnie is in some ways like Carrie, a social misfit and loser, but Carrie was the one with the powers, here Arnie's power is Christine-a haunted '58 Plymouth Fury. I recommend this to anyone, espicially car-freaks who undoubtly will look funny at their cars after reading this novel. The film was both okay and not so okay, it could have been more scarier, but it was faithful to the book, and the actors were pretty good-the effects, too.

It is about a teenager named Arnie Cunningham who goes against his parents word to lose the car which turns out to be possessed by the original owner. He becomes obsessed about the car (1958 Plymouth Fury) and becomes a stranger to his friends and girlfriend. A lot of death and gore.

This is a wonderful book with sad undertones. The REAL message is a heartbreaking one: Friendship is one of the best things a living soul could have, and best friends should not let anything come between them. Well....something does come between the two best friends of this little gem: Christine, an evil '57 Plymouth Fury. After reading this story, you will seriousley want to spend some time and hang out with your best friend, for the book reminds you of the importance of friendship. While book two (ARNIE - TEENAGE DEATH SONGS) can get painfully boring at a few points (like when King goes off subject, a nasty little habit he has), the book is still great. It is not really a SCARY book...but it is an enjoyable, WONDERFUL read.

Reading through this book makes you want to get your teeth scraped.
The premise is unimaginative, although somewhat origional. The thrills
ont the other hand are not up to King's standards. The scares only come
about when you realize that this is a Stephen King novel and it really sucks!!!

This book contains material which is very thrilling, dark and horrid. I think this book is Stephen King's best page-turner from beginning to the end. I know of no other author who could write as long books as Stephen King without being boring. Buy this book, it's worth ANYTHING!

This book is severely overwritten. There's no real plot and would've worked better as a short story. King keeps throwing ideas around only to abandon them (at one point, a mean character tries to come up with an idea about how to use Christine to his advantage. Does he? Nope.)

And oh my goodness is this book repetitive. Characters are contantly talking about how the car gives them bad feelings. Oh, the car is ominous and it smells like death, over and over. We get it, King. The only part that scared me was the very last page, which I won't spoil for you. If only the rest of the novel was as haunting.

All the elements of a great book. Set the standard by which future works would be judged. This was the first book by Mr. King I ever read. I became a fan and have been rearely disappointed since. A book about cars, relationships and horror. What more could one ask for?
Get it! Read it! more than once.

This book is written in a very cool and unique style that is enjoyable and makes the book more fun to read. The reader will be able to connect with the characters and have a good experience reading Christine. The story twists and keeps you hooked at every relationship and killing. This is a very good book, and whether you like Stephen King or not, this book will likely provide a good read for you.

This book about a killer car is the best Stephen King book I have ever read. I loved the movie too (though at some points it did stray a bit far from the book, and infact it removed the whole ghost plot and changed the ending and a remake would not hurt). If you have not seen it, I will not spoil anything more than what I have already written. Give this great read a try.

HMMMM....this was an okay read but not one of my favorite S.K. books and I love S.K. I think all of his books are readable and should be read, but don't rush out to buy this one. I liked it all right, but I kind of wish I had just gotten it from the library or something. :) Don't get me wrong, its still written very well, only S.K. can bring a car to life! There is magic in this man's words, he says and we the readers believe but for some reasons I didn't really like this one. Well anyway, still read it! Its still a good read.

When I first bought this book I thought this was carrie but to my surprise was a google(a real number)times better.In this book a young fresh mindsaw a car that would change his life forever.After extensive bodywork it becomes part of his living breathing soul.

I received this book as a gift years ago, but it never quite caught my eye. Finally, after years of sitting on my bookshelf (and in several boxes along the way), I picked it up. Wow! This is a great, suspenseful tale woven in King's now classic way. Difficult to put down once you start and the narrator is an interesting character himself (admirable, yet flawed). This story makes you wonder-- do we choose our obsessions, or do they choose us?

As a huge Steven King fan, I'd have to rate Christine as one of his better, definately not the best but good enough.The diference between really create Steven King such as Misery and Delores Claiborne and Christine is realism. Christine is creative but wholy impobably and, therefore,less wonderfully creepy(it is after all horror we're reading)while the events in Misery are frightingly possible. Still, Christine, as a well written thriller, is defiantely entertaining and worth reading.

Stephen King introduced me to adult literature my freshmen year of highschool and I havn't quit reading his stuff since. Christine is a novel that is a super scary read, but what makes it great is the story behind it and how everybody can relate to his two main characters Arnie and Dennis. It is a dark novel that uses the highschool as its back drop and that is how it first hooked me being a Highschool sophmore at the time. That setting makes this story his most relatable yet. Anybody who went to highschool was in some way or another reminded of someone they once knew by this book.

SK does masterful work with CHRISTINE. It's about a haunted car once owned by Roland LeBay but bought from him By Arnie, a pimple-faced nobody nerd who becomes obsessed with Christine. Christine has a life of her own, she eventually takes out everyone that has hurt Arnie. There's a final showdown this is great: a gas-tanker Vs a car. Great read & worth having.

Christine is the third book I have read by this author. Cujo is my favorite, but this one is a classic murder story guarrenteed to make folks skin crawl. I recomend it to all freshman and upper-level students. Please do not e-mail me.

Don't make the mistake of taking this book too seriously! It's wonderful, witty and spooky without being hardcore terrifying. If you're looking to be scared so bad that you wet the bed, this isn't the book for you. If you want a very original and creepy little story for sheer entertainment purposes, then this is it. Also, it's poetic the way that King is able to give sinister life to this beautiful old car. If you go into this book without expectations that it's going to rival IT or THE STAND, then you'll find yourself with a very satisfying read.

I would not recommend this to people who are after cheap horror thrills nor to people who are into a professional critic's analysis of literature. This book captures, however, a time and place in America's evolution, and more importantly it is one of the most beautiful odes to the teen years. This is the third time I read Christine and It still makes me feel more human, compassionate and aware of how I looked toward life in my teenage years, rather than scared of living & hateful cars. These are some of Mr. King's strengths- beautifully crafted characters and places you love to be in your imagination.

it is a very creepy. the best book i've have ever read.his best book. it is a thiller.i don't like what happens to arnie and leigh.it is cool how the car. never mind i won't tell you cause you should read it find out.

This book is great because it hits 99.9% of all the readers, it touches in the matter of the passion for cars. The car wasn't born evil, the owner made it that way, and I would like to tell anyone that reads this review, the King lovers and the King haters, that King books are much deeper than they look, they're not only a scary story, or subjects for movies, but they touch our society, our manners and depths of our brain that is very unknown yet. So, people, start readink Stephen King with other eyes.

This is one book, like most of King's, where the film just did not do it justice. Only King can open your imagination and take it down paths you never thought existed. The humour was so enriching and so apt. In a film it just wouldn't work but your mind is so effected that almost anything is possible. King kept me reading almost non-stop. I had to sit in the ladies toilets for an hour when I got to work, just so that I could finish it! Hook, line, sinker and copy of Angling Times, this one takes you all the way. He is truly amazing.

King really outdid himself on this one. Not many peolpe can imagine a killer car and make it so real. I love the story and the depth of imagination this guy has, he's one of the few people I truely respect.

When i went into the bookstore to buy a book i looked around and settle on "Christine". The only thing i knew about it was evil car kills people. i had no idea what i was getting myself into, but i am glad i did. it was well written an very thought provoking. i really don't want ot get into detail about the plot. bu tjust trust me you'll love it.

I've read a lot of Stephen King's books. In general he tends to have a lot of stories that are character driven. The major characters in this story have really great character development behind them. A reader will really get to know his major characters in this story. Stephen King really captured what and how a typical teenager thinks. It makes for a very rich love story and great supernatural thriller.

Christine is a fab book. I couldn't put it down. It is one of my top favourites. It's about- Arnie get a new car but doesn't know it's evil. The car's called Christine. Dennis, his best friend doesn't like Christine and knows there is some strange about her. Also, Dennis and Arnie's girlfriend are really upset and angry because they think that Arnie cares more about the car then them! Dennis finds out that it's evil but Arnie doesn't believe him. And the rest... you'll have to read to find out.

This was the first Stephen King story I ever read and it hooked me on his story telling. I must say as a storyteller he just keeps getting better and better. I read in a review of one of his books that "his is an imagination to be jealous of" and I have to agree. I am jealous and inspired.

This book would have to be one of my favourie SK novel by far. The story of the two teenagers is fantastic and set in the seventies even better!!! You will remember what its like to get independence and the thrill of owning your first car!!! The story of the two friends is just wonderful. Just an awesome read of growing up.

This book kept me reading. I was taking it everywhere and man did that piss off my boyfriend. He hates to read but I couldn't put it down. Arnie's love and Christine's never say die attitude made for a terrifying man loves car story. This book never stopped! I thought it was fantasic. In fact, when I got done reading, I returned the book to the library and went and bought my own copy. And you know what, my boyfriend is reading it too!

Truly vintage King with this one. I recommend to all who like to be grapped by a book. Arnie Cunnigham is your typical 70s nerd. Roland LeBay is your typical Army veteran. Together they make one nasty team. Both characters have one common ground and that is Christine. Leigh Cabot, Arnie's girlfriend, is afraid of the car the first time she sees it. Dennis Guilder, Arnie's best friend, senses something creepy about it.

I just finished this book, and it was great. I started to read it last year, but I put it down. But last week, while at a bookstore, I saw it and bought it on impulse. It was definatley one of the best books King has written, and certainly one of his most underrated. If you like King and haven't read this modern masterpiece yet READ IT ALREADY! It will captivate you, thrill you, make you cry and cause you to lose sleep at night.

I read the book Christine because I find Stephen King and Dean Koontz to be the two best writers of all time...ever. This book was one of Stephen King's best books. If you like stuff about some pretty P.Oed cars or sneeky romances this is a book for you. Make sure you have time to read though cause its going to be hard to put it down. 8>) Also, this isnt a book for just adults im a 15 year old freshman and I loved this book!

I know some guys have this "love affair" with their cars, but I wouldn't recommend falling in love with this b#@ch. "She" doesn't just want your body, but your soul as well. talk about the car from Hell, this is it.

Maybe my problem was the fact that I saw the movie before I read the book. After I saw the movie I bought the book, but I was not impressed. Usually the book is so much better, but I found myself getting bored and skimming a lot of the time. There was so much mundane crap that had absolutley nothing to do with the storyline!! It was like good old Steve was just trying to fill up space.

This was one of Stephen King's best.It is one of his books that can scare you in real life.He can make a car become scary.Now I am sure that I'm going to be scared when I am in the car alone!I liked the way he introduced Christine right at the beginning.The only problem was he made conversations go way too long.But if this is your first Stephen King book that you have read,I am sure you will become an instant fan!

This is an excellent novel written by Stephen King. Arnie takes one look at Christine and he is possesed by the '58 Fury. Arnie becomes so obsessed with this piece of machine, not one of his friends can snap him out of this trance. Christine takes control over Arnie's mind and mass hysteria breaks out. I recommend this book to any reader who loves horror and thrills. Christine, she is pure evil.

This book makes me flip out when I see an old car. I think King dragged on and on about unnessesary items, like the history of Christine's killing ability. But other than that, it shakes the foundation of the word TERROR. Mr. King, bravo!

Great book. I loved it. The story and characters and the way it's written is so believable and kind of made me feel like I was one of the characters. I wish the movie would have taken more from the book. Excellent read.

This is a sci-fi thriller for the connoisseurs of futuristic stories. Christine is an automobile that became the vigilante for the owner of it who was killed in this automobile. This action packed story is told beautifully by Stephen King.

I thought that the book was very long, but it was still intensely interesting. The character development is amazing. The book is so in-depth that the characters seem to come alive. I read a lot, but a book this size would normally take me a week or two. I read this book in 4 days. Not my favorite Stephen King novel, but very interesting and definitely worth a read.

Christine is a rollercoaster ride of emotions. It is one of the best books Stephen King has ever written. In the course of the novel the reader experiences shock, anger, sadness, but most of all fear. This is King at his terrifying best and it is one hell of a ride. If you haven't read this book, what are you waiting for?

First off, "Christine" is one of Stephen King's best early novels, and I can't recommend it highly enough. However, note that the current paperback editions published by Simon & Schuster (specifically the Gallery and Pocket imprints) omit the rock-and-roll lyrics at the beginning of each chapter. The novel is broken into three parts—"Teenage Car-Songs," "Teenage Love-Songs," and "Teenage Death-Songs"—and each chapter's lyrics fit within the theme of the chapter's respective part. While this omission doesn't alter the narrative in any way, it does take something away from the novel's craft, not to mention that the book is now abridged.

A fair chance that Joe Lansdale had read this before he wrote Captured By the Engines, I think.

Christine is one big car that really does want to do her own thing.

A possessed demonic sort of automobile, nothing gets between her and her owner, or vice versa, or bad things happen to the in-betweener.

This book by stephen king will not let you down in the horror category. This killer car is out for blood and the build up to the climax is masterfully written by king. I recommend anyone who looked at the movie without reading the book get a copy and see what they missed. This is horror at it's v8 powered best.

Christine is spellbinding and intense. The character of Arnie Cunningham is easily related to along with his need to love and be loved, albeit by a car, Christine. The mystery of the cars supernatural beginnings and the books surprise but fitting end makes this a must read for all Stephen King fans.

Christine is the story about a boy who becomes obssessed with his car. But we learn it is so much more than that. I won't give too much away, but what follows is a nightmare ride into darkness. I read the whole book in two days that's how great it is. Read it!

I have never ever been a big reader. After this book i'm still not a big reader. I probably can't say much because well I havn't even finished the darn book yet. I'm only writing this review because I have to for a grade in American Literature for school. This book didnt interest me. In a great book I need action and suspense or attention getting right off the bat from the begginning until the very end, and this book is slow. So I will just go rent the movie so I know what happens.

Christine I think is the best book out there, it is about a boy named Arnie and his car named Christine. Christine had a "curse" of who ever wasn't nice to her of Arnie she would go out every night and kill who wasn't being nice to them.

this is only the second book of king's that i have read.my only dissapointment was that an ordinary non living thing (certainly not a 'she')was doing all the 'car'nage.but overall a very good,mature and fast paced book.

This book is really good and has tonnes of appeal to everyone into thrillers. Its about a car that has a mind of its own, however this car only thinks of revenge. When the high-school bullies that pick on its owner die gruesome deaths people get suspicious... This is taught book with a superb plot and great characters.

i have read a few of stephen kings books including "the girl who loved tom gordon " "the green mile" and i am currently reading "firestarter". i think that christine is a very good movie i haven't read the book yet but planning to read it soon.

This book is absolutly boring.I did not finsh this book for I was so bored with it.I could not believe this was King but I know he can't write everything perfect.Just don't get this book if you are not a King fan and you want to try him.Find another one of his.Agian DO NOT GET!

Just rent the movie. It's not good either, but watching it takes a lot less time than reading this book.

The killer car concept is really weak for a novel of this length. It would have made a poor short story, and if you stripped away all of King's useless passages, that's probably what you would be left with.

If you find staring at a bug zapper entertaining, then you might like Christine. The only problem is that people mentally challenged enough to be entertained by this book, are unlikely to have the attention span to finish it.

Stephen King has written several great books. Salem's Lot, The Dead Zone, Dolores Claiborne, Bag of Bones, It and The Stand rank high on my list of personal favorites. If you've read all his other books, read one of the good ones again.

I'm pretty sure he only wrote Christine to pass time between drinking binges. You know, as something to do during his crack binges.

I'm giving one star just to seperate this book and From A Buick 8, his other terrible book about an evil car. Now that book truly deserves zero stars.

Not as described (unread, part of collection, like new) This book was Very well read and has loose binding, and most important to me,there is NO DUST JACKET! Contacted seller...no help. Would not have purchased this book had I known there was no dust jacket...I wont use this vendor again