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Carrie by Stephen King

335 reviews

gucciscumbag's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

vagrantheather's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

That opening scene was a little too scandalously upsetting for me. A good read though, and I liked the epistolary format. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Death, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: Miscarriage, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

anniereadsthings's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Blood, Grief, and Murder

crowvaea's review against another edition

dark sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

rachelflom's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

An engaging story! I loved Carrie as a character and wanted for her to find the love and respect she deserved. I also liked the bits about telekinesis as a study subject and the cliffhanger at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

madsrosehea's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I’ve always wanted to read this and I’m so glad I did. Such a thrilling, frightening story, Stephen King is the master storyteller 🔥

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

ashwatever98's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Genocide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Sexual content, Car accident, and Pregnancy

I've been wanting to read this book for a long time and I am happy I did. The overall story was solid and it shows how you should never underestimate someone. Such an absolute classic.

skysbooknook's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Sexual content, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

httpscl0d4gh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Murder

chezler24's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

There's always something about Halloween/October that makes me want to pick up a Stephen King. We also had a 50 Years of Stephen King display at work, so I figured I'd better brush up on his work to get myself in the right headspace for designing the display. For this year's pick, I decided to revisit a previous read via audiobook. I figured Carrie would be a great pick with its fragmented storytelling devices from books to new reports to various POVs of different characters. We have notes of power, religion, trauma, high school torment, etc. all brewing to create the perfect environment for what occurred in this little town. King does an excellent job at clearly defining his characters so that each is easily discernable even with just a small amount of seeing them on the page. I heard this book was getting adapted into a tv series and it'll be interesting to see if it will stay more true to this book's format or if it will follow the movies' routes. It's wild to think that this book is the one that started Stephen King's career! Here's to 50 Years of King. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, and Blood

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault