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Carrie by Stephen King

47 reviews

grave_liminal's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.5

The objectification of women and minors, as well as the glorification of sexual assault, makes this book extremely hard to read. It also opens a very large discussion about fatphobia in literature, as well as the lazy useless usage of slurs. 

If you removed every single female description and sex scene from this book, it would’ve been a solid 4 stars. The repetition of the “breast” descriptions were so frequent that it seemed like a joke, a book written by a 12 year old boy. Disappointed that this was my first experience reading a King novel, and it left a bad taste in my mouth. I would barely recommend it other than the purpose of being able to say you’ve read a horror classic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death and Fatphobia

Minor: Homophobia, Miscarriage, and Racial slurs

planetshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

4.0

This writing layout is strange and dense, and I can't decide whether I like it.

I’m always upset when I think about Carrie. Her experience on this planet was so fucked.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Minor: Body shaming, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

maria_vkl'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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

andylpzgal's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Blood, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

amysanti27's review against another edition

dark sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

For The Spooky Halloween Season And After Finishing My Reading Challenge I Thought I Would Finally Venture Into The World Of Stephen King. This Book Was Interesting It Was Almost Like Watching A Netflix Documentary But Reading It. There Are Some Outdated Terms As A Warning And Outdated Views That I Do Not Support But Overall It Was A Great Short Read And Very Similar To The Movies.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, and Death of parent

effys's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I’m gonna start this off by acknowledging that this is going to be a brutal review because I have strong opinions about Stephen Kings writing. I feel like Stephen King writes with a highly sexist and racist undertone (this is only the second of his books I’ve read and I’ve not read anything recent of his). I have only read this and IT but he managed to find a way to put the N word in both books and there was at least 2 occasions he mentioned minstrel shows very casually in this book, there was also a point where he described Carrie as looking like an “Indian wearing war paint” which made me very uncomfortable to read. 

King seems to be one of those male authors who is convinced women think about their breasts 24/7 as there were so many moments in this book where breasts were brought up unnecessarily including one occasion where a schoolgirls nipples are highly sexualised (creepy af 🤢). 

Overall the story was good but I feel like there is a lot of improvement to be had in Kings writing so I hope as I read some of his more recent works I see an improvement.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

jenna_justi2004's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and War

jourdanicus's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

A classic for most people, I'm sure, this is only my second read by King. It is such a well crafted story, I enjoyed it the whole way through. Some things I usually personally dislike (such as female characters written by male authors) I was able to overlook because of the quality of the writing. I'm glad to have finally read what seems to be a germinal piece in the horror genre - I can already see how other fiction has been so influenced by Carrie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Blood, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Death and Toxic relationship

Minor: Miscarriage

johnreadsthings's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

*Editing my review, because I learned that this is King's first book. I thought it was Salem's Lot. In line with that, the criticism I've included didn't seem as valid as I thought it'd be because this was literally King's debut work.*

This is a career-defining book for King and I can see why. It's a scary and memorable story. The introduction was amazing and the inclusion of excerpts from books, news articles, and recorded court interrogations were inspired and made the whole thing much more interesting.

In this debut work, King's distinctive style of character writing was teased. And although it still wasn't in their best (he'd have hundreds of stories to compensate for that), it already took shape and it was already compelling as it was. Having read future works by him, I saw how much he'd improved from this. But Carrie alone was already a stunner. 

Lastly, I was expecting a cathartic ending, and though the aftermath was powerful on its own, the conclusion still felt messy and sort of anticlimactic. Brian De Palma's closing on his Carrie film adaptation was much more satisfying and horrific, a final scare that would linger. It was said that even King himself liked De Palma's ending than his own. But still, Carrie will always be one of King's most well-known story with a lasting legacy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

sg124's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Racism, Rape, and Car accident

Minor: Miscarriage