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Carrie by Stephen King

19 reviews

itsheyfay's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Bullying, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Car accident, Classism, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Abandonment, Fatphobia, Sexual violence, and Self harm

Minor: Rape, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Antisemitism, and Miscarriage

emnime's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Gore, Blood, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Sexual content, Bullying, Death, Car accident, Murder, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Violence, Rape, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts

scip's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, Sexism, Violence, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Car accident, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Blood, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Fatphobia, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gore, Racial slurs, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Murder, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Police brutality, Animal cruelty, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexism, Animal death, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Racism and Racial slurs

juliafritz's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A

4.0

Amaizing writing. Perfect if you like horror and gore. I just love King's way of explaining relationships and conflicts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Blood, Sexual content, Murder, Alcohol, Death, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Gore, Gaslighting, Violence, Religious bigotry, Emotional abuse, and Bullying

weepingstones's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Suicide, Bullying, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Fatphobia, Death, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Self harm, and Religious bigotry

taviarz's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.75

Idk if I’ll ever be able to give a King book 5 stars because of the amount of slurs he uses unnecessary. That aside I’m very worried about people who say that this is a “good for her” book. It’s a tragedy and I feel sympathy for Carrie but

killing all of your classmates for revenge is definitely school shooter energy, please get help.

other than that it’s a pretty normal Stephen King book. The way Margaret and Misery were written were almost exactly the same. And he really cannot write convincing dialogue for women. But at the end of the day he’s able to pull you in and tell a good story so what can I say.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Racism, Murder, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Blood, Violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Grief, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Rape, Death, Cursing, Confinement, Child death, Bullying, Mental illness, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, and Injury/Injury detail

directorpurry's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Bullying

books_inthecity's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

I haven’t read really any horror novels before, so thus begins my goal of reading every stephen king book in release order. As it’s the first book, I was a little underwhelmed. I also didn’t expect to feel so bad for Carrie,

honestly like getting me to think the town deserved it. Or at least, her bullies and mother did.

I want to watch the movies now, but I’m cutting King some slack since I know its the first one. The religious trauma is strong in this one. I also feel like there are some questionable phrases and themes in this book (although I know it takes place and was written in the 70s, its not much excuse). But I trek ever onward through King’s bibliography. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Murder, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Rape, Death of parent, Mental illness, Gore, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Toxic relationship, and Animal death

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Abortion, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

heyfernance's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I love Carrie, this book saved me in highschool. Unfortunately it's peppered with unnecessary racial slurs and strange misogynistic asides. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Bullying, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

autisticmisabel's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Misogyny, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Excrement, Alcohol, Death of parent, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Rape, Car accident, and Sexual content

Minor: Chronic illness and Toxic relationship