A review by miriam_mal
Carrie by Stephen King

dark tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Kind of weird to rate this because here’s the thing: I hate horror and gore but I really wanted to read a Stephen king novel to know what the hype was about. He’s such a popular and successful author. I didn’t intend originally for this to be my first choice until I saw a post online commenting on how Carrie is “one of the most human girls” and it was available on my library app so I checked it out immediately. It was a real page turner and I think King’s writing is pretty tight. Read it in 2 days. The earlier parts about carrie’s mother’s religious fanaticism were like a car wreck I couldn’t look away from. I think this may live in my head for a bit. So by all accounts in terms of its construction I should probably be giving this book a higher rating. It’s just such nasty content in the second half that I don’t want to - which again, I knew I’d feel that way going in.  
I probably will read other stephen king books but I’ll check out which ones are less horror/gore oriented. We’ll see. 
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