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Title: Carrie by Stephen King ISBN: 0-671-03972-5 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (329 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: King's first book is still my favorite.
Comment: CARRIE is a terrific book on its own; as a debut, it is simply astonishing. King's first effort does not at all seem the work of a novice. I loved the device of using excerpts from books and articles supposedly written about Carrie White and Prom Night; these chapters give an almost documentary feel to the book. In fact, for some reason, this book reminds me vaguely of HELTER SKELTER, which was, of course, a true story.
Another thing that lends atmosphere to this is King's use of parentheses to show the reader his characters' thoughts and impressions (did he invent this? I can't think of another author who does this), giving the reader a real feeling of identity with the characters.
It is also a very moving book; in addition to being a jolly good horror story, the characters evoke real feelings of sympathy. Carrie's plight is a familiar one; King evokes the middle-class high school pecking order with devastating accuracy, and the story, ultimately, is not only scary, but very sad.
It made a very good movie, incidentally. I recommend both. I've read a lot of Stephen King, but this one is still my favorite.
Rating: 2
Summary: Raw, dirty and very repulsive
Comment: I am not a big fan of Stephen King books, although I have only read three of this books. The first one I read was "Carrie". I saw the film, loved it, so gave the novel a try. I must say it`s difficult to get imagery from this book, and I did not find King`s use of words powerful or frightening at all. They were too raw and unpleasantly accurate to intrigue me. But what really aggravated me about "Carrie" is the way King constructed newspaper articles, obituaries, and interviews into the story. It totally weakened the plot, and it sort of got confusing at times. Brian De Palma`s classic film adaptation, I feel, is a lot better. The plot was produced with more focus on adolescence, and the severe emotions the main characters felt. There also a lot more powerful and unexpected moments. The book just didn`t do anything for me.
Rating: 5
Summary: READ THIS BOOK NOW!!
Comment: Carrie (by Stephen King) is wonderful example of occult and suspensful writing. Ahhhhhh who am i kidding im not that fancy!! ^_^ THAT BOOK IS THE BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ SENSE ( did i spell that right??) 'Salems Lot (also by Stephen King) It's about a school girl named Carrie White. She is abused in school mentally and outside of school she has a psycho mom that is a overly religous ad locks Carrie in a closet and mkes her pray. then her classmates abuse her in a way that im proably not allowed to put on the internet!! ^_^ you'll hafta find out how the do it by reading this wondeful occult mystery (go to Stephenking.com IT ROCKS )
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Title: The Shining by Stephen King ISBN: 0743424425 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 28 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Salem's Lot by Stephen King ISBN: 0671039741 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: It by Stephen King ISBN: 0451169514 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: June, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Cujo by Stephen King ISBN: 0451161351 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: 03 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Firestarter by Stephen King ISBN: 0451167805 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 02 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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