[.ca] Carrie (ISBN 0671039725)

From Amazon.com:
Why read Carrie? Stephen King himself has said that he finds his early work "raw," and Brian De Palma's movie was so successful that we feel like we have read the novel even if we never have. The simple answer is that this is a very scary story, one that works as well--if not better--on the page as on the screen. Carrie White, menaced by bullies at school and her religious nut of a mother at home, gradually discovers that she has telekinetic powers, powers that will eventually be turned on her tormentors. King has a way of getting under the skin of his readers by creating an utterly believable world that throbs with menace before finally exploding. He builds the tension in this early work by piecing together extracts from newspaper reports, journals, and scientific papers, as well as more traditional first- and third-person narrative in order to reveal what lurks beneath the surface of Chamberlain, Maine. News item from the Westover (ME) weekly Enterprise, August 19, 1966: "Rain of Stones Reported: It was reliably reported by several persons that a rain of stones fell from a clear blue sky on Carlin Street in the town of Chamberlain on August 17th." Although the supernatural pyrotechnics are handled with King's customary aplomb, it is the carefully drawn portrait of the little horrors of small towns, high schools, and adolescent sexuality that give this novel its power, and assures its place in the King canon. --Simon Leake

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WOW!!:
This is the second book i read of Stephen King after Hearts in Atlantis and i must say each book sometimes makes me feel emotions I don't want to.The character "Carrie" was a brilliant one and it definitely opened my eyes to the subject of TK.I felt great pain for Carrie and everyone around the world like her who have to go through some very very rough years in school and sometimes also in university and feel ashamed of how we treat people without thinking.

The Movie is Better:
I was 11 years old the first time I read this book and it frightened me terribly. I remember having to hide the book when I wasn't reading it because just looking at it scared me! Re-reading it as an adult, I didn't feel the same way at all. This is King's first book and you can tell. It is a short, fast read and not particularly scary, frightening or even gross. I did really enjoy the epistolary aspects of the novel written from newspaper accounts and books by the participants. I think the scenes of Carrie's mother are the creepiest because as a parent it is terrifying to imagine a parent abusing their child like that. It's hard to not compare the book with the movie (which I've seen several times) but in this case I think I prefer the movie to the book.

King's First Book, and One of His Best:
Though "Carrie" is definitely the work of a writer who is still finding his voice, it is a remarkably tight and gripping book, and remains one of my personal favorites of King's work. The tale told by King and King's wife Tabitha, about how she literally pulled the first pages of the book out of a trash can, read them, and then encouraged King to continue with the story he had started, is somewhat apocryphal now. Nevertheless, upon reading the first few chapters of "Carrie" one can see what grabbed her attention. The reader is immediately involved in the story and irresistably drawn all the way to the end. The story of Carrie White is that of someone who is essentially ordinary (almost painfully so), but with an extraordinary ability. How these two elements come together is the substance of the book, and there is a lot of substance here, both in terms of storytelling and thematic material. King's talent for strong character and capturing the feel of everyday life is already obvious in this book, and it is put to good use. "Carrie" remains one of King's most compelling works, even 30 years after it was written. Thank goodness Mrs. King had the wherewithal to get him to finish it!

Different than most King books-which is good:
I read Pet Sematary and The Shining and wasn't too impressed(well actcully I wasn't impressed at all) but I decided to give Carrie a try anyway. I'm glad I did. Carrie isn't a horror novel. It won't keep you up in the middle of the night. But it is chilling. It's thought proviking. it's eerie and disturbing. The only thing i would change would be i would have had mroe excerts from Suzan Snell's book. But other than that it was great.

Carrie by Stephen King:
Carrie was the first book I have ever read by Stephen King. It is a great horror story about a girl who basicly gets back at her enemies. Carrie has been tricked and tourched. She has a freak mom and sooner or later it all comes to an end. I would reccomend this book to anyone who likes books about getting revenge, Likes Stephen King books, or someone who has never read Stephen King. It is a great first selection!