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  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks (13 Oct. 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1444720694
  • ISBN-13: 978-1444720693
  • Product Dimensions: 13 x 1.9 x 19.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (243 customer reviews)
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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 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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One of the few horror writers who can truly make the flesh creep (Sunday Express)

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5.0 out of 5 starsThis is where it all began
By Simon Edwards on 28 Jun. 2013
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It was like love at first sight when I first picked up this novel at the age of thirteen, loving the front cover of a girl with blood dripping down her face. I was attracted to it immediately and it would be a love affair that has lasted fifteen years.

I had just lost my dad and was completely depressed. Within the first few lines of this debut novel by my all-time favourite write Stephen King, I immediately forgot all my troubles and concerns and was engrossed within the story of the "ugly duckling girl" that was tormented by her peers, tortured emotionally and physically by her religiously demented mother and had a rare gift - the gift of telekinesis - that allowed her to move objects with her mind. I felt sorry for Carrie and suddenly started wishing that I had a gift like this, but the genius of King is the way he is able to twist this wonderful rare talent into the ultimate nightmare.

Carrie is a simple story of how a girl who has no friends, suddenly discovers the idea of women growing up and discovering her first period, a trauma for her brought on by the fact that she believes she is dying, as well as the fact that her peers believe this is just a funny joke that they can use to abuse Carrie with. This is the catalyst that starts the whole horror of what the novel Carrie really is. Through the use of false interviews and made-up articles written by King himself, the reader learns the true horror of what this girl possesses and what she has to go through to get to the point of prom night where she will use her power to enact vengeance on those that have tortured her.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsSpine Chillingly Wonderful.
By Shal on 9 Jan. 2016
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Fabulous book by the literary genius Stephen King. Another 'page turner' I couldn't put down.
Highly recommend.
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4.0 out of 5 starsFour Stars
By clinton m mcgregor on 29 April 2017
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excellent read
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4.0 out of 5 starsUnusual but effective format. Great story.
By Sarah Tilsley on 15 Nov. 2013
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What a great short novel by Mr King. It's just as good as the movie and the formatting of the letter and newspaper exerts are a great touch. They are really effective in helping the story along.
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5.0 out of 5 starsFab book
By Lucy Mitchell on 12 Dec. 2015
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A masterpiece! Loved this book.
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5.0 out of 5 starsHighly recommend
By Annabelle-Rose on 18 Mar. 2017
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This is a great book (like all of King's) and it is well worth the read
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5.0 out of 5 starsThis is where it all began
By Daniel Jolley HALL OF FAMETOP 1000 REVIEWER on 30 Nov. 2002
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As with virtually everything Stephen King has written, this is enjoyable reading. It is also a quick-read for anyone who is intimidated by the length of some of the author's later works. I think the basic premise of this story appeals to many people because Carrie is, in many ways, the ultimate underdog, a girl terrorized by an insanely religious mother, victimized and persecuted by her peers, and alienated from the world around her. Everyone in life has been a victim or a bully, and I think the story of Carrie White does impart an important lesson to the folks out there who are treating someone they know the way that Carrie's classmates treated her. For those of us more sympathetic to Carrie's plight--the high school "outcasts," the "poor," the unpopular, the nerds, etc.--the story really matters here. Many of us daydream about the revenge we will exact from those kids who made fun of us all those years ago, and Carrie White shows us that revenge is not all it is cracked up to be. Carrie's "triumph" costs many innocent people their lives, and it doesn't really do a whole lot of good for Carrie herself.
You don't need me to tell you why you should read or re-read this book. This is Stephen King. By this point in time, unless you are just coming of age, you have already read this book if you are one of King's legions of fans or even if you were ever curious about this man's phenomenal success. Even more of you have probably seen the movie. While the movie was pretty faithful to the book, not even the magic of cinema can convey the true weight and atmosphere of this (or any other) book. Carrie is also King's first published novel.Read more ›
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3.0 out of 5 starsSlightly over hyped my opinion, but a good story regardless.
By William Gallimore-Tallen on 24 Mar. 2017
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A very enjoyable story which highlights King's strengths as a writer. It is clear that he has used these areas in his works that followed.

There were a lot of very tense moments which I thought were the best parts of the book.

As usual the characters were brilliant and you could connect with each person in the story.

The only downside to Carrie (in my opinion) is the constant changes between the actual story, and segments from other books that were written in the future. It was a little frustrating sometimes when you were hooked to a certain part of the story and then all of a suddent it diverted elsewhere.

Besides that, I enjoyed the rest of the story and thought it was a good page turner.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA good place to start reading Stephen King......

This is my 1st Stephen King read (I believe this may also have been his 1st published novel)......I saw the film, years ago so I know the story-line , but I am curious to see to... Read more

Published 3 months ago by MS D.
3.0 out of 5 starsCarrie

Stephen King's 1st novel, and the 2nd time I've read it. His next few novels are masterpieces, but this isn't as bad as some make out. Read more

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5.0 out of 5 starsbecause the story itself has become such a staple of our collective...

Reading Carrie was strange, because the story itself has become such a staple of our collective consciousness that I’m pretty sure I’ve seen all sorts of parodies of it in various... Read more

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5.0 out of 5 starschilling, different, fantastic

i think that the way King shifts from each character's viewpoint seamlessly is one of the best things about this novel. Read more

Published 6 months ago by dini
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

I brought this as a gift for my sister

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4.0 out of 5 starsGreat horror!

Creepy and disturbing.... loved it.

Published 7 months ago by Georgi_Lvs_Books
4.0 out of 5 starsGreat Read.

For any Stephen King fan, Carrie is a fabulous book to see where the work started. It truly is a great piece of work leaving you in no doubt as to why he is the household name that... Read more

Published 7 months ago by Siobhan
5.0 out of 5 starsA great.

Certainly not written in any recognised 'conventional' style. The leaping from source to source and voice to voice just adds to the overall feeling of discomfort because you are... Read more

Published 7 months ago by Cerberus
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Really good just like movie

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