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Puberty blues
Though many of the themes explored in King's first novel - the onset of puberty, teen angst, peer pressure and marginalisation - are developed further in n... READ MORE
Intruiging
A darkly intruiging book, bringing back nostalgia of school days... It follows the story of Carrie and the slow destruction of her and everyone around her'... READ MORE
Impeccable
Honestly one of the best Stephen King books I’ve read! The gradual build up in tension to the horrific conclusion is masterful, the prose scattered with me... READ MORE
Publisher information
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- ISBN: 9780340770528
- Number of pages: 224
Customer Reviews
View allWhere It All Started.
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 i... READ MORE
Half decent
It's the epistolary style which ruins this otherwise good novel. The letters/newspaper clippings don't really add to the plot or give further insight into ... READ MORE
Carrie
The iconic story by Stephen King is a short but bloody read. For me, though, the way it is written ruined the story. The main story is interspersed with ex... READ MORE
Welcome to my gateway book
My TBR pile is currently grumbling fairly loudly at me but I couldn’t let the 50th anniversary of Carrie’s introduction to the world pass without a reread.... READ MORE
Dark and twisted
This was my first foray into the bizarre world of Stephen King and wow, what an introduction it was. This book draws you in completely and you soon find yo... READ MORE
Good
I bought this book to see how similar it was to the movie (I prefer the movie) but the book is still pretty good.
Stephen King is one of my favourite aut... READ MORE
One of his best books
Carrie was one of his first books and personally Is my favourite. Id recommend to anyone starting to read Stephen King. Her story is so sad and is written ... READ MORE
Beautiful but just short of outstanding
Lovely copy of Carrie and looks beautiful amongst my King collection. The cover is just gorgeous. That said, I was a little disappointed there was nothing ... READ MORE
My first Stephen King read!
I’ve been wanting to read Stephen King’s works for a while now so I started with his first book and I’m so glad I did. I really enjoyed this book however I... READ MORE
Welcome to my gateway book
My TBR pile is currently grumbling fairly loudly at me but I couldn’t let the 50th anniversary of Carrie’s introduction to the world pass without a reread.... READ MORE
CAN’T BELIEVE HIS FIRST BOOK WAS THIS GOOD
Probably saying nothing new here, but Carrie was great, and having watched the film a few times, I’m happy to say that I think I prefer the book now having... READ MORE
Carrie was a 4/5
Good story and a amazing and cruel ending. Only issue was it became a bit confusing at some points with the frequent perspective and time changes. Other th... READ MORE