Carrie

Stephen King

Jun 2008 · Sold by Vintage

About this ebook

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY MARGARET ATWOOD •  Stephen King's legendary debut, the bestselling smash hit that put him on the map as one of America's favorite writers • In a world where bullies rule, one girl holds a secret power. Unpopular and tormented, Carrie White's life takes a terrifying turn when her hidden abilities become a weapon of horror.

"Stephen King’s first novel changed the trajectory of horror fiction forever. Fifty years later, authors say it’s still challenging and guiding the genre."  —Esquire
 
“A master storyteller.” —The Los Angeles Times • “Guaranteed to chill you.” —The New York Times • "Gory and horrifying. . . . You can't put it down." —Chicago Tribune
 
Unpopular at school and subjected to her mother's religious fanaticism at home, Carrie White does not have it easy. But while she may be picked on by her classmates, she has a gift she's kept secret since she was a little girl: she can move things with her mind. Doors lock. Candles fall. Her ability has been both a power and a problem. And when she finds herself the recipient of a sudden act of kindness, Carrie feels like she's finally been given a chance to be normal. She hopes that the nightmare of her classmates' vicious taunts is over . . . but an unexpected and cruel prank turns her gift into a weapon of horror so destructive that the town may never recover.

Ratings and reviews

The very first book of many but it still holds, not only its powerful story on its own but for everybody who had ever experiences with bullies, this can be more then heartbreaking, book or movie with Spacek, its very good in making you feel why all this had to happen and there was never a choice to begin with, there is just as much as person can handle in theyr limits, even the best person can have these dark thoughts about revenge upon those who only hurts, the difference is when you actually have the power, can you control self or fall into a rage. Technically this book is well written still to this day, little nickpick being the sometimes disconnected storytelling, view points of many people and news or published works at the beginning was not my thing, but it all clicks together at the end and makes it more unique that way.

I enjoyed this very much even though there are differences from the movie

I loved this Novel way more than its film adaptation, even though the character Carrie was excellently portrayed by Sissy Spacek. I especially liked the in-depth backstory and the POV of the supporting characters. I felt a deep compassion for Carrie's character in the novel that the movie editor simply did not elicit. A+++

About the author

STEPHEN KING is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and an AT&T Audience Network original television series). His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, and Doctor Sleep are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.