I thought the first part, half of the second part, and the third part was fun to read, but then it got overly descriptive in the final half of the second part and that was the only thing I wasn't interested in.

I will say I did feel bad for Carrie at first, but after what she did, not really. ( )

I really enjoyed this one! I am a bit surprised by just how much I liked it and am kicking myself for waiting so long to read this book. I think that I have seen pieces of the movie but have never sat down to watch the whole thing so I wasn’t overly familiar with the story. I have only read a handful of King’s work and I thought it would be interesting to go back and read his debut novel. I have to say that his talent was evident from the beginning.

I felt bad for Carrie right from the start. Her home life was absolutely horrible and the way that she was treated at school only made things worse. Carrie lives with her extremely religious mother and is forced to follow a harsh set of rules. After an incident in the high school locker room, Carrie is ready to push back against her mother. Things reach a climax at the high school prom when Carrie is crowned queen. She has recently rediscovered her telekinetic power and she has had enough. By the time the night is over, it will be a night the town will never forget.

I thought that Sissy Spacek did a fantastic job with the narration. This isn’t the first time that Ms. Spacek has brought this character to life and I thought that she was the ideal choice to voice this audiobook. I thought that she was able to add just the right amount of emotion and excitement to her reading. I do believe that her performance added to my overall enjoyment of this story.

I would not hesitate to recommend this book to others. This is one of King’s shorter works but it packs a big punch. I ended up listening to this book in a single day simply because I didn’t want to put it down. I cannot wait to read more of this author’s work. ( )

Příběh dospívající dívky s telekinetickými schopnostmi. Carrie Whiteová se snaží dostat zpod vlivu fanatické matky, její spolužačky si ji krutě dobírají, a ona rozpoutá svou děsivou sílu nad malým novoanglickými městečkem Chamberlainem...

I read this book multiple times in junior high and high school, so I can't list all the read dates, but I plan on re-reading it again. ( )

When people ask me why I hated this book I'm going to show them this image and explain that it's one of the mildest. This is one of the approximately 10 descriptions of underage teenage breasts that exist in this book. A book that has 2 rape scenes where the author insinuates that it wasn't really rape because the women enjoyed it. A book where the “pudgy”, “chubby”, protagonist is constantly described as such because "oh it's kinda from the POV of the abusers". His motives for writing these things are so thinly veiled they’re laughable.

Even with the underage nipple descriptions. Yeah we get that you somehow though yourself capable of talking about repressed sexuality, religion, puberty and self-discovery. Guess what, you could have done it better. Carrie can rub her clit for four fucking months without making it seem like teen pedophilic pornography. She can be obsessed with other girls' nipples and sexuality and still not be written in a sensationalist way. Creepy male authors man, when the hell are you going to get it right? I have yet to see a King description of a teenage boy’s penis that's the same in length, adjectives and sensuality as Carrie's nipples. I hope that I never do and I hope he stops writing these things. Buzz off creepy old man with your “wholesome intention” of writing this to provide your family a better life. Provide without leering over children’s breasts thank you very much.

I've been trying my hardest to like Stephen King. I've tried to see past his bad writing and it's true, he is able to build suspense and write exciting action scenes that make you flip the pages of his books without realizing any time has passed. But he fucking sucks at most everything else.

Bonus douchebagery points for the introduction, where he presents real life tragedies of women he knew, women who were bullied and had difficult and sad lives, as inspiration for Carrie and "tragedy porn" to titillate our interest for this story. Dude even says that he was present during their bullying but didn't intervene because what could he do, he was but a 14yo lad. Listen fuckface. If a 14yo is considered unable to operate with the freaking bare minimum of common sense and compassion because he is too young, then what business do you have sexualizing 16yo girls' breasts for 300 pages?
And give me a break. I've actually handled bullies even in kindergarten. Stop it with the lame-ass excuses.

End of rant. ( )