Carrie

Electronic resource

English language

Published Dec. 15, 2008 by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

ISBN:
978-0-385-52883-2
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OCLC Number:
429652308

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3 stars (6 reviews)

The story of misfit high-school girl, Carrie White, who gradually discovers that she has telekinetic powers. Repressed by a domineering, ultra-religious mother and tormented by her peers at school, her efforts to fit in lead to a dramatic confrontation during the senior prom. ([source][1])

Also contained in:

  • [The Shining / 'Salem's Lot / Night Shift / Carrie][2]

See also:

  • [Selected from Carrie][3]

[1]: stephenking.com/library/novel/carrie.html [2]: openlibrary.org/works/OL19558521W [3]: openlibrary.org/works/OL11018609W/Selected_from_Carrie

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This is another one of those books that, being a Stephen King fan, I can’t believe I’d never read. Second book written, first one published, if I remember correctly (for what it’s worth, I don’t think Carrie was as good as [b:'Salem's Lot|11590|'Salem's Lot|Stephen King|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1327891565l/11590.SY75.jpg|3048937]).

I saw the movie a really long time ago, in the 80s or maybe the early 90s. I can’t remember very much of it at all, but I’m almost certain it wasn’t as detailed, or as gruesome or heart-wrenching, as the book.

Carrie is the ultimate story of bullying gone wrong. My book, [b:Stingers|49404106|Stingers|Graham Downs|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1576660938l/49404106.SY75.jpg|40865726], doesn’t even come close (prove me wrong: read both of them and tell me what you think!). The horrors that girl’s peers put her through... not to mention the isolation her mother put her through. To be a seventeen-year-old girl and not know what a period …

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