Carrie
Carrie
Carrie
by Stephen King
First publication:
5 April 1974
Genre: science fiction,
horror, fantasy, thriller
Main characters of the book are:
• Carrie White - the protagonist of the novel who possesses telekinetic powers and
is constantly tormented by her peers.
• Margaret White - Carrie's mother who is deeply religious and abusive towards
her daughter.
My favorite part of the book was to see how the teenagers interact between them, and
how they are depicted by the author. The dialogues between them felt genuine, and I
liked especially to follow Sue trying to make it up for the incident in the showers with the
help of Tommy.
There aren’t really any parts of this book that I didn’t like. But if I had to say one thing, it
would be the scene where Chris and Billy set up the bucket with pigs blood in the school,
where the prom will take place. My problem with this part isn’t narrative, but that Stephen
King drags with this scene for a full page long, describing in detail every step the two take
in order to set that bucket with blood, and it doesn’t need to be this long because it’s not
essential to the plot.
Overall, I enjoyed this book a lot, and I would recommend it because it’s a great piece of
fiction, and it can teach you to be more kind to people because you don’t know how much
they struggle.