The 50th anniversary cover of Stephen King's Carrie with a burning building as the background
Stephen King's Carrie is a horror classic, but I only read it for the first time in 2024 — and doing so cleared up some misconceptions I had about the book after years of hearing about it. King's first novel debuted in 1974, telling the story of a teenage outcast with telekinesis. Carrie White is eventually driven to massacre the classmates and town that spends so much of her life humiliating and ostracizing her.
Having so many different perspectives offers a well-rounded take on Carrie White's story, and it drives home just how subjective the reporting of tragedies can be. It also highlights one of the larger themes from King's book: that conformity can lead people to make choices they normally wouldn't. All of this came together nicely with Carrie's different perspectives, which proved to be one of my favorite aspects of the book.
6 Carrie Slowly Unravels What Happens Later Through Various Media The Reporting On Telekinesis & Carrie's Massacre Was A Highlight Just as I wasn't expecting to get so many perspectives on Carrie White's story, I also didn't realize how much epistolary writing there would be in King's first book. King slowly reveals what happens the night of Carrie's prom through a series of reporting about the incident, whether it's from books, news clips, or interviews.
4 Carrie's Home Life Was Way Harder To Read Than The Bullying The Incidents At Carrie's School Dominate Conversations About The Story I knew Carrie was driven to the book's massacre by bullying, but I didn't realize what a large role her home life played until reading King's novel. Both the bullying scenes and the abuse from her mother were difficult to stomach, but I found the latter much harder to read.
Even when Carrie rebels against her mother and goes to prom, she continuously has thoughts that highlight how much Margaret's ideology has affected her.
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