Carrie: Fiftieth Anniversary CLASSIC EDITION with a new introduction by Margaret Atwood
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- Condition
- New
- Dimensions
- 5.67 x 1.02 x 8.58 in
- Weight
- 13 oz
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Publication date
- March 26, 2024
- Language
- English
- Print length
- 242 pages
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A beautiful hardback classic edition of King’s first published novel, Carrie, produced for the fiftieth Anniversary, with a new introduction by Margaret Atwood. Carrie White is no ordinary girl. Carrie White has the gift of telekinesis. To be invited to Prom Night by Tommy Ross is a dream come true for Carrie—the first step towards social acceptance by her high school colleagues. But events will take a decidedly macabre turn on that horrifying and endless night as she is forced to exercise her terrible gift on the town that mocks and loathes her... Read more
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| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
|---|---|
| Publication date | March 26, 2024 |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 242 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1399731297 |
| ISBN-13 | 94 |
| Item Weight | 13 ounces |
| Dimensions | 5.67 x 1.02 x 8.58 inches |
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Welcome to my gateway book
‘They laughed at me. Threw things. They’ve always laughed.’ My TBR pile is currently grumbling fairly loudly at me but I couldn’t let the 50th anniversary of Carrie’s introduction to the world pass without a reread. I was twelve years old when I was introduced to Carrie White. A major departure from The Baby-Sitters Club, which I’d been reading prior, this was my gateway book to the Kingdom, and horror in general. Carrie wasn’t the first telekinetic person I’d met. That honour goes to Matilda Wormwood, who found her way into my heart a couple of years earlier. It was Carrie, though, who taught me righteous anger. Our high school experiences were nothing alike, yet I related to Carrie, this hurt, wronged girl railing against injustice. The angry part of preteen me found her scorched-earth approach appealing. There are a few people who knew me when I was a teenager that should be very grateful my telekinesis never kicked in. ‘Flex.’ This book had both short and long term impacts on me. Throughout high school, I thought of Carrie every time I changed back into my school uniform after PE. She also changed my reading landscape, opening up a world of books that weren’t written with kids in mind, ones that would challenge, scare and ultimately enbiggen my world. She appealed to the outsider in me, who spent high school and a significant amount of time afterwards trying to find someone who could understand me. Carrie was the first hero/villain I cheered on as they unleashed hell on those who had hurt them and the randoms whose only crime was being in the wrong place at the wrong time. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t know this story so the only thing I’ll say about this specific reread is that it’s the first time I’ve thought about how appropriate Ewen High School’s colours are: white and red. Over thirty years after my first read and several rereads later, my love for Carrie - the book and the person - remains as strong as ever. If anything, I appreciate her even more now. ‘I don’t like to be tricked.’
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Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2024 by Schizanthus Nerd
It's clear why this was a hit book/movie
Although "Carrie" was published 30 years ago, I just recently read it. I have never seen the film, but the story has been made familiar to anyone who's been paying attention, so it wasn't really much of a surprise to me. That said, the story contains enough shocking elements to make it a page turner. I think what's fascinating is that here we are in this world full of hateful, bullying people, who still do not hesitate to try to crush someone that they think is different. In this case, the great twist of the story is that "Carrie" gets her revenge in a very unique way, and everyone, nearly everyone pays for the way they treated her. The story has elements of cruelty, shock, brutality, ugliness, great humor, tenderness, religious hysteria, sexual undertones, repression -- I mean, Mr. King covers the waterfront. You really have to stay with the story, because he weaves in and out of the present and the past, and it sometimes takes a moment to recalibrate. Also, it includes standard prose, but it also includes news bulletins and references to supposed testimony and books and articles that were written about "the event." It's all fascinating, but you can't just casually pick it up; you have to pay attention. The only reason I'm not giving it 5 is because I honestly felt it went on too long. It felt like there was a clear ending, and then he kept going. But what it proved more than anything else is that Stephen King had/has what it takes and I eagerly look forward to reading more of his books. (And now, onto the movie version!)
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Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2024 by Davalon
Carrie: Beautiful, Interesting, and Incredibly Sad
Spoilers ahead: As a huge fan of the 1976 film "Carrie," I decided to buy the book to read the story as first told. I figured a movie that made me feel so sad had needed to be looked into a little further to seek to understand it a little better. Maybe this way, I wouldn't feel as sad about Carrie's tragic life and ultimate end. However, the book made me feel just about as sad. Carrie White is a student at Ewen High School. She is an outsider who is constantly bullied by her peers due to her unappealing appearance, her shyness, and her mother's erratic behavior. She also discovers that she has the incredible power of telekinesis. When she has her first period in the showers, her classmates mock her by telling her to "plug it up!" and by throwing sanitary towels and tampons at her rather than helping her. The terrified girl has no idea about what a woman's menstruation is and believes she is dying, as no one taught her about it. Her gym teacher Miss Desjardin helps Carrie through this and punishes the girls for their behavior, which is one week's detention with her. Chris Hargensen, who is the ringleader of the bullies, leaves detention early and is suspended, and ultimately forbidden to go to the Senior Prom. This, in her mind, is all Carrie's fault. Meanwhile at home, Carrie's unstable and religious fanatic of a mother (Margaret White) punishes her for having her first period by locking her in a "prayer closet." This is something that is accustomed in the White household as the book explains Carrie sometimes spends days in the closet, leading to exhaustion and sleeping in her own waste. It's just so sad reading parts of the story like this. One of the bullies, Sue Snell, feels sorry for what she did to Carrie so she asks her boyfriend (Tommy Ross) to take the girl to the prom. He asks Carrie to the prom, which unlike the movie, she accepts almost right away though awkwardly. Margaret is unhappy with this of course and tries to make Carrie stay home from prom, which she is unsuccessful at. Carrie and Tommy are elected prom king and queen as part of a plan devised by Chris Hargensen and her boyfriend Billy Nolan. Their plan is to dump pig's blood on both of them as a prank for getting Chris in trouble. Once the blood is dropped on both of them, the bucket falls on Tommy and kills him. Carrie runs out of the gym in humiliation as everyone yet again is laughing at her. She then remembers her telekinetic powers.... From outside, she locks all of the gym doors and what at first was a plan to just throw the prank back on all of the other students, turned into a massacre. Students and faculty are electrocuted, burned, and suffocated inside the school by the use of Carrie's powers. Unlike the 1976 movie, Carrie's vengeance continues throughout the town. She is able to use telepathy to communicate to the citizens of Chamberlain that she is in fact the one wreaking havoc on the town. Carrie visits a church to pray before going home, where her mother is there waiting there to kill her as she think that Carrie is using Satan's powers. Margaret White stabs Carrie in the shoulder when she returns home. Carrie kills her mother by stopping her heart in self-defense. Carrie then travels to local bar called The Cavalier to confront Chris and Billy, who had been sleeping together there. She is able to kill both of them by slamming their car into the side of the building. Sue Snell is able reach Carrie at the bar, who is dying. Carrie and Sue use telepathy to speak to each other. It is revealed to Carrie that Sue had good intentions all along and is forgiven by Carrie. As a last action before death, Carrie makes Sue miscarry her child that was conceived with Tommy as her period arrives. We then learn from the last few paragraphs that other people may in fact possess the great power of telekinesis. This is a great book that I literally read in one setting. I couldn't put it down because it is so intriguing. Once again, like the 1976 movie, we can't help but feel compassion for Carrie. The story is just so tragic. A tortured girl who just wanted to fit in and be normal, but was never given the chance. Stephen King uses a lot of court room dialog and news articles to tell certain parts of the story, such as the time a very young Carrie created a rain of ice stones to fall on the White house after a confrontation with her mother. I thought this was an excellent way to tell the story by giving us many different points of view. The book really makes you feel Carrie's isolation and sadness. The part that actually made me cry was the poem she wrote in her 7th grade class. The quote is posted on the picture I posted for this review. It's just so sad to think a child feels that helpless and alone. The description of the very small closet that she is forced to pray in also is unsettling. Stephen King was at the top of his game with his first published novel "Carrie." It is a very well written book that fills the reader with emotion and makes us want to reread it. I now know why the 1976 movie was so great: the novel in which it was based upon was excellent.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2019 by Justin Meyer Justin Meyer