Joy101 reviewed Carrie / Carrie by Stephen King
None
(not provided)
Paperback, 320 pages
Chinese language
Published Sept. 30, 2011 by 皇冠文化出版有限公司.
如果這本書沒從垃圾桶撿回來，世界上將不會有故事天王史蒂芬‧金…… 史蒂芬‧金出道代表作全新譯本 改編拍成電影，由驚悚名導布萊恩狄帕瑪執導，榮獲奧斯卡最佳女主角、女配角提名！ 影評人老嘉華、台北金馬獎影展執行委員會執行長聞天祥、閱讀部落客劉韋廷著魔推薦！
被排擠的孤單、被當笑柄的難堪……現在，嘉莉要加倍地還給那些人！ 從小嘉莉就生活在母親宗教狂熱的陰影下，祈禱室是最熟悉的地方。她想逃，不想在那個所謂「安全紅圈」中總是為莫須有的罪懺悔！她也想和同伴高唱青春之歌，但害羞的個性和瘦小的外形卻總是淪為大夥兒惡作劇欺凌的對象。 十六歲那年，第一次月經來潮更是帶給嘉莉嚴重的打擊，當鮮血從她的腿上流淌下來時，同學邊丟擲衛生棉邊起鬨著取笑。嘉莉羞憤地逃回家，母親卻反而狠狠地踢打了她一頓，還要她跪求神的寬恕。 為什麼別人的青春多采多姿，她卻要承受如此悲慘的命運？嘉莉的世界被絕望填滿了，而蟄伏在她體內深處的那股狂暴魔力也開始悄悄甦醒……
《魔女嘉莉》是史蒂芬‧金正式出道的第一部小說，他原本不甚滿意，寫了一半就丟到垃圾桶裡。幸好他的妻子慧眼獨具，把稿子搶救回來，並鼓勵他繼續完成，文壇天王才因此一鳴驚人！書中完全展現史蒂芬‧金對人性的細膩描摹以及獨特的恐怖氣氛，從此奠定無人能複製的「金」字招牌！
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
如果這本書沒從垃圾桶撿回來，世界上將不會有故事天王史蒂芬‧金…… 史蒂芬‧金出道代表作全新譯本 改編拍成電影，由驚悚名導布萊恩狄帕瑪執導，榮獲奧斯卡最佳女主角、女配角提名！ 影評人老嘉華、台北金馬獎影展執行委員會執行長聞天祥、閱讀部落客劉韋廷著魔推薦！
被排擠的孤單、被當笑柄的難堪……現在，嘉莉要加倍地還給那些人！ 從小嘉莉就生活在母親宗教狂熱的陰影下，祈禱室是最熟悉的地方。她想逃，不想在那個所謂「安全紅圈」中總是為莫須有的罪懺悔！她也想和同伴高唱青春之歌，但害羞的個性和瘦小的外形卻總是淪為大夥兒惡作劇欺凌的對象。 十六歲那年，第一次月經來潮更是帶給嘉莉嚴重的打擊，當鮮血從她的腿上流淌下來時，同學邊丟擲衛生棉邊起鬨著取笑。嘉莉羞憤地逃回家，母親卻反而狠狠地踢打了她一頓，還要她跪求神的寬恕。 為什麼別人的青春多采多姿，她卻要承受如此悲慘的命運？嘉莉的世界被絕望填滿了，而蟄伏在她體內深處的那股狂暴魔力也開始悄悄甦醒……
《魔女嘉莉》是史蒂芬‧金正式出道的第一部小說，他原本不甚滿意，寫了一半就丟到垃圾桶裡。幸好他的妻子慧眼獨具，把稿子搶救回來，並鼓勵他繼續完成，文壇天王才因此一鳴驚人！書中完全展現史蒂芬‧金對人性的細膩描摹以及獨特的恐怖氣氛，從此奠定無人能複製的「金」字招牌！
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
brenticus reviewed Carrie by Stephen King
None
4 stars
I often struggle with narratives where there is such overt, cruel, and public bullying happening over a long period of time. It speaks to such a large societal failure to deal with such instances that it beggars belief.
I thought I would feel the same way about Carrie, but I don't. She and her family are so messed up that people don't know what to do about them. Sue and Tommy, for good reasons or not, actually make an attempt to help her. And when it all goes to hell it does so in such a way that it becomes hard to feel that much pity for Carrie in the end.
It's a tense, fast, terrible story that never really tries to surprise you but always has you hooked in anyways. Super good read.
I often struggle with narratives where there is such overt, cruel, and public bullying happening over a long period of time. It speaks to such a large societal failure to deal with such instances that it beggars belief.
I thought I would feel the same way about Carrie, but I don't. She and her family are so messed up that people don't know what to do about them. Sue and Tommy, for good reasons or not, actually make an attempt to help her. And when it all goes to hell it does so in such a way that it becomes hard to feel that much pity for Carrie in the end.
It's a tense, fast, terrible story that never really tries to surprise you but always has you hooked in anyways. Super good read.
I thought I would feel the same way about Carrie, but I don't. She and her family are so messed up that people don't know what to do about them. Sue and Tommy, for good reasons or not, actually make an attempt to help her. And when it all goes to hell it does so in such a way that it becomes hard to feel that much pity for Carrie in the end.
It's a tense, fast, terrible story that never really tries to surprise you but always has you hooked in anyways. Super good read.
Guillermo Latorre reviewed Carrie / Carrie by Stephen King
Cuatro casi-cinco estrellas
4 stars
Todos los libros que he leído de King hasta ahora me han enganchado por completo y Carrie ha sido uno más. Empecé a leerlo y, al día siguiente, me sorprendí pensando en la historia en varios momentos, con ganas de continuar. Y eso que es una historia muy conocida. Quizá por esto último le pongo cuatro estrellas y no cinco, por no tener ese factor sorpresa, pero lo he disfrutado mucho. Reseña completa: guillermolatorre.com/libros/carrie
Harry reviewed Carrie by Stephen King (Bastei Lübbe Taschenbuch, Band 13121)
Spannender Horror-Thriller mit fulminantem Showdown
5 stars
Ausführliche Rezension unter downatharrys.de/stephen-king-carrie
Foni reviewed Carrie by Stephen King (Biblioteca Stephen King, 8; Bestseller, 102)
Sorprende para bien
4 stars
Bueno creo que todos conocemos la historia de Carrie de manera mas o menos completa, si no es por la peli es por las miles y miles de referencias culturales a esa historia. A pesar de eso el libro consigue mantener la tensión y está contado de forma sorprendente e intrigante en muchas partes. Recomendable
Bueno creo que todos conocemos la historia de Carrie de manera mas o menos completa, si no es por la peli es por las miles y miles de referencias culturales a esa historia. A pesar de eso el libro consigue mantener la tensión y está contado de forma sorprendente e intrigante en muchas partes. Recomendable
Review of 'Carrie (Los Jet De Plaza & Janes. Biblioteca De Stephen King. 102, 8)' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
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 …
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 is, the mind boggles. It’s almost unbelievable, but then it’s just believable enough, because I can absolutely imagine some really cloistered, fundamental Christian parents being like that.
Stephen King always knew how to incite emotion with his writing, and this book is good, but it still feels like a debut novel. It’s better than millions of other debut novels, to be sure, but it’s still a debut novel. The writing’s not as tight, the voice’s not as refined; the editing’s not as good.
Again, I feel like Salem’s Lot was better in those respects. But that might be down to better editing (being the second book to be published, the publisher could’ve been prepared to devote more budget to getting it edited), and anyway it’s unfair to compare them because they’re such different stories.
Anyway, I’m glad I finally read this book. It’s a piece of history. It’s required reading for any Stephen King fan, and it’s given me massive insights into where it all began for the man.
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Steen Christiansen reviewed Carrie by Stephen King
Review of 'Carrie' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
A masterclass in building suspense.
Review of 'Carrie (Los Jet De Plaza & Janes. Biblioteca De Stephen King. 102, 8)' on 'Goodreads'
1 star
Overrated. Boring. Disturbing in the wrong ways.
Has King never heard of pacing or editing or even character development? You could say he’s good at world-building except describing a town for 500 pages isn’t what I would call good world-building.
It certainly has it’s creepy moments but ho-ly SHIT was this book long and filled with unnecessary scenes and exposition and I feel like I wasted a good portion of my life trying (several times over several years) to finish this bloody novel. HOW was this thing allowed to get so fucking long??
Did I finish it? Yes. Was I happy that I put effort into finishing it? Not at all.
This book was racist, homophobic, and sexist and before you argue with me, just don’t.
King’s preoccupation with Bev’s 11-year-old body (in particular her breasts and panties) is honestly worrisome and I DO NOT CARE WHAT THE “REASONING” WAS. …
Overrated. Boring. Disturbing in the wrong ways.
Has King never heard of pacing or editing or even character development? You could say he’s good at world-building except describing a town for 500 pages isn’t what I would call good world-building.
It certainly has it’s creepy moments but ho-ly SHIT was this book long and filled with unnecessary scenes and exposition and I feel like I wasted a good portion of my life trying (several times over several years) to finish this bloody novel. HOW was this thing allowed to get so fucking long??
Did I finish it? Yes. Was I happy that I put effort into finishing it? Not at all.
This book was racist, homophobic, and sexist and before you argue with me, just don’t.
King’s preoccupation with Bev’s 11-year-old body (in particular her breasts and panties) is honestly worrisome and I DO NOT CARE WHAT THE “REASONING” WAS. The fucking child sex scenes were revolting. If you think it was necessary for the “plot” then I think you need to go see someone professional to castrate you. Just sayin.
Review of 'Carrie (Los Jet De Plaza & Janes. Biblioteca De Stephen King. 102, 8)' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Full review at bi-reviews.com/2022/10/10/the-stephen-king-challenge-1/
Review of 'Carrie (Los Jet De Plaza & Janes. Biblioteca De Stephen King. 102, 8)' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Still one of my favorites.
The narration done by Stephen Weber is superb!
The Gnome King reviewed Carrie by Stephen King
Review of 'Carrie' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Mr King's début novel and it is fantastic.
Carrie reads like it is a documentary jumping back and forth between different survivors points of view. You are expected to know what the outcome is, and who doesn't know the story of Carrie? It seems to have been around forever.
I love how the story trickles along slowly revealing bits at a time until the night of the prom and all hell breaks loose. The level of destruction was surprising it was amazing just how much havoc you can case with a little bit of Telekinesis.
A brilliant début novel, I have high hopes for this author, I think he might be a success.
Mr King's début novel and it is fantastic.
Carrie reads like it is a documentary jumping back and forth between different survivors points of view. You are expected to know what the outcome is, and who doesn't know the story of Carrie? It seems to have been around forever.
I love how the story trickles along slowly revealing bits at a time until the night of the prom and all hell breaks loose. The level of destruction was surprising it was amazing just how much havoc you can case with a little bit of Telekinesis.
A brilliant début novel, I have high hopes for this author, I think he might be a success.
Balise reviewed Carrie by Stephen King
Review of 'Carrie' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Another classical one that I had never read. This is the story of Carrie, a telekinetic teenager whose powers tend to manifest when she's unhappy. And, since her mother is completely nuts and she's bullied at school, well, unhappiness happens. A distinctive feature of Carrie is that the story is interleaved with miscellaneous articles that explain, quite early, the end of the book. I liked it, because essentially you get to see how you get there, but I've seen it used as a critic "since you know what happens, it's much less interesting".
Another classical one that I had never read. This is the story of Carrie, a telekinetic teenager whose powers tend to manifest when she's unhappy. And, since her mother is completely nuts and she's bullied at school, well, unhappiness happens. A distinctive feature of Carrie is that the story is interleaved with miscellaneous articles that explain, quite early, the end of the book. I liked it, because essentially you get to see how you get there, but I've seen it used as a critic "since you know what happens, it's much less interesting".
Chewbury reviewed Carrie by Stephen King
None
5 stars
This is a wonderfully dark and visceral book, that shows an embyonic Mr King about to embark on his amazing career. Although brief, Carrie nods its head in the direction of 'Salem's Lot, It and Needfull things. If you've only seen Brian De Palma's movie, I'd suggest reading the original. It'll only take you a day.
This is a wonderfully dark and visceral book, that shows an embyonic Mr King about to embark on his amazing career. Although brief, Carrie nods its head in the direction of 'Salem's Lot, It and Needfull things. If you've only seen Brian De Palma's movie, I'd suggest reading the original. It'll only take you a day.
Subjects
- Psicocinética
- Ficción
- Psychokinesis
- High school students
- Fiction
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