Book Review
Dec. 28th, 2013 04:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kenjariCarrie
by Stephen King
This short novel is a very good read. King paces it perfectly - there is never a draggy moment and it is spare without lacking detail or atmosphere. King's prose propels the reader along. The device of having newspaper stories, interviews, and documentary writings about the events interspersed with the main narrative is also very effective. It adds to the vividness and the sense of place and time.
I especially enjoy the way Carrie works on a couple of different levels, despite the fairly simple and straightforward story. There are two horror stories embedded in the narrative: the horror of what Carrie does to the town of Chamberlain, but also the much more disturbing horror of Carrie's life in which she is abused at home, bullied at school, and lacks any real avenue of escape from either. Carrie also works in a few different ways: horror story, revenge fantasy, and cautionary morality tale about the evils and dangers of bullying and abuse.
by Stephen King
This short novel is a very good read. King paces it perfectly - there is never a draggy moment and it is spare without lacking detail or atmosphere. King's prose propels the reader along. The device of having newspaper stories, interviews, and documentary writings about the events interspersed with the main narrative is also very effective. It adds to the vividness and the sense of place and time.
I especially enjoy the way Carrie works on a couple of different levels, despite the fairly simple and straightforward story. There are two horror stories embedded in the narrative: the horror of what Carrie does to the town of Chamberlain, but also the much more disturbing horror of Carrie's life in which she is abused at home, bullied at school, and lacks any real avenue of escape from either. Carrie also works in a few different ways: horror story, revenge fantasy, and cautionary morality tale about the evils and dangers of bullying and abuse.
