Carrie

I finished another book so that means another book blog. I read Carrie by Stephen King. My reasoning for choosing this book was that it was reading day in my class and I forgot my book at home. I also wanted to try another Stephen King book because I liked Pet Symetary. I had heard about this book but I never knew what it was about. So, I decided it was time to read it.

This book is about a girl who has gotten constantly bullied all throughout school by her peers. Her mom is obsessed with god and makes Carrie practice her beliefs with her. The whole town knows how strange Carrie and her mother are. An incident in the locker room after gym pushes Carrie over the edge and causes her to realize that she has this unusual power known as telekinesis. Which is the ability to move objects using your mind. Another such incident at prom causes Carrie to put this power to work when she decides that enough is enough and that revenge is what these people deserve.

What I liked about this book is that all throughout the story there are news clippings and interviews from the rampage of Carrie. It made me want to keep reading to find out what she really did. They also added a realistic quality to the book. This book kept me interested from beginning to end I could hardly put it down. I thought that it also had a pretty good message which is that bullying and harassing people is not okay. You never know what other people are dealing with at home and in their personal lives. In this book the bullies never took the time to try to be nice to Carrie and it did not end well for them. It was however pretty graphic and dealt with mature topics. I would recommend this for girls that are at least in high school and aren't faint hearted because this book doesn't have a happy ending.

They actually made a movie from this book in 1976. I really want to see how they interpreted this story in the movie because it is pretty graphic. I am  going to keep reading books by Stephen King for sure because the two that I have read have been very good. When I watch the movie I will let you know what I think about it. thanks for reading! :)