I read Carrie for the fourth or fifth time this school year. I read it again because I am reading Stephen King's On Writing and in it he talks about how he wrote the character of Carrie. After reading that chapter I wanted to read the novel again with my new knowledge of what the writer was thinking when he wrote it.
King wrote that he never really liked the character of Carrie but that he worked hard to make her a character for which people could at least feel some empathy. When reading the novel again I had to agree, she is not likable, but we all know a person like her. She is a misfit. People think she is weird. She dresses wrong and says the wrong things. Her mother is really creepy. From the beginning, no one has given her a chance and she really has no friends. However, it turns out that she also has telekinesis, the ability to move things with just her thoughts.
Kids have always made fun of Carrie and it has finally gone too far. Carrie uses her newly developed powers to take revenge on the people who have hurt her.
This is a horror novel, but it is also a story about people and the ways they hurt each other. The real horror of the story is not the supernatural part, but the human part.
It is hard to find a character to like in this book, but I think it was a best seller because the readers could understand the characters.
I like this book, but it is not my favorite King novel. There are others I would recommend first. I give it 3 out of 5 stars.
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