Carrie

My teenage years were slightly better

really enjoyed the epistolary delivery of this story

This is written in the entertaining style of a true crime being investigated after the fact. King focuses on the cruelty of high school students without any kind of deeper focus on this cruelty. We know that Carrie has been teased for years but none of the details thereof, that she has one particularly cruel incident that several girls are involved in at the beginning of the book, and the big scene is really caused by one rogue mean girl with a bad-boy boyfriend. In addition, Carrie suffers abuse from her fanatical Christian mother.

It's not a very focused thesis, but it does seem prescient in light of the many school massacres that have occurred starting in 1999. I actually tried to look up the number but it turns out there were so many school shootings in America going as far back as the 18th or 19th century that I gave up. Maybe it wasn't quite so prescient?

I first read this in middle school or high school but recently reread it. Review from 3/2018.

Freaky, graphic, and uncomfortable, but compelling nonetheless in good-ol' Stephen King style as his first book. I read somewhere his wife pulled it out of the trash to tell him it was good and she was able to help him understand his female characters better. Good book, but can't say I'd read it again. Maybe that was his goal... or maybe why he initially threw it out.

OG SK, was obviously amazing. Much more depth than the first film.