Carrie- Book review


Carrie
Stephen king
Genre- Horror Fiction

Carrie is a girl gifted with telekinesis. She can move things with a wave of her hand. She’s anti social, traumatic, “not so noticeable” girl in her school. Her mother, another mentally ill person, an inclined catholic, considers Carrie as a sin(as she was the byproduct of her intercourse). Thus, the rumble between the mother and daughter persists for ages. Unimaginable things happen to such girls(in general) in school, that consequently leads to her outburst of power. This part gets little exhausting to us readers( Drain of emotions). This part, I suppose is considered “HORROR” in this book.

Post reading, you find yourself in a hypothetical situation and with many questions. Who do you feel sorry for? Carrie? Or the people she killed with her outburst of emotions? Do we support Carrie? Do we love her? Sympathise her? Empathise her and Share her agony? Or do we retreat from her? What is right? What is wrong? How one person is judged? How one’s uncontrolled powers be honed? Goes on. It definitely keeps you thinking.

Now coming to the writing part, The way this book has been written, is unique. It’s mostly the news articles and interviews of the people witnessing the blast in the school. The main story, runs through these articles. Though, it wasn’t a page turner, it has few gripping parts that may excite the readers. Honestly, it took me my entirety to pull myself and keep reading. There were boring parts that might demotivate you. But come on, let’s read a variety of books. Majorly, I don’t think this book is a horror fiction as its genre is projected. This is my first horror read and I haven’t flinched. Although the ending was good, it did not creep me out. Well, read the book to know more!!!!!!

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