Carrie
Carrie was the odd one at school; the one whose reflexes were always off in games, whose clothes never really fit, who never got the point of a joke. And so she became the joke, the brunt of teenaged cruelties that puzzled her as much as they wounded her.
There was hardly any comfort in playing her private game, because like so many things in Carrie's life it was sinful. Or so her mother said. Carrie could make things move – by concentrating on them, by willing them to move. Small things, like marbles, would start dancing. Or a candle would fall. A door would lock. This was her game – her power – her sin, firmly repressed like everything else about Carrie.
One act of kindness, as spontaneous as the vicious jokes of her classmates, offered Carrie a new look at herself that night of the senior prom. But another – of furious cruelty – forever changed things and turned her clandestine game into a weapon of horror and destruction.
She made a lighted candle fall, and she locked the doors...
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Stephen King
Stephen King’s name is synonymous with horror, suspense, and the kind of storytelling that lingers long after the final page is turned. Born in Portland, Maine, in 1947, his love for the macabre began early, drawing inspiration from his small-town upbringing and the creeping unease that would define much of his work. From his first short stories published in magazines to the blockbuster novels that changed the literary landscape, King's journey from aspiring writer to a cultural phenomenon is nothing short of legendary.
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Carrie is a harsh book with its theme of school bullying. Although the horror focuses on telekinesis and its power, I found the saddest and most terrible part of the story to be the young girl's bullying experienced, both at home and at school. The structure of the book is fragmented, which was a little distracting, but I understand it as a writer's stylistic choice. I read the 2024 Finnish translated edition of the book, which included a fairly long foreword by Margaret Atwood.