Stephen King’s unique way of crafting a story in his first novel Carrie works well. Even though I knew the basic storyline of the book, I was still impressed by the way that the story unraveled. It does have some traits of a first book, but it was rather enjoyable and never bush league. One of my life’s missions is to read all of Stephen King’s work. I doubt he can be consistently prolific throughout his entire career, which boasts a beautiful catalog of roughly 90 books. That may be one of the only thorns in my side about Carrie; it wasn’t very deep. That is not to say it isn’t good; it just didn’t leave me with an existential crisis (which is a heavy expectation for any book). There is a moral. Be nice. Simple.
70/100
Ben Bonkoske 