Book Review: Carrie by Stephen King
Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons! Choosing a short novel that can pass the time adequately can often be a chore. Enter Stephen King with his amazing short works and at 290 pages (short for me), Carrie filled this requirement quite well. Carrie is Stephen King's 1974 novel, currently published by Doubleday Books. In the novel of telekinetic terror, we are introduced to Carietta White. An outcast and school punching bag, Carrie does her best to live her life sin-free and keep her head down at school, lest she becomes her classmate's latest prank. Her mother, Margaret, is a hard-working woman who reports to work every day. But Mrs. White has a dark side, one fueled by religious zealotry and insanity. When Carrie is home she lives in fear that her mother may snap at any moment, sending her to be locked in their "prayer closet" for hours on end. Carrie desperately wants to live her life like other girls, but Margaret is always on duty t...