Carrie. A teenager who has telekinesis. Outcast. When Carrie is invited to Senior prom by a popular girl's boyfriend, she accepts. Not knowing what horrors contributes to her presence and how she decides to stop it.

**I did a poll on Instagram on whether or not I should review both movie adaptations as well and although it was a close call, most of you wanted to hear my thoughts on just the book. The movies I'll cover another day.**

This was King's first book and it wows me to see that this was his first published novel. 

There were so many aspects to this book that made it so unique and interesting. And at some parts, really couldn't get me to put down the book. 

After reading multiple King books in the last little while, I've started to get use to his writing style. But to me, Carrie was different. 

Not necessarily because of it's size; Carrie is a brilliantly written debut novel. 

There were so many aspects that made it different and more unique compared to most Stephen King books. 

For example, the use of reports to explain all of Carrie's incidents were quite interesting to me. And so far, I haven't see anything like that in King's writing. I thought it was incredibly interesting and perhaps unique as well for when it was published. 

I also loved the use of religion in this novel. Not necessarily because Carrie's mother was a die-hard Christian, but perhaps the more sensitive side of it. When you scratch the literal side of religion: churches, cross etc. and you are introduced to the psychological aspect of it, that was well written into the plot line and I thought it brought up quite an interesting kick! 

Character-wise, Carrie was a great main protagonist. She was so well-written to the point where you could feel her pain. The way people treated her as if she was crazy -- she was definitely not crazy, was so heart wrenching. 

To add onto that scenario, the first scene, you really see that not only students but teachers treat her differently as well. I don't want to say too much, but if you've read the book, you'd understand what I mean and I feel like Carries character "development" stemmed from all those situations. 

Regardless, Carrie is definitely one of King's iconic books and definitely one of my favourite in regards to his shorter ones. And I believe it's consistently talked about for a reason.