Carrie by Stephen King

My first Stephen King book ever. I'm not sure if it was a good choice or not at this point. I'm not a die-hard fan at this point, but I'm not counting him out. Horror or Thriller books are not my usual choice, but since this is a challenge I'm reaching outside of my box.

The format in which King wrote confused me at first. I felt lost throughout the book, but once I started to ignore the headers of each new insert I felt the pace move more smoothly, however I did get lost every once in a while after that.

I found it interesting that he decided to use research papers, newspaper articles and book excerpts to progress the story. You learned of Carrie, her mother, and the many different people within her life. All of which gave off different perspectives of what was going to happen based on their interactions with Carrie.

You could feel the love and fear Carrie held for her mother in her thoughts. Still apologizing in the end even though she ended the terror of her own life.

I don't want to give away the in's and out's of the story, that's the thrill of reading the book yourself! But overall I truly enjoyed the book. It never had a dull moment and even though I knew the story through the movies, the description left within the book was more in-depth and exciting.