** spoiler alert ** 
 I'm incredibly sorry for not appreciating this SK book, and I want to sincerely apologise to all my book fellas who recommended it. I wanted to like it, but I always expect a lot from Mr. King and I guess this one was not scary enough for me, so, yeah, the glorious 2.5 rating... 
 Stephen King once again writes psychological horror, and a lot of his literary psychos amazed me (Jack Torrence from The Shining or Annie Wilkes from Misery), but Carrie White was just...not as terrifying as King's previous "protagonists". The idea is awesome: every human being has a breaking point. And Carrie White, who has endured being bullied, has her breaking point as well. And that breaking point makes her unleash her telekinetic powers. That sounded like a great synopsis and I was looking forward to reading this book.It turned out it wasn't what I expected... 
 I felt so sorry for poor Carrie, and I kinda hate feeling sorry for my characters, especially in horror books... But the character development wasn't so good. I expected to read in detail about Carrie getting revenge and being all powerful and stuff...I didn't get enough of what I wanted. 
 The storytelling was not King's best, except for the parts where he wrote about Carrie's relationship with her overly religious mother. That scared me the most, I'm not kidding. Her mother was more than a fanatic, she was so obsessed with doing things the right way, that she did them completely wrong, including treating her only daughter like shit. 
 I have no idea how to feel about SK's "Carrie", because I enjoyed it a little bit, but if you're looking for a SK book to start with, don't choose Carrie. (: