Love spoilers discussions! It gives us viewers a way to relive the book and catch plot points we have missed!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👌I am requesting Duma Key, Wizard & Glass & Tommy Knockers to be next!!!
I'm currently reading through all of Stephen King's books for the first time in publication order and I thought Carrie was a great place to start with King, Fantastic book. Super happy to have both spoiler and non-spoiler Brian Lee Durfee Stephen King videos to watch every time I finish another book!
I first read Carrie when I was in high school, same age as many of the characters. I thought it was amazing and remember it being a page-turner. I reread it +10 years later and thought it was good. Enjoyed it more as a kid. Its been about 10 years since the second read. Warrants another read!
I read this in 1975 when I was 12. It was a very different world then. Pre internet, pre cell phone. Any teenage girl can relate to this story. It hits different now, but I was completely knocked out by this back then. I have read all King's books as they have been released.
I'm reading all Stephen King Books in publication order, I've never read most of them and those I have I'll re-visit. I'm loving this experience... I'm currently working my way through The Stand so, not too far along, but I love that you're doing this discussion videos, I can't wait for you to analize 22/11/63 or Bag of Bones, those are my favorite King novels.
I am more than 3/4s the way through IT. After i finish it, im going to start a RUclips Channel and read all of Kings books in publication order and review them! You and that bald dude inspired me! Thanks!
Well done. Excellent review of a lovable book. Stephen King seems be inspired by comic books ( and at the same moment , he is an inspiration to the Comics). In the REGULATORS one of the characters is indeed a comic book writer. I loved the movie based on CARRIE, too. In PET SEMATARY, the comic book logic prevails in the micmac burial ground, where the dead come back to life, just like in the comics where the fead SUPERHEROES always somehow manage to come back to life. Thanks Brian for your patience
I figure it was the Brian De Palma movie with Sissy Spacek, Amy Irving, Nancy Allen, William "Greatest American Hero" Katt, Betty Buckley, and John Travolta that made the book a bestseller. You don’t hear about psychic stuff anymore.
Awesome! King fans love to read his books over and over again. Look forward to more episodes of this series. PS - why not do his last book next - Holly? Would be a great comparison of where King was when he started with Carrie to where he is now with Holly, as a writer.
Great video. Hope you do more of these. I really enjoyed it and thought it was very engaging. Film producers should call you up as an advisor on King's next movie adaptation! It would be interesting to hear your thoughts on The Dead Zone, Needful Things, and Dolores Claiborne.
I hate to say it, but your description of the book gives the impression of incredible depth of understanding of human nature by S. King. I get the sense that the book lends itself to causual interpretation. But when you get to the point where you can interprete, and reinterprete the rational of a character, that show to me a depth equal to any classic writer. My only exposure is the movie, but now, I think I should take this book with more serioiusness, and get a copy to read.
I like this. Great job man. Yes the opening of the book is off-putting. Stephen King must have loved Bram Stoker when he started out. Like you, I too found this book very reminiscent of the narrative used in Dracula with the news clippings and memoir entries interspersed. IMO Salem's Lot (which has literal Bram Stoker style vampires) is a much much better book than Carrie. Bram Stoker looms large over those first 2 books.
I'm reading his now in order and going through your reviews as i read them. But I'm doing March Mystery Madness because I love mysteries, so I will get back to them in April. I'll check out your reviews for mysteries as well.
Please do more spoiler discussions! Your sense of humor is perfect! Stephen King does indeed write teens very well. The description of every woman's breasts was kinda weird. Maybe it's because I'm a leg-man. 🤷🏻♂️ I don't know.
Hello Brian, I recently bought the first book of your saga The Five Warrior Angels, I must confess that I am very interested in reading it and I have received (my friends and I) many recommendations for the extraordinary work you have done. Now, I bought the book in English and it is certainly not my native language (I speak Spanish), so I ask you, do you have any plans to publish these books in Spanish? I am very interested in knowing if it will indeed one day be published in Spanish, since there are many people who are interested in knowing your work but the language does not allow it. Many greetings!
I believe a good portion of the success of this book, and the willingness of the publisher to make such a risky bet on a new author, is due to sensationalism. There was a very large number of new religious movements taking place in the 60's & 70's (think the Anti-Cult Movement) as people sought out new paths to spiritual belief without the associative ties to politics. There are deeply rooted religious contexts in Carrie, mostly centered around evangelical extremism/fanaticism and the effects it has on a young child growing up in that type of environment. Combine this with the unabashed horror writing of Stephen King and you've got a book that was inevitably bound for success, because it's likely something people of the time could make strong personal connections to.
@@B.LEE.DbrianleedurfeeREVIEWS I don't think you got it wrong as King shared in 50% of the 400k. You said around 250k. Love the spoiler talk and your format.
Why is it you think he has gotten away from stories like this that made him so popular? The last 10-15 years his books have a much different style and feel to them…I mean what was the last full length full fledged true horror novel that he wrote? I mean on this level of Carrie what is the last book like this that he wrote? Why do you think he got away from writing these kinds of stories? That being said I enjoyed this style of video and look forward to more in the future
@@B.LEE.DbrianleedurfeeREVIEWS I am in my mid to late 50s now and I know that my tastes have changed so that certainly seems like a reasonable and logical theory as to why he doesn’t write these kinds of stories anymore…Thank you for taking the time to respond it’s greatly appreciated…Love the channel…Keep up the good works 😊👍🏻
Love spoilers discussions! It gives us viewers a way to relive the book and catch plot points we have missed!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👌I am requesting Duma Key, Wizard & Glass & Tommy Knockers to be next!!!
Not sure when I will discuss those
I really like this long form book discussion. I look forward to the next one.
Thanks
I'm currently reading through all of Stephen King's books for the first time in publication order and I thought Carrie was a great place to start with King, Fantastic book.
Super happy to have both spoiler and non-spoiler Brian Lee Durfee Stephen King videos to watch every time I finish another book!
Cant wait for The Stand or 11.22.63
So glad you decided to do spoiler discussions, will look forward to them!
I first read Carrie when I was in high school, same age as many of the characters. I thought it was amazing and remember it being a page-turner. I reread it +10 years later and thought it was good. Enjoyed it more as a kid. Its been about 10 years since the second read. Warrants another read!
I read this in 1975 when I was 12. It was a very different world then. Pre internet, pre cell phone. Any teenage girl can relate to this story. It hits different now, but I was completely knocked out by this back then. I have read all King's books as they have been released.
Great book! Haven't read it since I was a teenager. Nice picture behind you. One of your own? Reminds me of Robert Bateman. Be well, stay safe.
Yes, it sure is. The guy is so bats*it talented!
I love the history behind the books. Those little tidbits about before the book was published were cool to learn.
Thanks!!
I'm reading all Stephen King Books in publication order, I've never read most of them and those I have I'll re-visit. I'm loving this experience... I'm currently working my way through The Stand so, not too far along, but I love that you're doing this discussion videos, I can't wait for you to analize 22/11/63 or Bag of Bones, those are my favorite King novels.
Dude, keep doing these spoiler reviews. Super fun to go to spoiler reviews after I’ve read the book.
I am more than 3/4s the way through IT. After i finish it, im going to start a RUclips Channel and read all of Kings books in publication order and review them!
You and that bald dude inspired me! Thanks!
Well done. Excellent review of a lovable book. Stephen King seems be inspired by comic books ( and at the same moment , he is an inspiration to the Comics). In the REGULATORS one of the characters is indeed a comic book writer. I loved the movie based on CARRIE, too. In PET SEMATARY, the comic book logic prevails in the micmac burial ground, where the dead come back to life, just like in the comics where the fead SUPERHEROES always somehow manage to come back to life. Thanks Brian for your patience
I've never looked at any comic books based off King novels
I figure it was the Brian De Palma movie with Sissy Spacek, Amy Irving, Nancy Allen, William "Greatest American Hero" Katt, Betty Buckley, and John Travolta that made the book a bestseller. You don’t hear about psychic stuff anymore.
I think the movie was made in part because the book had already sold so well. The movie propelled it for sure afterwards too
Awesome! King fans love to read his books over and over again. Look forward to more episodes of this series. PS - why not do his last book next - Holly? Would be a great comparison of where King was when he started with Carrie to where he is now with Holly, as a writer.
Great video. Hope you do more of these. I really enjoyed it and thought it was very engaging. Film producers should call you up as an advisor on King's next movie adaptation! It would be interesting to hear your thoughts on The Dead Zone, Needful Things, and Dolores Claiborne.
Needful Things discussion coming within a few weeks actually
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I hate to say it, but your description of the book gives the impression of incredible depth of understanding of human nature by S. King. I get the sense that the book lends itself to causual interpretation. But when you get to the point where you can interprete, and reinterprete the rational of a character, that show to me a depth equal to any classic writer. My only exposure is the movie, but now, I think I should take this book with more serioiusness, and get a copy to read.
I like this. Great job man.
Yes the opening of the book is off-putting.
Stephen King must have loved Bram Stoker when he started out. Like you, I too found this book very reminiscent of the narrative used in Dracula with the news clippings and memoir entries interspersed.
IMO Salem's Lot (which has literal Bram Stoker style vampires) is a much much better book than Carrie.
Bram Stoker looms large over those first 2 books.
250k adjusted for inflation in the year 1974 is $1,563,980.73. A lot of money regardless
I'm reading his now in order and going through your reviews as i read them. But I'm doing March Mystery Madness because I love mysteries, so I will get back to them in April. I'll check out your reviews for mysteries as well.
THANKS
I was fully expecting you to wear a Europe rock band t-shirt for this one.
Cuz their song Carrie!!
Please do more spoiler discussions! Your sense of humor is perfect!
Stephen King does indeed write teens very well.
The description of every woman's breasts was kinda weird. Maybe it's because I'm a leg-man. 🤷🏻♂️ I don't know.
Thanks for liking my humor
Hello Brian, I recently bought the first book of your saga The Five Warrior Angels, I must confess that I am very interested in reading it and I have received (my friends and I) many recommendations for the extraordinary work you have done. Now, I bought the book in English and it is certainly not my native language (I speak Spanish), so I ask you, do you have any plans to publish these books in Spanish? I am very interested in knowing if it will indeed one day be published in Spanish, since there are many people who are interested in knowing your work but the language does not allow it. Many greetings!
No plans for Spanish version yet
I believe a good portion of the success of this book, and the willingness of the publisher to make such a risky bet on a new author, is due to sensationalism.
There was a very large number of new religious movements taking place in the 60's & 70's (think the Anti-Cult Movement) as people sought out new paths to spiritual belief without the associative ties to politics. There are deeply rooted religious contexts in Carrie, mostly centered around evangelical extremism/fanaticism and the effects it has on a young child growing up in that type of environment.
Combine this with the unabashed horror writing of Stephen King and you've got a book that was inevitably bound for success, because it's likely something people of the time could make strong personal connections to.
I believe the paperback rights were actually sold for $400k…so in today’s world it would be more like 5 millions, 1000 hundred and 40 dollars.
Jeez...so I got it wrong.
@@B.LEE.DbrianleedurfeeREVIEWS I don't think you got it wrong as King shared in 50% of the 400k. You said around 250k. Love the spoiler talk and your format.
@@B.LEE.DbrianleedurfeeREVIEWS @cjdlv8909 So I got it wrong? Sorry Brian, that never really happens, well at least not 100% of the time…
Why is it you think he has gotten away from stories like this that made him so popular? The last 10-15 years his books have a much different style and feel to them…I mean what was the last full length full fledged true horror novel that he wrote? I mean on this level of Carrie what is the last book like this that he wrote? Why do you think he got away from writing these kinds of stories? That being said I enjoyed this style of video and look forward to more in the future
I'm not sure why. But good question. Maybe his tastes just changed with age
@@B.LEE.DbrianleedurfeeREVIEWS I am in my mid to late 50s now and I know that my tastes have changed so that certainly seems like a reasonable and logical theory as to why he doesn’t write these kinds of stories anymore…Thank you for taking the time to respond it’s greatly appreciated…Love the channel…Keep up the good works 😊👍🏻