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  • I loved it - 5

    6 9.68%
  • It was good - 4

    27 43.55%
  • Average - 3

    21 33.87%
  • Only so-so - 2

    1 1.61%
  • I didnt like it - 1

    0 0%
  • Never Read

    7 11.29%
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    Servant of Gan Aaron is on a distinguished road Aaron's Avatar

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    Default Carrie--Voting Closed

    Carrie
    Doubleday, 1974

    Bracket #1

    Voting for this Book is Closed
    Final Average Score:
    3.690909091


    Last edited by mae; 03-10-2010 at 12:07 PM.
    Heng Dai

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    It's interesting how even the vote on this one is.

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    I put in that it was "good". I've read it several times, and basically have that impression of it.
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    I voted good. I liked the way King wove the outside sources into the story.

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    i voted average for this one. i don't know what it was about it but it just didn't do anything for me. it was kind of like munching my way through a bag of stale chocolate. of course i'm going to eat it it's chocolate. . . . you know?

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    I voted average. It was good, but it wasn't spectacular.



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    It was ok. It was one of the latest Sk books I read so it's fresh in my memory, but it is nowhere near the top of my "Favorites" list.
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    A 4 for me. Pretty good book.
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    Voted "5". Love this book.

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    I voted 4. It scared the crap out of me first time I read it (I lived alone at that point) and listened to the audio a few months ago and it was better than I remembered.

    I like the different perspectives age can give you on a story like this.

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    Personally, I voted 3. To me it was just average. Certainly an early work, somewhat raw. It has its charm, of course.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pablo View Post
    Certainly an early work, somewhat raw.
    Even though it could be argued that it's rawness is due to King's age and experience as a writer at that point - it's what lent it credibility to me. It sounded very much the voice of a teenage girl, I don't think he could have pulled it off as well if he'd written it later in life.

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    Oh absolutely.

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    Went with average on this one. It was ok, but I didn't enjoy it nearly as much as his other stories I've read.
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    I thought it was a brilliant teenage story written by a man about a teenage girl who's not average. Still, I can't give it a 5 since I found it good but not awesomely so.

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    For a first novel, It was pretty good overall.

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    I read this for the first time pretty recently, I agree with the comments by Darkthoughts and Wizardsrainbow. I thought it was good.
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    And the poll has closed with 62 votes in.

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    The first post of this thread has been edited to indicate Carrie's final average score, which is 3.69090909. Carrie will not be moving on to Round 2 of the competition.
    Heng Dai

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