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[sinister-isles]

12 pages in to this gem and I’m not 100% sure I can take it seriously if one of the killer dogs is called “Mr. Bigfoot”. But considering I’ve got a cat named after Dennis Nilsen so who am I to judge?! 🤷🏼‍♀️ Has anyone read this? Is it as good as the brilliant cover? . . . #manstopper #charityshopfinds #charityshopbook #horrorbook #vintagehorrorcoverlove #vintagehorror #melgrantcult #melgrant #douglasborton #1988 #horrorlover (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNvG15WFC0X/?igshid=5sogtiyl7ic5

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[generallygothic]

"𝕷𝖎𝖋𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖗𝖚𝖌 𝖔𝖋 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖘𝖚𝖇𝖈𝖔𝖓𝖘𝖈𝖎𝖔𝖚𝖘 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖘𝖜𝖊𝖊𝖕 𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖉𝖎𝖗𝖙 𝖚𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖗." - Stephen King 🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷 King's first published (& fourth written) novel remains amongst my favourites. @matt.lune tagged me (ages ago) to share some #vintagehorrorcoverlove, & whilst he may think it a bad choice, 😎 I stand by 'Carrie', forever. The end. I read this precisely one million years ago, at the approximate age of the titular character, and maybe that influenced the deep connection I made with the novel. Maybe it's because it was a fundamental part of my early King-binge, or maybe it's because it really is actually very good (imo. All opinions are obviously equal - in a sincere & not at all 'Animal Farm' kind of way). The novel deals with Carrie's mental anguish, her suffering at the hands of her classmates, her abusive homelife, and her eventual rise to power. King writes of 'Carrie': "For me, Carrie White is a sadly misused teenager, an example of the sort of person whose spirit is so often broken for good in that pit of man- and woman-eaters that is your normal suburban high school. But she's also Woman, feeling her powers for the first time and, like Samson, pulling down the temple on everyone in sight..." The thing I find most interesting about 'Carrie', in the context of the 👁Gothic Psyche👁, is the psychic nature of her rise to power. Her mind leads to her emancipation. Published in 1974, King wrote with the Women's Liberation Movement of the 1960s-80s firmly in mind. Carrie embodies the male fear that females would continue on to world domination if successful in the battle for gender equality. I didn't explicitly know it at the time, but 'Carrie' is actually quite a deep piece of feminism commentary. Considering that an unintentional, running theme across the books I've discussed this month has emerged - female entrapment associated with the mind - 'Carrie' makes for a refreshing change, in her final vengeful brutality. 🔖: Tagged a few to play along, but all welcome (tag me in your posts so I don't miss your vintage beauties)! https://www.instagram.com/p/B8xyL3vF4Qq/?igshid=6e1t6qkdlgut

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