Christine - Stephen King

Stephen King is the Number 1 best-selling horror author of Christine, a novel about a seemingly possessed car that captures it's owner's mind and body. He has written many books including: IT, Carrie, Pet Sematary, The Tommy Knockers and Desperation. All of his novels are written with the highest of detail and contain hour's worth of excitement and tension. Most of his books are very long (IT is a great example being well over 1000 pages long) and have exceptional plots and original ideas. If there was one author that I could recommend, it would be King! Plot ----------------------------- Dennis Guilder is one of those guys that people admire; ...  Read the complete review

Would you have ever thought that a 1958, scarlet and white Plymouth Fury could scare you? Me neither. Being a big fan of Stephen King, I was used to the REALLY scary stuff, and so I'll admit to feeling a little disappointed when I learned my new nightmares would be about a car. But obviously, with Stephen King, this is no ordinary car. "Christine" is set in a small American town and the main character, Arnie Cunningham, is a picked on, beaten up, bullied kid. A bit of a specky four-eyes with loads of spots, he's befriended by Dennis Guilder, who is athletic with a lot more street sense than Arnie, and so he watches out for him. ...  Read the complete review

What can I say about "Christine"? I'm not really sure. And that surprises me. See I like to think of myself as an Ann Widecombe wannabe. You know...a person who has an opinion about everything and voices that opinion. But "Christine" really has me stumped. And I think Stephen King himself wasn't too sure about it and about how we the fans would take it. I think that's why the book and the movie were released on the same day. I remember the day well. (I come from America so I did experience this firsthand.) It was a Friday. The movie premiered at 7:00pm. The book hit the shelves around noon that same day. Now as a big ...  Read the complete review

Arnie Cunningham is in love with his car. Christine, the car, is in complete control... King's story is long, satisfying, and surprisingly scary, given that the villain is merely an old car with pretensions. Although the teen-age characters are far too mature and articulate to be believable, the fact that they are 1970s kids dealing with a four-wheeled menace from the 1950s encourages us toaccept the situation: it's as if we're dealing with our callow former selves, and it feels right to see cynical experience triumph over mechanical efficiency. In every other respect this is a textbook example of the successful thriller, fully up to ...  Read the complete review

I first read Christine when I was 11 years old, and have read it many times since. I would rate it as in my top ten favourite books of all time. it has everything, horror, cars, sex and mystery, but it also leaves you with a feeling of compassion for Arnie, as we can all see part of ourselves in there. Who wouldnt fall for the car? to see such a wonderful machine in such an unkempt condition, anyone would want to restore her back to her true glory. But she didnt need any help, once she had Arnie under her spell, she restoerd herself and he became her 'gopher'. She would stop at nothing to get him to herself, even trying to ...  Read the complete review