Hi everyone! Sorry that I kinda disappeared off the face of the Earth for so long! Things have been ultra crazy you know, exams then trips and camps. really sorry! So anyway this book Christine. Personally I thought it was fabulous, although very creepy. Stephen King is now one of my favorite writers. (I’ve also read Misery and Carrie since finishing Christine) He is truly the master of horror and most of you, especially if you are as chicken as Gigi, will spend the next few weeks after reading this book afraid to go out on the streets after dark, because you know somewhere, somehow, Christine is watching you. So you guys are probably wondering “Who is this Christine anyway?” Well Christine is a car, a 1958 Plymouth Fury to be exact. Her previous owner, the old and cynical Roland LeBay, sells her in the beginning of the book to our main character Denis’s best friend Arnie. Now you may be imagining some cool, sleek, old car in perfect condition. Wrong. To put it simply Christine is a clunker, like to buy her you would have to be insane. But Arnie falls in love as soon as he sees her, and while he works on restoring her also develops an obsession that is just plain creepy, and possibly dangerous. Christine changes Arnie and Denis can see it, now Arnie was like the nerdiest guy ever, a pizza face who is like MVP of chess club that football superstar Denis has always had to protect from just about everything. Suddenly rather than having Denis save him from getting beaten up, Denis is having to stop Arnie from starting fights. Then it gets weirder. The new girl in town and classic American girl-next-door Leigh Cabot is actually into Arnie and they start dating. “How is that so weird? The guy just got a little confidence and a girlfriend.” you may be thinking, but Christine is looming in the shadows as all of this happens, and she seems to have repairs that Arnie can’t remember doing. Almost like she’s fixing herself. Dun Dun Dunnnnn. After several mysterious murders (In which the victims were all Arnie’s tormentors who somehow hurt Christine) and an incident in Christine mysteriously similar to the death of LeBay’s daughter people start to realize there is something VERY wrong with Arine Cunnigham and his car. So because of all this weirdness Arnie gets dumped by Leigh after he has this huge blow-up fight with her about Christine and his general change in attitude. And, of course, Denis and Leigh hook up (Some R-rated content here, but not too much detail) and they decide that it’s time to get rid of Christine. For good. Will Denis and Leigh be able to defeat this mysterious force that is Christine, what’s wrong with Arnie anyway, and will any of the characters live to see last page? Well if you aren’t a bedwetter then read to find out.
Christine was a really good book, although you may have a mini-heart attack the next few time you see some car headlights go past your window at night. Be warned, ask parents BEFORE reading this book. With the R-rated stuff and a little gore (plus the fact that they may not want you reading something this “scary”) you don’t want to get in trouble just for reading. I give it 4 stars. Take out the gross, kinda perverted guy stuff that occasionally occurs and I would give it 5, overall a pretty good read so grab your old teddy bear and curl up as far away from the garage as possible to enjoy this great read. Just remember: Christine is out there (Dun Dun Dunnnnnn)
-Halle (who is, again, really sorry about not posting!)
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