I remember reading this when I was about twelve and then practicing telekinesis every night with my hairbrush. Teenage cruelty at its worst and revenge to match. Bullied by her classmates and mother, and even laughed at by some of her teachers, Carrie White goes on a rampage that kills her tormentors. The moral of this story is, don’t mess with a sixteen-year-old girl with telekinetic powers. Oh Nick, you should have kept it in your pants. Amy takes revenge to a whole new level as she tries to frame Nick for her own murder. At first you feel sorry for them both by the second half of the book you realize that neither of the main characters are likable or reliable and nothing is as it seems. When Amy disappears, husband Nick becomes a key suspect. Made hugely popular by the film of the same name, this book is a taut thriller. That’s where our favorite stories come in… But, being good law-abiding citizens, we’d never act on those wicked thoughts. We keep being drawn to these books, perhaps, because we’ve day-dreamed of taking revenge on those who’ve hurt us. It’s a character saying, ‘no, you can’t do that and get away with it.’ The most powerful stories, for me, are the ones where I identify with a character and could see myself falling into that situation. Revenge books, and indeed, crime books in general, appeal to our sense of order. There’s a lot to be said for the satisfaction of the bad guys getting their comeuppance and the good guys living happily ever after, because that’s how we’d like life to be. As much as I’d like to think times have changed, people still struggle to be heard every day.Īs individuals we put a lot of emphasis on justice, and when people treat us unfairly we want to put it right. If you were the wrong sex, class, or race, you rarely had a voice. Many classic novels touch on themes of revenge in an age when people often felt powerless.
Revenge is a topic that has been written about since Grendel’s mother took her retribution in Beowulf and it shows no sign of reducing in popularity.
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