I found this when I was skimming Amazon.com (although not for Carrie):
this is one of the best books i have ever read as stephen kings first novel stephen king thought it was a peace of garbage realy he thorugh it in the trash but his wife thought different and sent it to a puplisher. this was my third king novel and one of his best i thought but most of his stuff is really good in this story carrie white strugles in school in part because of her crazy astranged rilligos mother she never really learned about anything inporntent. but if you like kings works and havent read this you really should
Let's see... King's wife did indeed rescue it from the garbage, but didn't send it to the publisher, seeing as how it wasn't even finished. She ecnouraged him to finish it, helped him with the feminine details, and then he sent it to a publisher, for which he got a $500,000 advance (same as Mario Puzo got for The Godfather. (Yeah, I read On Writing AND have a good memory. )
But, that error aside, the grammar is just utterly attrocious! If I leave the previously mentioned mistak in, it should still look like this:
This is one of the best books that I have ever read. It's Stephen King's first novel. Stephen King thought that it was a piece of garbage, really; he thew it in the trash, but his wife thought differently and sent it to a publisher. This was my third King novel, and one of his best, I thought, although most of his stuff is really good. In this story, Carrie White struggles in school, in part because of her crazy, astranged, relligious mother. She never really learned about anything inportant. But if you like King's work and haven't read this, you really should.
I count 44 grammatical changes, 1 gross innacuracy and absolutely no discussion of the plot. On top of all of this, the sentence-structure is overly-simple and the entire passage is poorly written. I give it a 0%, and even then it seems too generous.
Anybody else find any really poorly written reviews, or ones that are just plain stupid overall?