Takes, Arnie himself starts to develop acidic personality traits that Odometer going backwards, which seems to reverse any damage the car Just what power the car has and how it’s affecting Arnie and it’s up toĭennis and Leigh to find out. Is a blend of horror and mystery for most of the book it’s never clear Revenge, and when Arnie is once again denied home driveway privileges,įorcing him to keep Christine at the airport’s long term parking area,īuddy finds this the perfect opportunity for revenge. Whenīuddy is kicked out of school for pulling a knife on Arnie he vows Them off his friend's back seems like a full time job to Dennis. Toadies, who do their best to make Arnie’s life miserable, and keeping TheĬloud on the horizon is school bully Buddy Repperton and his gang of Girl at school who had shot down all previous high school suitors. Self-assured, and he surprises everyone by dating Leigh Cabot, the new Riddled complexion clears up, he becomes more confident and Though is the fact that as the car improves so does Arnie. The car is repairedīit-by-bit, yet in a very haphazard fashion, and more interestingly To keep the car at a local a do-it-yourself auto-repair facility run by a Overbearing mother is furious with the purchase and so Arnie is forced The worlds is full of “ Shitters” and he soaks Arnie for $250 dollars, despite Dennis’s urgings not to buy this piece of crap. LeBay, foul mouthed curmudgeon who thinks The car in question is ChristineĪnd it is owned by Roland D. The book opens withĪrnie spotting a beat up 1958 Plymouth Fury and insisting that Dennisīack up so he can take a look at it. Who finds herself in a love triangle with a car. Story has three protagonists Arnie Cunningham, a hapless loser who wasĭestined to be picked on since birth, Dennis Guilder his best friendĪnd high school jock, and Leigh Cabot, the beautiful transfer student Trope of inanimate objects acting and movie around on their own in theĬase of Christine it’s an automobile coming to life, something we’ve seen before in episodes of The Twilight Zone and most famously the 1977 film The Car with James Brolin, but Stephen King brings a new level of horror with his offering. In this horror story we are treated to the wonderful horror Stephen King story there may be something going on beyond simple That is the key theme that runs through Stephen King’s Is practically a love letter to the American automobile, but there isĪlso the dark side, the obsession that can push one over the brink and Man’s love affair with the automobile has been well documented, George Lucas’ American Graffiti
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