Any books similar to Carrie by Stephen King?

I first read Carrie a year ago and have been chasing the same feeling since. I got a similar feeling with the weight of blood by Tiffany D. Jackson. (Carrie retelling with bi-racial witch) That was the fastest book I’ve ever read. I wasn’t expecting my first horror book read to go that well which makes it more Disappointing when I was reading Misery months later and was bored out of my mind and felt like I had to force myself to read (And I’m still only halfway though it, I’ll have to force myself some more.), it was like really bad compared to Carrie in my opinion. I thought since it was the same author I would also like it.

I couldn’t feel myself connecting to Paul like I did Carrie and was actively rooting for Annie to either torture him for the rest of his life or kill him. He was just so toxic and sexist. And there’s nothing wrong with characters who are bad people (I actually prefer characters who are bad people), but he’s not a bad person, he’s just a dick without a decently sympathetic backstory to counteract him being boring and being a dickhead. Total opposite of my experience with Carrie.

Also the unnecessary info dumping, exposition and slow pace did not do Misery justice for that type of story. Enough with my little rant though.

So any other horror books by a different author similar to Carrie?

by FantasyVVeeder