Seeing a lot of people concerned about a book as small as Carrie being "stretched out" into an 8 episode mini-series.
The Haunting of Hill House is 250 pages
The Turn of the Screw is 120 Pages
The Fall of the House of Usher is 25 pages
Today, a couple of my 6th gr. students were arguing and I said:
"If you guys have beef, you're gonna have to cook it somewhere else."
Other students legit clapped.
That was a good moment for me.