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Pet Sematary

Stephen King

4.01 AVERAGE

ariellehope's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

shrutiviradia8's review against another edition

2.75

Audio
Dragged on too long. Action in last 20%

mikerolla's review against another edition

3.0

dark tense slow-paced

rosaxmagana's review against another edition

2.0

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I went in not knowing much about the plot and though I enjoy my cemetery, goosebump like stories this one did not blow me away. It sure was creepy and had some new perspectives on a cemetery that’s been around longer than any local knows but it just kind of fell off for me at the end? Like the characters seemed to lack depth, the story is similar to most stories about old places and it was giving IT with an evil presence.

I will say one thing about Stephen King is he finds ways to incorporate towns, people, stories, etc from previous books he’s written and I LOVE that! It’s like an easter egg you wont know is there unless you know!

adulldazeem's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

nurullahdogan's review against another edition

4.0

Well, well, well, I guess I should not be surprised by King's amazing storytelling and writing skills anymore, because the man is just too good! Recently losing my cousin's 5-year-old daughter to leukaemia made all the Gage scenes extra emotional and relatable... (Unfortunately...)

Towards the end, I was so worried that it was going to turn into one of those classic stories where everything works out at the last moment (Rachel or Jud or both saving the day), and oh boy, was I glad to see one of my favourite authors (I think I can say this now without any embarrassment) not falling into that trap. Instead, he gave us the darker and more believable reality of things. And no, I am not a psychopath, I just hate when a story becomes a boring Hollywood action, hero-driven movie where everything ends up okay at the last minute with no real losses.

Also, I imagined a different ending that could have made the book a lot longer, so I don't know. I can't complain much, but I think my version might have been better :)