11.1k reviews for:

Pet Sematary

Stephen King

4.01 AVERAGE

vethara's review against another edition

2.5

Loveable characters: No

ingy_be's review against another edition

4.0

dark medium-paced

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Scary 😰

millennialbookjunkie's review

4.75

dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

kengreen's review

4.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

breakfastlover's review

3.25

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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this one was a slow slow build but when it ramped up... holy shit. the ending was so tense, knowing that everyone is trying so hard but it's not enough and everything is coming together in the worst way. sickening. another banger from mr king

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Grief, Medical trauma

josh_irl's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

helenaim's review against another edition

4.75

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

alixxstixx's review against another edition

4.0

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not explicitly scary, but one of the best horror books i’ve read cause of how real/plausible it is made to be

princeadolinsboyfriend's review against another edition

4.0

mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

halleelu's review

3.0

mysterious slow-paced