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Pet Sematary

Stephen King

4.01 AVERAGE

hoytreads's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Re-read. I originally read this back when I was 12 or so, and I distinctly remember it giving me nightmares. On this reading many years later, I can still understand why! This book presents a truly terrifying scenario, and I can only imagine what it must be like to read as a parent. I'm in the midst of a project of reading all of King's work in publication order, and this is probably tied for first place at this point with The Stand. The only two characters that are really developed at all are the main guy Louis, and his old neighbor Jud, with everyone else in the book being basically set dressing. But these two are all that's needed to really set the whole horror show in motion. As usual with King's best work, it's all about the characters, their motivations, their internal monologues. And this book of course has the truly creepy titular place, the Pet Sematary. Love this one. Highly Recommend. Maybe not for parents of toddlers. At least until they are grown up a bit.

siovannie's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jweilant's review against another edition

5.0

if it's got a ramones song written about it, chances are the material is 5 stars

camellia10011's review against another edition

4.0

The plot is well-knit and has a pulsating quality - alternating between tense buildups and then stages of homeostasis. The gradual tension creeps up on you and can have a far deeper affect on your mind than you’d initially realize while reading it. Definitely a must read for horror and suspense lovers.

bridehring's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

I wish something more had been done with the wendigo in the end. I loved the lurking just beyond the characters vision. Wish there had been more

angelbb88's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 11%

I really did not enjoy the main character’s perspective. He’s a straight white male in the 80s and he thinks like one. His was not an interesting mind to reside in.
I ended up just reading the summary and am happy I didn’t sit through this plot.

brandinthesky94's review against another edition

5.0

I was in awe of this book. King did an amazing job. As a mother of two babies under two, I was in my feelings so much in this book. At one point, I was crying so hard I could barely read the words on the page. But I couldn’t put the damn thing down. King left me with some unanswered questions though at the end. What happens to Ellie?? That’s the main thing I would like to know. That, and how does Rachel turn out?