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Pet Sematary by Stephen King

26 reviews

principessa_32's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

It a lot filling stuff in the story

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Content Warnings

Minor: Car accident, Child abuse, Murder, Sexual content, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, and Mental illness

megselyane's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Violence, Mental illness, Animal death, Car accident, Child death, Gore, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Sexism, Misogyny, Vomit, and Sexual content

kacyn21's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Animal death, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Suicidal thoughts

chloseencounter's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Pet Semetery may be the scariest book by King I’ve read so far and it’s definitely the best one I’ve read since The Shining. I think often King’s novels are like the longest build up ever to the world’s saddest orgasm but I actually felt that the pay off was worth it in this novel. I’ll also say that this was some very strong character writing but despite that maybe only two characters were actually likable, though I do at least think the mental decline in Louis over time is articulated well. I was also slightly put off by the completely out of place sex scenes that added literally nothing to the story but King is nothing if not horny. Even though I love to complain about King’s books I really did enjoy this one and would actually recommend it to people especially if you’re new to King or horror in general. I still think it could’ve been edited so much shorter but for the most part it felt more evenly paced than other King novels and I wasn’t often bored. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Child death, Animal death, and Death

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, and Blood

Minor: Chronic illness, Racism, Terminal illness, Confinement, Medical content, Medical trauma, Violence, Grief, and Mental illness

weinerman's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Alcoholism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Sexual content

grasss's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Medical content, Child death, Car accident, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Gore, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

Genuinely amazing. The characters are wonderfully written; they are so believable and so human. The way it handles grief is absolutely amazing. It's pretty depressing and I loved every moment of it. You feel everything the characters are feeling. It's a story about grief and sadness and losing everything you care about, told in the most sympathetic and believable way possible. To the point where you understand what brings someone to resurrect their own child. Little slow at first, and it doesn't really get scary until the about the last 100 or so pages, but once it does its terrifying. I had trouble sleeping the night I finished it. One of the best books I've ever read.

sapphicmuscaria's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Not really scary, it's more sad, with its scary elements being more interesting and eerie than horror. I don't think that was a bad thing with this book though.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Mental illness, Animal death, Gore, Cultural appropriation, Ableism, and Alcohol

Minor: Rape, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Vomit

leigh13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Grief, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Violence, Sexual content, and Mental illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Medical content

sexualedward's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Grief, Death, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Gore, Car accident, Cursing, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol and War

prathamaparab's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Not scary enough and this is coming from someone who is petrified at the slightest tone of horror.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Terminal illness, Misogyny, Mental illness, and Death