Reviews

Pet Sematary by Stephen King

jiffy145's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

4.0

stephen u have done it again. i went nuts and read this in one day which i haven't been able to do in years and it made me feel sick to my stomach more than once. great shit

also i saw all ur references to ur other novels. u madman. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Animal death, Child death, and Death

feiyafei's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

tdannecker's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.5

erislaroy's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.75

terryma90's review against another edition

4.0

This book at first was not even scary to me at all so I thought that when others said it was Stephen Kings scariest book I doubted. But as coming to the ending it got very weird and dark very fast. At the end I could see how people can say it is his scariest book. For me it’s weirdest and most interesting book written from him.

nat2440's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

nikikuki's review against another edition

4.0

I feel attacked

same_sch's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The book that made me fall in love with Stephen King and that reawakened my desire to read. The way in which he relates the grief and the situations (and decisions) that the characters must solve, despite not having monsters and / or murderers, is a truly unforgettable story, full of pain and anguish that makes you rethink life, death and the naturalness (or not) of these.

lukewhenderson's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.5

titansgo12's review against another edition

3.0

This book was off to a really good start but in the last run of the book which is what the entire story is leading up to was really a drag for me and what should have been the most interesting and thrilling turned out to be quite the let down...The narrator does a wonderful job at bringing these characters to life and appropriately vocalizing the super creepy moments in the book, would love to listen to more narrations by him.