Reviews

Pet Sematary by Stephen King

vonbergundy's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

kaylamarch's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

Child death is probably the only trigger that I don’t feel like I can handle, particularly with as much focus on it as there seems to be in the second half of this book. So, I’m choosing to not finish after a little over half the book. Maybe I’ll finish it at a later point, when my own son is not so close in age to Gage. I was intrigued by a lot of aspects in the first half of the book, but also bored by several parts of it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

sonofali's review against another edition

5.0

YO.

mainereading's review against another edition

4.0

I really enjoyed 'Pet Sematary', and thought it was really creepy, especially towards the end of the book. I thought the overall question this book was asking was interesting. It really makes you think.
"Would you do anything to bring back your loved ones?"
This book deals heavily with the topic of grief, so it's not for everyone. But, if your looking for a good horror novel, this is for you!

tesslinnebank's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

3.5

lord_haslam's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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

5.0

zezao91'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

thisisuru's review against another edition

3.0

3.5

Overall I enjoyed this book, the only thing stopping me from giving it a 4 is that I didn’t catch feelings for the characters with the exception of Jud.

sethro93's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

derry's review against another edition

4.0

A real cult classic. Absolutely loved it, but a wee bit predictable. As the owner of two cats and a self professed crazy cat lady, this quote was one of my favourites:

" he's my cat! He's not God's cat! Let God have his own cat! Let God have all the damn old cat He wants, and kill them all! Church is mine!"