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Cujo by Stephen King

19 reviews

lydiavsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

This took me sooo long to read. The first half just dragged so much, I didn't want to pick it up and I struggled through. But the second half did really pick up especially towards the end. If it wasn't for the incredibly slow start I would've thought the last 150 pages to be brilliant, but that intial drag really brought it down for me, it just didn't seem necessary. The characters weren't particularly memorable, they didn't stand out to me. I liked the action at the end, I liked the tension, I felt we finally knew the characters, but unfortunately I was already too fed up with the book to really enjoy it when it finally got going.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Death, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

jfield351's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.0

I wish they all died sooner

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Animal death

pastel_princess's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Violence, Grief, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

midnightgremlin's review

dark tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Vomit, Sexual content, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Excrement, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Animal death, Blood, Violence, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Gore

halfmysoul's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

In terms of writing, this book is indeed worthy of 5 stars but it was genuinely horrifying. I knew to expect nothing less from the author but wow I was not prepared. I love King, I used to really want to read more books with the thriller/horror genre and the ones I read didnt really do it for me but his book's always ALWAYS had me getting chills up my spine, staying up late at night thinking about the story, etc etc. The writing in this book is of course amazing and although its a very interesting read, it isnt my favorite or one I would ever read again. The POV of Cujo is terrifying after he "turns bad" and the scenes of the mother's POV, while she's in the car, is possibly worse than the struggle scenes between her and Cujo. What happened to the little boy, and Cujo himself was horrifying. The way King describes everything is surreal and I had to close the book and get up often due to how graphic it is. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death and Blood

a_novel_craving's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

neptunereign's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Violence, Torture, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, Body horror, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Sexual assault and Rape

shortstackkat's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

3.75

I forgot how incredibly heartbreaking the ending is so it’s a really rough read in those final pages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Confinement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, and Child death

nadiamacintyre's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I didn't think I was going to enjoy this book, but I loved it. A rabid dog, intense summer heat and family dramas - what could possibly go wrong? 

It was creepy, intense and horrifying. The characters were well written and immensely enjoyable to read and King being King you can expect brutality, and moments where you have to stop reading and absorb everything that is happening, because it will have you on the edge of your seat and at moments feeling squeamish. 

The only reason I didn't rate this as a 5 star read was due to not completely enjoying Vic and Rogers sections of the book, I found the business talk a tad boring and I would have liked more of the story to have focused on Cujo, Donna and Tad. Otherwise, for me this was a near perfect book and one of my favourites from King. A definite page turner.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Injury/Injury detail