10.9k reviews for:

Pet Sematary

Stephen King

4.01 AVERAGE

noya_'s review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

jphilbooks's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Just finished Pet Sematary and have to say it is definitely the creepiest King novel ive read so far. I'd rate it as my second favorite by him with IT being first. Loved watching Louis slow descent into insanity as his life slowly unravels in the second half and the exploration of grief and what one would be willing to go through for their family and as much as we think we'd want them back, sometimes dead is better.

bookyyu's review against another edition

4.0

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Scritto bene, coinvolgente. Ho trovato un po’ prolissa la parte del funerale di Gage e la sua morte in generale.

chrissy_d's review against another edition

5.0

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One of Stephen King's best.

brett_vs_the_backlog's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

zenoslibraryy's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

mxllie_rxth's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

professor_buttz's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

sproutedtofu's review against another edition

3.0

dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I finally read this book!

I think I could have liked this a lot more if I found the main character even slightly likable.
The book's whole weird obsession with not neutering the cat kept throwing me off.

mattcarryon's review against another edition

4.0

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one of the only books i have ever had to pause while reading to process wtf was going on

so sad and scary, but king did an amazing job showing a descent into madness and the emotions that come with it