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A review by ladybugwrites
Pet Sematary by Stephen King
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
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
3.0
I did not actually have high hopes for this book, but when I started it, it was better than I expected it to be. I really do like Stephen King's writing style, I think it flows and it's just the right amount of descriptive. I also, at first, didn't mind how much the book dragged. It has a really slow start, not really getting to the meat of the story until like 250 pages in (which is more than half the book), and it didn't botter me for the first 150 pages or so.
And then it did. At the end I really kinda just wanted to finish to finish. I think most of the last 200 pages were incredibly dragged out and slow and could've been done well without all the repetition and details tbh. This book started out as a tale about death, about what it does to those that are left, about what it looks like, and about the fact that some things are better left dead. And it ended up as, well to a degree that, but not in really a way I liked. It wasn't the nuanced conversation it started out as and instead became the horror I would expect - which whilst what I technically signed up for with a King book, wasn't really what I wanted after I read the first 200 pages.
And then it did. At the end I really kinda just wanted to finish to finish. I think most of the last 200 pages were incredibly dragged out and slow and could've been done well without all the repetition and details tbh. This book started out as a tale about death, about what it does to those that are left, about what it looks like, and about the fact that some things are better left dead. And it ended up as, well to a degree that, but not in really a way I liked. It wasn't the nuanced conversation it started out as and instead became the horror I would expect - which whilst what I technically signed up for with a King book, wasn't really what I wanted after I read the first 200 pages.