Cujo

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Summary: Watch out Beethoven lovers!
Review: If I remember correctly, Cujo is a Saint Bernard, and the untimely victim of rabid bats. King's book is quite scary, and the characters fleshed out in very realistic tones. I've noticed from King's books that I've read ("Cujo", "Pet Semetary", "Bag of Bones") that he relies heavily on the psychological states of his believable characters. "Cujo" is one of his earlier books, so it does not show the maturity that I observed in "Bag of Bones". Well, Mr. King, I'm certainly more wary of rabies now!

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Summary: One of King's Best
Review: Wow, how many times have you heard that written about a Stephen King book? I say it with a die-hard fan's sincerity, though--I've read every book he has ever published at least 3 times each, and "Cujo" is, without a doubt, one of his best. For some reason, though, it's always lumped with the more "halfway" books (books that, while good, aren't on the better side of King's body of work). I think, however, that the problem lies with what i feel to be the book's strongest point: it's complete realism. In Beahm's 'Stephen King Companion,' he points out that in 'Cujo,' most of the situations are out of the characters' control and questions of sacrifice can't come into play. Because of that, though, the book is even more scary and plausible. The characters, as real as they come, are some of his best, and the suspense is top-notch (even better than 'Misery,' in my opinion). Strongly reccommended.

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Summary: Four an a Half really.
Review: This book is great, but not quite perfect. It's not King's Scarriest, but it might be his most suspensful. I shure don't want to have a pet Saint Barnard any time soon!

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Summary: Must-Read For King and Horror Fans
Review: Speaking from personal experience, being attacked by a big dog is terrifying -- and so is this book! Probably one of King's best works, certainly one of his scariest. I highly recommend this to all King fans, if you have not already read it, and to horror fans.

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Summary: This book is great!
Review: Cujo kept me on the edge of my seat. It was very suspenseful, especially at one point when the heroine arrives at her mechanic's house. She is then stalked by the dog, then it charges at her. I recomend this book because it eas so realistic, and all the characters were so life-like because Stephen King allows you to enter their minds. Therefore you feel fore them. What makes it so realistic is that this could really happen. It doesn't deal with monsters or any thing like that. It deals wirh two very realistic characters, trapped in a Pinto, for two swelteringly hot days, by a very rabid dog. The ending was a bit of a shock to me, though. I don't wasn to give it away, but it has to do with the son. Once again, Stepohen King has surprised me.

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Summary: Another good book
Review: He hooks your interest in the beginning and drags you to the end! As all of his other books, Cujo is full of detail, sometimes to me too boring, but I love the way he does the omniscient point of view... the way one person's time and place leads into another person's critical situation. He weaves an interesting plot, and I love how he did Cujo's point of view. Neat. BUT, the only thing I did not like about the book is that Tadder died. I read such a description that I ended up liking Tad's innocence and wishing totally that he'd be ok, but he ended up dead! Ah well, at least Kemp got caught...

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Summary: Scary and Great
Review: GREAT BOOK!! I love this book along with Pet Sematary (I'm CRAZY about that book!) What makes the story even scarier is the fact that something like a rabid dog attacking someone could happen to anybody. It is very realistic. (that's what makes is sooooooooo scary!)

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Summary: Oh man
Review: If you hate or are afraid of dogs, DO NOT READ THIS BOOK!! This book is friggin scary, and the imige of cujo and the book will pop into your head every time yo hear a dog growl or see a dog give you a dirty look, or bark crazily at you. This book is scary as hell. A MUST READ. Don't read if your really DENSE though.

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Summary: Cujo is the best thing created since sliced bread!!
Review: Cujo is a book about a lovable Saint Bernard dog that chases a rabit into a bolt-hole and obtains rabies. Despite his efforts no to kill, rabies tells his brain to destry everyone, they have all caused his pain. In response, Cujo does just that, until his body can take no more and dies. I would recomend this book to anyone who loves dogs, and I stress everyone who owns one to read it.

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Summary: King's short story lengthened to fill his pockets
Review: Nowhere near the level of "Salem's Lot" and "The Shining" to name a few of his earlier masterpieces. This book, along with a few of the other forgetable novels he published during this same time frame in the 80's, was obviously a short story he stretched with fluff and junky sidelines to make it long enough to get his money from the publisher--and from US! I give it one star for the short story it "could have been".