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Summary: Stephen King Does It Again!
Review: Another very good Stephen King book. The main idea is about a rabid dog named Cujo who terrorizes a family. I think it is very well described. This is another one of Stephen King's best books. I would reccomend this book to anyone who liked "Misery" or "The Shining".
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Summary: Cujo a killer dog
Review: I thought Cujo is a great book but is more for 8th graders and higher because of the content. ON the other had it is a great book and Stephen King is a great writer and describes everything very closely. He must take a lot of time writing books for all the descriptive details. I think I will want to read his other books.
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Summary: Cujo
Review: After reading the story Cujo written by Stephen King, I have come to the
conclusion that
even though some parts in the book didnt make any sense, Stephen still does a
great job
catching the readers attention and making them want to read more. I also
found the way
he ended each chapter interesting. Stephen did a great job of leaving the
reader hanging at
the end of each chapter. The main character in the story didnt even know he
was a
monster. A big friendly dog chased a rabbit into a cave that has never been
discovered by
anyone. When Cujo came back out he wasnt the same, he had been changed.
Changed
into what would be the towns next monster. In conclusion, Cujo is the book
for you if
you enjoy a suspenseful exciting story.
Rating: 
Summary: Too short, too weak.
Review: Cujo bothers me in two ways. Firstly, the novel hinges on events that are almost completely coincidental. Circumstances had to go exactly right for everything to go wrong. This is frustrating because, unlike most King works, it doesn't have any basis in real life. The characters, the minor torments, even the dog attack, are all real enough. But the way events construct themselves are somehow dubious. It could happen, but is still unrealistic.Secondly, instead of leaving this as a story of real life, Stephen King introduces a "thing" in the closet. Is that Frank Dodd? Is there supposed to be a supernatural context? The novel, supposedly grounded in reality, goes off on this minor supernatural tangent a few times. It's jerky and it's obvious. Those scenes don't have any real connections with the novel itself. On its own, the idea of the monster in the closet (and, along with that, the image of Cujo being the monster set loose) would have been fine. Loosely asserting that things paranormal are going on simply doesn't work. The multiple deaths at the end, however - George Bannerman, Tad Trenton, and Cujo himself - are among the most haunting, effective scenes King has written. Man battles Nature, and they both lose.
Rating: 
Summary: Forget Misery... THIS is torture
Review: Non-stop character development. Cruelty to animals. No point whatsoever. "Cujo" is about a dog who gets bitten by bats and goes on a rampage... all within or around his house. Grrrr... First, for 100 pages, no blood is spilled, and everyone is talking about an affair, a "failed" ad campaign (more like controversy), and a monster in a closet. Excuse me, is this horror, or a stupid drama with a dog going rabid? Then we get up to speed and Cujo kills two people. That's the body count of his murders. Please... If you look at it as a horror story, you won't find enough horror. If you look at it as an affair story, all that action (no dirty pun intended) happens at the beginning. If you look at it as anything else, nothing's there. No wonder King doesn't remember writing this. Speaking of King's works, why all the sex? Every book of his has mention of sex!
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Summary: One of King's Best
Review: Cujo was the first novel I ever read by Stephen King, and it continues to be probably the best novel that he has written that I have read. Other than IT and Carrie, nothing comes cloase to Cujo, the horror story of the rabid dog in Castle Rock who goes on a rampage killing 4 people. The novel really is something special, with its excellent storytelling, and likeable villian, who doesn't like a rabid dog, it just all works. The novel doesn't hang around to long, gets to the point, and then delievers. This is Stephen King at his best, and I would reccomend Cujo to anyone. What a great novel.
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Summary: "Cujo" and Its Devices
Review: In Stephan King's, "Cujo", King uses many of his characters and sub-plots to show many different ways of three literary devices being used in the story. Foreshadowing was used (...). Dramatic irony was placed throughout the story when the reader knew many details that the characters did not know. Also, suspense is built up throughout the story when they would change to a different setting and different characters while leaving the reader in mid-air. These literary devices are important throughout the entire novel to help keep the reader interested and the novel, entertaining.
Tad is only a small, four-year-old child, who believed, deep in his heart, that there was a monster in his closet. While Tad was trying to go to sleep in his bed, thecloset door would open and dreadful, deadly red eyes would appear and talk to Tad. He was told that each night, it would come closer and closer to the bed and one night, jump on him and kill him before he gets the chance to call for help. (...)
While the book changes its plot frequently, suspense builds up throughout the story.
There are many times throughout the story in which the plot changes into a new setting with new characters. When the plot is changed, the occurring events are stopped in mid-air and have left the reader with a cliffhanger. Cliffhangers help build suspense because the reader is unaware of what will happen next in that sequence of events. The reader is forced to read on and wait for those events to come back into play in the novel, while the story continues in other elements. This novel is built up with many different stories put together which also makes it easier for suspense to be built up throughout the story. These literary devices make the novel.
The use of literary terms in a novel is used to make a story worth reading and to keep ther reader interested throughtout the entire novel. Forewshadowing cn be hidden in the novel, but will make sense in the end, the same way that these examples showed. Dramatic irony can keep a reader interested by showing them everything that is going on, and when a character is questioning what is happening, the reader knows and wants to tell the character but is unable to. Suspense can easitly keep a reader wanting more and more until the story is sadly, put to an end. King has used these literary devices extremely well and has made it easy for a reader to come back and read more of the story.
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Summary: Cujo Book Review
Review: This book by Steven King as so far an awesome book it is an exciting non stop thriller, he makes it so you want to put the book down but you can't and what I mean by that is the book is really descriptive and a little on the scary side I wouldn't recomend reading it late at night if you get scared easy but on the other hand you want to keep reading to see what is going to happen. This book is based around a little boy and a saint bernard who is well a man eater. I enjoy Steven Kings books for many reason and this is one of my favorites the book gives so much detail that you feel you could be there, I've seen the movie and I prefer the book it has more detail and makes you think a little about what is going to happen next.
Rating:
Summary: great story
Review: i read Cujo very quick, it is too short, it was great especially the famous part in the car, great subplot about the serial killer as well, kept the strory moving
Rating:
Summary: Cujo was just too short!!!!!!
Review: I READ THIS BOOK at the end of summer amd finshed at the beggining of 7th grade wich was september something.This book keeps you on the edge of your seat the whole book is interesting except when Vic is talking about ad worx or old man sharp.It is
about a 3 year old boy who is scared of his coset because every night it opens and he sees a monster.also there is a st. bernard
who has gotten rabies from a rabbit and is killing everyone
andmeanwhile the boy brett owner of st. bernard is in conneticut with his mom.This is an awesome book and king doesn't let you down in this book!!!
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