Cujo

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Summary: One of the greatest books of all time! A true masterpiece!
Review: Before I read "Cujo", I had never read a Stephen King novel in my life. When I got this book at my public library, my mom warned me that even adults thought that Stephen King was scary. When I got home, and started reading the book, I was captivated from the very beginning! From the haunting memory of Frank Dodd to the wonderfully suspenseful climax in Joe Camber's driveway, the book attracts the reader to it with more power than a supermagnet. After I read this book, I was inspired to read even more Stephen King, and since then have read "The Green Mile," "Christine," and am working on finishing "It." All of them are wonderful stories, but none of them quite compare with the moving work of "Cujo"!

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Summary: Horrible!
Review: This was the fourth book I read by Stephen King and to put it mildly, it was a disappointment. Actually, reading it was like getting your teeth pulled out by a tow truck with no novicane. I usually read through books pretty fast, but with this one, I only made it halfway through after a week and a half. It was such a slow read because it was so ...boring. I read The Stand, The Shining, and Misery before this one, I was actually angry that Stephen King could produce such a .... I would rather read the phone book then attempt to read this book again. I think the only use for this book is to light my fireplace. TAKE MY WORD, DON'T READ THIS BOOK.

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Summary: you'll never see friendly dogs the same way again
Review: this was the first stephen king book i got and i went through it like a knife through hot butter one of the stephen king classics that will never die even if they outlaw books. read this and i bet you will never see that big friendly dog at the end of the street in the same light ever again

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Summary: A book Full of Emotion!
Review: This book has great introuction and conclusion! The introduction makes the reader want to read more. The introduction made me wanna find out what was happening next and i liked it. I didn't like how they kept adding new characters. The characters would get confusing at times. I liked the main characters and the main settings. The main characters were described very well and had lots of narratives! I don't read horrors and i don;t like them. This book wasn't that scary compared to other horrors that i have read. Cujo was both sad and thrilling. There was lots of suspense. I recommend this book to people that like horrors and Stephen King. This book would also be more appealing to the male crowd.

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Summary: 12 year old reviewers....man, kids these days
Review: Wow--I'll admit that I think that this book might be a little mature for a 12 year old, not because of any great degree of violence or gore (which I have yet to find distressing amounts of in any of King's work), but rather because one of the primary plot elements of the novel is an adultrous affair one of the main characters pursues with another. Nonetheless... I don't know what to think about this book. I am really one hundred percent bamboozled here. I know from a little bit of research that the book was written in a drug induced haze, and that King himself doesn't remember most of it, but believe it or not that may have actually helped the presentation of the material. The actual horror elements are a little difficult for me to pinpoint here--in particular, the presence of the demon in the closet is something that's just not clicking for me, or what that has to do with Frank Dodd (who, if I remember, was dangerously insane but never actually meant any evil in his actions). I would say that this is a pretty good piece of work--rather than constructing some sort of outlandish backdrop for his novel (like he does in the Tommyknockers or 'Salem's Lot) this is a very believable piece of writing, and the emotions and events are very easy to relate to. I suppose if I were doing a critical analysis I'd be tempted to try and tie all the disparate elements of the story together, since they do seem to just be heaped into a big bag and thrown at you--what the dog's owners' trip down South has to do with the price of beans isn't readily apparent. Overall, however, what this really reads like is a good story, which is all it really needs to be.

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Summary: A good piece of work
Review: Cujo is yet another masterpiece by SK. The slow building up to the finale is excellent. It's about a boy & his dog. A dog named CUJO. Cujo fine at first, but when he goes chasing rabbits he gets bit by a bat & contracts rabies. The rest is a descension into madness(for Cujo) & confusion for everyone else: Why is cujo acting so weird? I guess they've never heard of Rabies. Still a great piece of work & worth having

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Summary: Heres a very interesting book.
Review: The book had my interest from the start and from the end.It really grabbed my attention in the first part where a high action took place.I was hooked from that point on.When the high action takes place is when, Cujo, the dog who has rabbies which makes him crazy is getting closer and closer to Tad Trenton's bed each night. Tad, the young boy, cries every night and tryes to tell his parents but they dont believe him.You, as the reader, will be surprised how fast you will be involed with the book in the beginning and will be hooked from that point with the rest of the book.The theme is not to belive everything you hear like there is no "monster" in your closet.In conclusion, I would recomened this book to everyone, especially those who enjoy lots of action.

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Summary: "I'll eat you alive, I'll be swallowing pieces of you..."
Review: Cujo is one of Stephen King's most accomplished novels. Devised to evoke true terror in the hearts of readers everywhere, Cujo is a tale of horrible circumstance where the monster isn't a monster at all, but a household pet. A once gentle St. Bernard driven mad by sickness from the bite of a rabid bat. A St. Bernard that once would have been considered harmless in just a few short days turns into a mindless killing machine, and St. Bernard's are BIG! Stephen King pulls no punches with this book and the terrifying encounters the hapless characters have with Cujo are the stuff of Horror novel legend. Cujo is truly one of Stephen King's finest hours as a writer, all the way up to the heart wrenching ending. If you are a Stephen King fan, a Horror fan, or just like really good, involving writing Cujo is a book for you.

"The entire spectrum of the aural world was his. He heard the chimes of heaven and the hoarse screams which uprose from hell. In his madness he heard the real and the unreal." (from Cujo)

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Summary: Remember To Take Care Of Your Dog.....Or Else..........
Review: I had never read a Stephen King book before. Horror/mysteries usually are not my bag. However, I had to try him once and let me tell you, Stephen sure knows how to tell a story. Yes the central theme is about the rabid infested dog Cujo terrorizes a sleepy Maine town. The descriptions of the terror that Cujo is so vivid that you are hooked from the get go with every leap of his crazed dog to each blood letting bite.

The side bar stories of the two maritial couples in distress are also quite captivating. Stephen Kemp's part has haunting overtones as well. The side bar business trip shows what life is like outside of the Castle Rock Village therefore adding a strong presence of realism. The ending is quite strong as it rasies many questions on parenting and taking risks.

Whereas this mystery is not for the faint of heart, it is definitely a first class thriller in its own right. Just remember to feed your dog regularly and make sure he or she has all his rabies shots or........you just might unleash a monster.

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Summary: A Classic horror novel!
Review: Stephen King has done it again! In Cujo,King delivers the ultimate horror to his fans.It is about a rabid dog cujo that ravages the town of Castle Rock and traps a mother and son in their Pinto which has some technical problems.It kills three more people including a cop who attempts to catch it. About the narration,it is simply awesome!King lets us see the world from Cujo`s point of view and a good choice of the breed,I should say. a simple advice to those with cardiac and blood pressure problems: DON`T READ THIS!YOU WILL BE SCARED TO DEATH!