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Summary: And you thought your dog was naughty
Review: Okay so my only major complaint is that Cujo was a Saint Bernard, that breed just didn't work for me. The book was good - and had a few great spots that you wanted to keep reading to see how situations turned out, but it was a bit slow.
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Summary: The best plot ever
Review: This story was unbelieveable...it's the second King book I've read, the first being The Dead Zone (also very good)...but you can picture yourself in this crisis. In a stalled car with no food, water, and the beating sun, with freedom surrounding you, but a nice, Saint Bernard gone bad from rabies keeps you from doing anything. Not one thing you can do, and yet so close. Very suspensful, I recommened it to anyone.
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Summary: Nice Job
Review: Although not King's best Cujo is still a great read! It is about a dog named Cujo that becomes rabid and attacks the town of Castle Rock. He traps a mother and son in the mother's Pinto for days. With a great plot and storyline this book is really great and any King fan would love it. The only thing about the book that I did not like is the characters. What was really cool about this book is that you actually get to read Cujo's point of view on everything. In conclusin, read this book for a great read but don't except a whole lot of horror in this little book. Happy Reading!
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Summary: Not too Bad
Review: When you read On Writing by King you come to relize that this book was written when he was high on Blow and drunk on Whiskey the whole time. He doesn't even remember writing it! To catch the same story telling voice, to make you still shiver, was to me really amazing. I myself being a writer CAN NOT write being drunk, so for King to catch that voice and to make the fear creep up on you and grab hold was really amazing. The story of the wife having the affair really didn't need to be there, it's more of a filler than anything eles. Sort of like that stubid romance story he put in Misery-how bad was that?-you can skim that part of the story if you have read this before, otherwise, for a first time read you should after all it is part of the story. The really interesting parts of the story-at least to me-are from the Dog's point of view, truly a marvel of writing. I have never looked at any dog the same way again, nor will I ever,I tend to avoid them after seeing a dog with rabies attack someone when I was seven! His discriptions of a dog with rabies is very well done. This book should be read by anyone who wants a few good scares.
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Summary: Another page turner.
Review: Cujo was scary! Another one where the book is better than the movie. You are actually inside the dogs head at one point. Although the story is a bit far fetched, it's still entertaining and very well written.
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Summary: Rabid!!!
Review: If you think a dog can't hurt you, then think again! Cujo is a Saint Bernard infested by rabies and stalks his owners!!! This is a novel that begs for attention as the unspeakable horror turns out to be a two-hundred pound dog. Buy this book! You won't be disappointed!
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Summary: Excellent story by King
Review: Not a real long story, but very gripping. Without trying to give too much away, I'll just say that I preferred the book's ending to the Hollywood movie ending. While it might not be real plausible that such a thing could happen, it does have a bit more "real-life" feel to it than some of King's more supernatural stores. There's really nothing in this book that *couldn't* happen, and that gives it a very real, and scary, feel. Definitely worth reading.
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Summary: Rabid bat bites dog. Everybody dies.
Review: Harlan Ellison has pointed out that, in general, a Stephen King book is based on a very simple idea that could be presented in the form of a novella. And so could Cujo if it weren't for SK's use of multiple, moderately intense viewpoint, which he doesn't use too often. Gerald's Game is an example of one of SK's stories in which he uses moderately intense viewpoint, more successfully than in Cujo (its effectiveness being spoiled by the inclusion of the unnecessary Mr Bag of Bones at the end). For the most part, Cujo reads like any other SK book, with its heavy use of cynicism, colloquialism, and product placement. But the viewpointed parts tend to slow the pace a little because they are not integrated as well as they could have been; they tending to give a kind of added for the sake of feel to the flow of things. Nevertheless, Cujo is up to SK's usual standards, but inconsistent with Harlan Ellison's overly enthusiastic recommendation. Gerald's Game is more in line with that, and with what SK was trying to achieve if he'd been let keep it that way, I think.
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Summary: GOOD!
Review: This book is great! I love it when those people by the car hear Cujo start to growl! Read this book! I get chills whenever I read it!
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Summary: CUJO!
Review: This is a good book! Read it! I love the part where Cujo sees those strange people and growls at them!
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