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Summary: Pet Sematary
Review: I just got finished with the book and it didnt really get exiting until the last like 40 pages, but the beginning mainly tells you about the Sematary the Micmac burying ground and what people use those places for. I havent read alot of Stephen Kings books, actually this is the first one i have read through all of the way, and i am not sure if this is the scariest one but it was a creepy book, like you dont know whats going to happen next. But i think its a good book but its definetly not the best book i have ever read. (at least it not as good as R. L. Stine or Harry Potter!)
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Summary: Another great Stephen King book.....
Review: Stephen King has said that this is his scariest book...and in some ways he is right. This is more a book about horror affecting the personal lives of the characters, the family, etc, and you can see why issues like that would be frightening to some people. Especially considering the place Mr King was in when he wrote this book, as a father himself. It would be very unsettling for anyone who had ever been a parent, or indeed, anyone who can remmber being a child very vividly. The plot is quite simple, but effectively told and very chilling. there are some really likeable characters, and their inclusion makes this story even more human, and therefore as it feels more human, an even more frightening and unsettling book. there are some great twists and turns in this book...i think particularly of one time when for about 30 pages we were breathing a huge (it was, literally a huge) sigh of relief, but then Mr King comes along again and shatters that relief into a million pieces, and because of it the shock and sadness and the events which really have happened are more profound and moving. I have read about six of his books now, and none of them have been bad. The only thing i can ever fault about his writing is his incessant use of italics, and the way he loves to split paragraphs randomly with thoughts, trying to immitate the tracks of the human mind processes. it just annoys me. but hey, i can live with it.
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Summary: Pretty good for an airport novel.
Review: Stephen King, by his own admission, is the literary equivalent to a "Big Mac and Fries". But sometimes, fast food is more appetizing than fine cuisine. And one of the more tasty items on the Stephen King menu is Pet Semetary. The story begins when young doctor Louis Creed moves his wife, 5 year old daughter, infant son, and their cat Church into a rural Maine house after he takes a job at the local university hospital. Very shortly after he begins working at the hospital, Creed receives a cryptic warning from a man who was mortally injured by a drunk driver. He pays the warning little mind until two things happen. First of all, the beloved cat Church is killed. Secondly, he learns from his elderly neighbor Jud that there is an pet cemetery close his property that may have the power to resurrect deceased animals. The only catch is that once the animals are revived, they become irredeemably evil. Creed buries Church and Church returns, but not as lovable as before. That in itself should a lesson to leave well enough alone. Then the unthinkable occurs when Creed's son is killed when a speeding truck hits him. You should be able to figure out what's next... Pet Semetary was written when King was in in his prime - before overrated (and overwritten) books like It, The Tommyknockers, and Insomnia came along. What could have been just another redundant, mindless zombie yarn is a fine morality tale about why one should never play God. Furthermore what is truly scary about the book is not the newly malevolent undead, it's watching the Creed family - who seem to have so much going for them - disintegrate. Simply put, King at his best. 'Nuff said.
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Summary: Meow! Pfft! Pfft!
Review: SK really had something profound going here about the nature of grief and loss, but he blew it with a cheesy, B-movie ending. Is it just me, or are ALL his books like this? I've only read six or seven of them, but the endings are always lame. Grrrr.
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Summary: Shadows and darkness
Review: This is perhaps Stephen King's last true horror novel. And in some ways, it remains his scariest. However, perhaps no other offering from Stephen King highlights his strengths and weakness' as a writer. This is a book of shadows and darkness told in the hair-splitting detail King is known for. And while there are moments of nightmarish descriptions that seemingly leap off the page and into your mind, the book is marred by an ending that was coming a mile away. Perhaps it's a loss of interest, or control, but most of Stephen King's story's lose credibility toward the end (The Shining is a good example.) Also, King's book's would be much stronger if they were cut in half by a brutal editor. However, very few in the horror genre can better capture contemporary life in a small town than Stephen King. Horror is a genre that is only as good as its ability to scare, something too many modern horror writers are clueless about. Fortunately, Pet Sematary has enough chills to remain one of the better examples of the genre.
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Summary: Haunting
Review: This isnt as scary as The Shining or Thomas Harris's Hannibal but it is one of Stephen King's best novels because it proves that his characters can be just as creepy(if not more) as the supernatural elements in the story.In particular,the funeral scene is a real shocker.Irwin Goldman is one of S.K.'s scariest human characters next to Randall Flagg,Henry Bowers and Jack Torrance.The movie version of the story does this no justice.
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Summary: Very impressive
Review: Well, it was about time there was a horror story I could give five stars to. Having read two other novels by King, I was under the impression that they would all be four-star quality, but, well, what can I say? I was wrong.
There is an awful lot of natural stuff in this book, meaning natural as opposed to supernatural; of the latter, there is the occasional burst, and then it sort of creeps into the natural life and becomes a part of it. (Or how should I put it? Well, something like that.) The terror creeps in slowly (although this is bit of an assumption because I, despite the virtually heroic attempt made by this one, still remain unfrightened by any book), and at times steps aside to let other feelings in, ones having to do with the natural life of the family that is at the centre of the story. Mainly negative ones, come to think of it...
The details of the supernaturalness, although its exact nature remains as unexplained as always, are, well, I am looking for some kind of a positive adjective, but cannot think of a one appropriate here. To reveal a slight bit of the plot (don't read if you don't want to know, it might in fact be advisable, it is always better to be surprised), this book tells about a family - and it very definitely tells about that family specifically - that moves into a new house. On one side, there is a road which just waits for an accident happen there to someone, but in fact far more threatening is a "pet sematary", the spelling being explained by the fact that it was used by children (to the reviever who wondered this: well, it is misspelled, why not with an s?), in the forest nearby. What is so bad about it is not the cemetery itself but something else it has a kind of connection with... something the nature of which is partially revealed soon, after which everyone can predict what will happen eventually, but it is still effectively told.
This book is full of all sort of pleasantly horrifying gruesomeness on different levels. If that sentence sounds promising, then you could consider reading it. It might scare some people, though...
I never did understand what the playing card in the end signified.
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Summary: Pet Sematary
Review: Louis Creed and his family moved to Ludlow,Maine.They meet their neighbors Jud & Norma Crandall. Jud tells the family about the path in their backyard that leads to the Pet Sematary. They get very curious and want to go there. One day the family plans to take the long walk to the pet sematary. Once they get there they take a look at all of the pets that have died over the years. Rachel begins to think the pet sematary will have a bad effect on their daughter Ellie. Soon strange things begin to happen to the Creeds. Anyone who is interested in creepy,suspenseful stories should definitely read Pet Sematary by Stephen King.
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Summary: King's darkest
Review: Early publicity for Pet Sematary stated that the novel, which King had written but not allowed to be released, was his scariest novel ever. King and his wife, Tabitha, agreed that this was no mere hyperbole. In a Fangoria interview conducted around the time of Pet Sematary's release, King said that he showed the manuscript to his wife, and she couldn't finish it. "It was too... effective." Eventually, in 1983, the novel did see print. Was it as horrifying, as gruesome, as dark as all the hype purported it to be? Thankfully, yes. This book is a runner-up for King's scariest novel (losing only marginally to The Shining), and it really is his darkest. It is a book about loss, and greif, and, simply put, death. Death, the great unknown; death, the all-encroaching. But, as the characters of Pet Sematary discover, there are things worse than death. King himself has said that Pet Semetary is in his opinion his most frightening novel. While I may not agree with that entirely, it certainly is a story that's as creepy as they come. First the cat dies, and then the story of the old Indian cemetery comes out, and next thing you know, the dead cat is alive - if not a bit odd. Voila - the big can of worms is open. It's a can of worms that ultimately plummets this likeable family into the depths of Hell. The cemetery, against all laws of nature (but in keeping with the laws of Stephen King) appears to be able to resurrect dead animals. Could it also work on humans? Dr Louis Creed tries to postpone death by prolonging life. This is the story of a man who forgets that he can't play God. It is a disturbing novel, the kind of subversive, realistic scary story that exemplifies great horror fiction. Despite a slow start, Pet Semetary picks up speed and pulls the reader into a terrifying conclusion. It is a dark, unforgiving novel dealing with the very nature of death and greif. It never gives up, just hacks away at sanity and rationality until nothing is left. In the world of Pet Sematary, death begets death, lunacy begets lunacy, and the examination of terror is an exercise in darkness, in which no light can be seen.
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Summary: The most evil of King's novels
Review: Unlike The Stand ,It or many other of his masterpieces, this one does not have a happy ending. I stopped counting of how many times I've read this. It is a pure hardcore horror novel, with all unnecesseries missing, nothing too much. I love it !
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