Pet Sematary | Review

4.03/5.00

Published: 1983

Genre: Horror

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“Sometimes dead is better.”

For me, it’s difficult to say much about this book without spoiling it.

Louis Creed and his family moved to Maine (yes, Maine again). Wife, daughter, infant son, and a cat named Church. It sounds like a sweet story, even begins like a normal one, except King wrote it. It is a chilling story about, you guessed it, death, how natural it is, and how little that matters to grief.

As can be expected with King’s books, it slows down in some parts. It isn’t just a quick, action-packed story. An old complaint about King’s stories is the length and sometimes the slow start. There’s quite some build up before the action kicks in. Even though I like King’s book, they take me a bit longer to finish.

I’ve always been curious to know what effect King’s books would have had on me if I read them when I was younger. By the time I really got into his books, I had become more impervious to horror. Would it have crafted my nightmares as much as others say it did theirs?

If you pay attention, there’s a small reference to ‘Salem’s Lot. I know some people find it corny when King tips a hat to his other stories, but I enjoy it. This probably wouldn’t be the first King book I would recommend, but it is good.

Even though I haven't been a fan of the film or TV adaptation of King's works, I feel like checking this one out. 

Stephen King, we know who he is.

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.” –Stephen King