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Pet Sematary (Paperback)

by Stephen King (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (30 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 480 pages
  • Publisher: New English Library Ltd; New Ed edition (4 Feb 1985)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0450057690
  • ISBN-13: 978-0450057694
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11.1 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 79,706 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Sometimes "read" is better...., 18 Feb 2001
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This is probably not the most sophisticated or deeply plotted Stephen King book - it is one of his early works and that shows. Pet Sematary is, however, the most absorbing and haunting novel I have ever read and is full of a black humour that remains with you long afterwards.

The concept is simplicity itself - happy all-American family move to their dream house in rural Maine and make friends with the kindly old couple across the street. This, of course, is the world of Stephen King - so everyone has a secret and nothing is quite as it seems. The one thing you can be sure of is that nobody is likely to live happily ever after...

The book is certainly bleak and not to be recommended if you're feeling depressed ! But, however intense the emotions that it evokes, the joy of meeting some of King's most believable and sympathetic characters and the experience of discovering just what is out there in the woods behind the Creed house are certainly worth it.

I have read this book countless times, but have never forgotton the pleasure of discovering it initially, when every plot development was new. If you are about to read Pet Sematary for the first time I envy you - enjoy !

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This is a book to die for., 6 Jul 1999
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My advice to you is not to read this book whilst sitting alone in the house at night with only the cat for company because i can guarantee you that you will not be able to sleep.

This is the story of Dr Lous Creed, his wife Rachael and their two children, Ellie and Gage who move from Chicago to Ludlow, Maine. Here they become friends with an elderly couple across the street, Jud and Norma Crandall. One night Jud takes Louis up to the Pet Sematary and beyond to a magicial place, an indian buiral ground. From here on in this is truly Stephen King at his best.

I realised that this was not the best book to take to read on holiday whilst lying on a sundrenched beach, with nothing much to occupy my mind with during the day i found at night my imagination running wild and have to admit to having to sleep with the lights on.

After having read this book ask yourself one question - If you were in the same position as Louis Creed whould you do the same thing?

My answer: Under the circumstances and bearing the state of my mind, then probably yes. Quite a frighting thought.

If you are Stephen King's Number One Fan than this book is a MUST HAVE!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Creepy Reading, 27 Feb 2007
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Published in 1983, "Pet Sematary" came around at a time when Stephen King wasn't one for dragging out his novels too much. It's mostly because of the length of this book that the novel is such an easy, enjoyable little read. Not too detailed but detailed enough for the reader to get what's going on in the story exactly; "Pet Sematary" is gripping and creep reading throughout, but particularly within the final hundred pages, where the story eventually comes to a head -- even if some readers will percieve the ending as being a bit rushed.

"Pet Sematary" is about a Doctor named Louis Creed who moves to the town of Ludlow, Maine along with his family. Young daughter Ellie, baby son Gage, wife Rachel and cat Winston Churchill (Church for short). There he and his family meet Jud Crandall and his wife Norma, who live in thehouse across the road. When Church the cat is hit by a truck on the road in front of the Creeds' house when all of the family barring Louis are on holiday; Jud Crandall takes Louis beyond the neighbouring Pet Sematary and to an indian burial ground with the power of bringing the recently deceased back to life once buried in its ground. Church returns home alive but different. And when one of Louis Creed's own children suffers the same fate as the newly reincarnated cat, Louis begins to consider taking his son's body up there. This is despite Jud warning him against it with a story of another person who buried his son up there and telling that what came back was an "abomination".

Stephen King doesn't pick up the pace until near the end of the book, where things actually become scary. Describing ghosts, demons and monsters in a way that he has failed to do in some of his more recent horror novels. In "Pet Sematary" he makes his novel scary and creepy with total ease.

If what you're looking for is a scary, tense, creepy horror novel then you wouldn't be left too disappointed with Stephen King's 1983 novel "Pet Sematary". Excellent storytelling.
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3.0 out of 5 stars King could have explored so much more with this story...
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS!

Pet Sematary was my first Stephen King novel. Though not a major disappointment, the book did not fulfil the expectations I had in mind... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars What can i say, this was before King Padded his books with filler and it rocks.
"If you go down to the woods today, your in for a big surprize. If you go down to the woods today you wont believe your eyes, For every wrong thing that ever there... Read more
Published 15 months ago by B. J. Crossley

5.0 out of 5 stars As a constant reader of Stephen King, in my personal rating list this is his number one.
Stephen King wrote a lot of VERY good books, and I loved almost every one of them ("Firestarter" and "Rose Madder" were slightly less good), but this is my personal favourite... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Maciej K.

5.0 out of 5 stars Back from the dead...
A young family move to a new home next to a busy main road, while in the woods behind their property is an old Indian burial ground with the secret power to bring the dead back to... Read more
Published on 8 Mar 2007 by dogbarkssome

4.0 out of 5 stars A mixed bag...
I read all the reviews here and couldn't wait to start reading Pet Sematary. The result was a mixture. Read more
Published on 1 Dec 2006 by J. Harrison

4.0 out of 5 stars Pet - a safe bet
Why is it before King I saw the best in most things - now , well its the opposite every normal situation has evil creeping below. Read more
Published on 31 Oct 2006 by Mr. G. Williams

5.0 out of 5 stars Cat,s the way to do it
Funny. I first picked this book up from the library oh I dunno in the late 80's read a bit & did not like it at all. Read more
Published on 7 Nov 2005 by Benacre Broad

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't read it alone...
I had never read a Stephen King book before, and unfortunately started with this.
The mere name (and a reference to it in an episode of Buffy) led me to read it: I really... Read more
Published on 6 Jun 2005 by little_miss_demon

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Stephen King's Best
Fantastic book. Really scary. Hard to put down. Do not read when 'Home Alone'.
Story about a youngish family who move to Maine. Read more
Published on 23 Oct 2004 by dkbaker_2000

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