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Cujo Paperback – 10 Nov 2011

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  • Paperback: 432 pages
  • Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks (10 Nov. 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1444708120
  • ISBN-13: 978-1444708127
  • Product Dimensions: 13.1 x 2.9 x 19.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (98 customer reviews)
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Cujo is so well paced and scary that people tend to read it quickly, so they mostly remember the scene of the mother and son trapped in the hot Pinto and threatened by the rabid Cujo, forgetting the multifaceted story in which that scene is embedded. This is definitely a novel that rewards re-reading. When you read it again, you can pay more attention to the theme of country folk versus city folk; the parallel marriage conflicts of the Cambers versus the Trentons; the poignancy of the amiable St Bernard (yes, the breed choice is just right) infected by a brain-destroying virus that makes it into a monster; and the way the "daylight burial" of the failed ad campaign is reflected in the sunlit Pinto that becomes a coffin. And how significant it is that this horror tale is not supernatural: it's as real as junk food, a failing marriage, a broken-down car, or a fatal virus. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 starsCujo, A really great read
By Amazon Customer on 24 April 2017
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A terrific book, well written, well present and well packed. It was certainly a page turner, I didn't want to put it down.
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5.0 out of 5 starsSuperb
By R. H. Yule on 20 May 2010
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I'm not a fan of horror fiction, because I'm easily spooked and I don't fancy restless nights. However, I thought I'd give Cujo a try because it's a story which isn't dependent on any intrusion of the supernatural.

It really is a superb piece of work. Although it's actually a slow-paced story, Stephen King manages the tension so skilfully that I was gripped from first page to last. He really takes you inside the characters so you see events unfolding through their eyes, rather than as a spectator.

The various sub-plots interweave very neatly and keep the action going. They all explore the theme of the potential disasters which lie in wait by the side of our otherwise stable, peaceful lives, and which only need some quirk of bad luck to be activated. There's some intelligent exploration of each character's inner conflicts, alongside the twists and turns of a menacing plot-line. There's much more here than the tale of a mad dog.

Highly recommended for anyone but the very squeamish.
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2.0 out of 5 starsFamily drama, breakfast cereal and maybe a rabid St Bernard if you're willing to wait for it.
By DanP on 14 April 2017
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Is is a review of the content of the book itself. The audio book quality was perfect. This story just feels like a lesser King story, when it's advertised as being a story about a killer dog and that's maybe 20-30% of the book you feel a little ripped off. The majority of the story is made up of inane family drama of two families, one working class and one middle class. If you like to know the details behind how breakfast cereal is advertised then you're in luck. But if you're looking for the genius from the author of 'The Stand' and 'IT' might be worth looking elsewhere.
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4.0 out of 5 starsBeware the Dog
By M. Dowden HALL OF FAMETOP 50 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on 21 April 2017
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Back in the earlier days of Stephen King’s books this was published, and was written at a time when Mr King was drinking heavily. So although this is a good solid story it does have a couple of problems, ones that you would have expected an editor to have wrinkled out back then.

As is common with this author’s books we are taken to a small New England town and we meet some of the residents of the place. We also meet Cujo, a rather docile St Bernard. Those in the know will recognise Cujo as the alias of William Lawton Wolfe of the SLA. As we see this dog becomes rabid after being bitten by an infected bat, and having had no vaccination himself he contracts the disease.

As you would expect there is more to this tale than just a rabid dog, and we see different family dynamics take place as different people are facing problems, both inside and outside of marriage. As such the story does come together well, but it is the actions of the dog, and as we see those who come into his presence that are the best parts of this book.

We have some other weirdness going on here, what with Tad a four year old boy, and the bogeyman in his closet, and the mentioning of a former policeman who was a psychopath. These two instances are never really developed beyond their initial stages, and if they had been removed then the plotting of this would have been that little bit tighter.

With the trapping and waiting for assistance by two characters we see here also the germ of an idea which was to be later fully formed in Stephen King’s novel Gerald’s Game. And we also see a little play with names here as well, because we have the name Cujo, and later in the book we have another dog that is called Willie, both of which could refer to the same person.
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3.0 out of 5 starsReflections on a re-read 30 years later
By Nicola Mansfield on 10 Jan. 2014
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I am (re)reading Stephen King's works in chronological order and this re-read was up next for me. I originally read the book when it was first published in 1981 making me 13yo. It made a big impression on me at the time and I was quite shocked it ended the way it did. The change in the movie ending infuriated me. Re-reading it all these years later, I don't find it anywhere near as good as what King had written to this point, though better than Firestarter. Cujo is a short book compared to the other's but longer than Carrie. I had thought this was going to be pure realistic horror but had forgotten about the boogieman element. King goes about playing this realistic, frighteningly possible story of a rabid dog wandering in a rural backwoods area while adding in just a touch of the paranormal which we could believe is imagination on the part of the participants but King won't let us off that easily. Cujo has a small cast of characters and King does something different here for the first time (disregarding the Bachman books) by spending a lot of time on character development of the main handful of major players. There is not even any threat until well over 100 pages in which is 1/3 of the book. King also chooses to write from the dog's point of view occasionally; this is a tricky thing to do and pull off well. But The King does it! Cujo's thoughts come much less frequently than any others, and his passages are always short lending great credibility and success to Cujo never becoming personified. He is always an animal, even though the reader is party to his brief canine thoughts. A good quick read.Read more ›
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