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on 10 May 2014
As with most Stephen King titles, I have read them before and this was the case with 'Pet Sematary'.
'Pet Sematary' is a brilliant story about what people will do to have their loved ones back and how, sometimes, dead is better.
I always found 'Pet Sematary' more emotional than other Stephen King books, due to the experience of loss in the book and the unfairness of one loss in particular, as horrible as it is, you understand Louis's plight to get back what he has lost.
As with other titles by Stephen (another thing I like about him) is how characters from his other titles are mentioned, this time around, Jud tells Louis the story of the Saint Bernard dog that went rapid, also known as 'Cujo'.
A book that stays with you.
'Pet Sematary' is a brilliant story about what people will do to have their loved ones back and how, sometimes, dead is better.
I always found 'Pet Sematary' more emotional than other Stephen King books, due to the experience of loss in the book and the unfairness of one loss in particular, as horrible as it is, you understand Louis's plight to get back what he has lost.
As with other titles by Stephen (another thing I like about him) is how characters from his other titles are mentioned, this time around, Jud tells Louis the story of the Saint Bernard dog that went rapid, also known as 'Cujo'.
A book that stays with you.
on 27 March 2017
Good product, good price, sent quickly
on 15 March 2017
I thought it was ok but took to long to get to what you knew would happen. And then that bit was way too short
on 11 August 2014
Best book ever. I will someday write a proper review of this book.It is the scariest book I have ever read, and God bless Stephen King for writing it.
on 23 March 2017
Stephen King at his best, read it in 2 sittings, couldn't put it down
on 21 March 2017
Brilliant and disturbing, one of my favourite Stephen King books. Pet cemetary is chilling and really gets under your skin, it's great!
HALL OF FAMETOP 50 REVIEWERVINE VOICEon 3 February 2015
After hearing about the ‘Zombie Cat’ in Florida last week, and now a battle over who will keep him, I thought it must be a good time to dig out my copy of Pet Sematary. This book is slightly unusual in that over the years I have known loads of people who would not read a Stephen King book actually read and enjoy this.
To a certain degree this book feels real in terms of location due to the fact that King did base this on a place that his family once stayed at, and there was a pet cemetery misspelled as Pet Sematary by children there. For Mr King this book is what he considers his scariest, although when he last said that was some years back. Feeling that he had perhaps gone too far with this, I would disagree and say that he had hit the nail more or less straight on the head. Death is the end for all of us eventually, but if there is anything on the other side or if there is a chance of coming back no one knows, despite what certain religions and their leaders and followers would like you to believe. They haven’t been dead and then some time later came back to tell us what it was like, and before anyone thinks of some smart answer, remember Jesus may supposedly have been resurrected, but he didn’t stand around giving talks on what he experienced.
As usual King sticks to the tried and tested manner for horror success, and that is to make something that is firmly fixed and believable to us then have a supernatural element added. In this case what may be in the woods beyond the actual pet cemetery itself. So for Dr Louis Creed, when the pet cat dies and his neighbour across the road takes him on a journey into the woods where the cat then comes back to life, it is a relief not to have his daughter crying her eyes out at the cat’s sad demise. Of course the cat isn’t quite the same, but it makes an appearance of being nearly normal, so what could be the harm?
But how far would you go if you knew about this secret? Suppose your child or spouse died, would you try to bring them back? It is this question that ultimately is raised by this book, which makes it still quite current and a topic that is still much discussed today. It is only human nature that at some point someone, if they know this secret will try it on something slightly larger than a pet. As we all know Stephen King isn’t really the greatest when it comes to endings, but here he does quite well as he leaves us with something to ponder long after we have closed this book. In all this is something that unlike some of his earlier novels has stood the test of time and is still well worth reading.
To a certain degree this book feels real in terms of location due to the fact that King did base this on a place that his family once stayed at, and there was a pet cemetery misspelled as Pet Sematary by children there. For Mr King this book is what he considers his scariest, although when he last said that was some years back. Feeling that he had perhaps gone too far with this, I would disagree and say that he had hit the nail more or less straight on the head. Death is the end for all of us eventually, but if there is anything on the other side or if there is a chance of coming back no one knows, despite what certain religions and their leaders and followers would like you to believe. They haven’t been dead and then some time later came back to tell us what it was like, and before anyone thinks of some smart answer, remember Jesus may supposedly have been resurrected, but he didn’t stand around giving talks on what he experienced.
As usual King sticks to the tried and tested manner for horror success, and that is to make something that is firmly fixed and believable to us then have a supernatural element added. In this case what may be in the woods beyond the actual pet cemetery itself. So for Dr Louis Creed, when the pet cat dies and his neighbour across the road takes him on a journey into the woods where the cat then comes back to life, it is a relief not to have his daughter crying her eyes out at the cat’s sad demise. Of course the cat isn’t quite the same, but it makes an appearance of being nearly normal, so what could be the harm?
But how far would you go if you knew about this secret? Suppose your child or spouse died, would you try to bring them back? It is this question that ultimately is raised by this book, which makes it still quite current and a topic that is still much discussed today. It is only human nature that at some point someone, if they know this secret will try it on something slightly larger than a pet. As we all know Stephen King isn’t really the greatest when it comes to endings, but here he does quite well as he leaves us with something to ponder long after we have closed this book. In all this is something that unlike some of his earlier novels has stood the test of time and is still well worth reading.
