PET SEMATARY (REISSUE) Paperback – 10 November 2011

Pages are pale yellow not feeling new but story is tooo good . I recommend it to others also who wants to feel horror in a physiological way

My first King book and I chose Pet Semetary. Except for the nightmares, I don't regret anything.Tldr; no jumpscares, subtle, eerie and does full justice to it's accolades. There is a reason most people (including King himself) are scared of it.The book hits different; it's well-paced and characters are easy to relate with, the ending was stretched out a bit but was satisfying. It's good for anyone who likes horror but more of the subtle psychological horror. If you're looking for visceral stuff with gore, blood or macabre descriptions, skip it.I would say it's a must-read for horror fans but then again, those that want graphic stuff might be disappointed as this is more appealing to the intellect rather than the senses.

Good

I've been meaning to read this one for a long time. The movies are good but could never match up to the realistic, slow-building horror of the biblical description.Pet Sematary is basically, what I think, notwithstanding a hair-raising horror novel, a satirical book on the inability of the people to accept death for what it is. We generally see people beating themselves a lot over the death of their dear ones. Of course, they should, if they don't want to bottle up their grief and rot for the most of their lives. But, accepting the will of the universe is what forms the backbone of this book, although the story is quite the contrary to it.King essentially played with the harrowing thought of the possibility of resurrection. I guess most of us would have wanted, for at least one hopeful moment, for our deceased dear ones to return from death. Although the actual happening of it would scare us to death. And what if there should be a ground with some very disturbing history which would actually do that for you? What if it can make a stopped heart beat again? And what if the person comes back, but with an extremely changed personality?The story itself is fiction. Pet Sematary and the Ludlow House were for real. This is my third King read, the first two being IT and The Stand.And one more thing, the plot of the movie had been changed a lot to cut short the unnecessary stuff( King's books were mostly of descriptive stuff and could only be better experienced by actually reading them). So, if you have watched the film and don't want to read this, that's a mistake. I recommend you to get the book and read. This wouldn't disappoint you. No way.HAPPY READING!

The main climax scene of gage is missing.

A very scary and worth to read book. I wanted to finish the whole book in one night. It kept me occupied for many days.the settings are very spooky... and we know something terrible can happen at any moment.Very sad ending but we are not sure what happens to ellie at the end. I really wish for a sequel for this book.Gweat and tewwible settings...you will know what that is as you read the book. The secluded place, far away from the busy cities is the place where the Orinco trucks roam.. taking the lives of many pets over the last 100 years. but this place hides a dark secret which may seem a dream come true.. but the dream isnt a good one. Louis,his wife rachel, and their kids ellie and gage move in there new house in a secluded place in maine. They meet their new neighbor judson crandall and he takes them up the hill by their house and shows them the pet sematary. But beyond the pet sematary...lies the old micmac indian burying ground..which hides a dark secret. After some time their pet cat dies,crushed under the orinco truck and louis buryies it in the pet sematary, without telling his family about it. Then when their son gage dies, he takes a bad decision which proves to ruin their whole family

Not bad. But I like the 1989 movie more than this book. As I see it. the novel elucidates too much. It clearly explains that the Wendigo is the main evil. But the 1989 movie leaves everything undefined. Terror thrives on vagueness while horror thrives on clarity (King would probably agree to this distinction, based as it is on his Danse Macabre). I always prefer terror to horror.

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