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The Real Horror Is How Close Each Of Us Would Come To Doing The Same Thing As Louis,
By Zachary Koenig "K-Dawg" (Forest Lake, MN) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Pet Sematary (Hardcover)
How far would you go to protect someone you love? That, not cemetaries, cats, or scary shenanigans, is the true horror of Stephen King's "Pet Sematary".
Basically, with no major spoilers, the plot centers on a young family, the Creeds, who move to Maine for a new start. Shortly after the move, neighbor Judd Crandall shows Louis Creed (the father) a rather supernatural place that can perform miracles beyond human comprehension. However, when a tragedy rocks the Creeds and Crandalls to the very core of both families, Louis must make the horrible decision of whether or not to use that magical power (which also contains some rather unfortunate consequences for the user) for his own personal gain. As is typical with King, the entire book (when not developing the characters, which is also quite important and interesting) is a morality play between "man" (which should represent good, but often does not) and "evil" (a dark force as old as time). What really will stick with you after you finish reading the novel, though, is how close you might come to making the exact same choice that Louis Creed ultimately does. The lines between what is "right" and what is "wrong" are blurred enough that each scenario could produce both "good" and "bad" consequences. I am currently working my way through all of King's novels (in no particular order), and it never ceases to amaze me how he uses the same basic themes (man's struggle against evil) to create exciting fiction. I guess part of it has to do with the interesting characters he creates, which holds true in his book. Each character seems to add a new dimension to Louis' "big decision" towards the end of the book. Thus, King fans can expect the same masterful story crafting in this novel, while newcomers to the master of suspense will find that the true horror of King is not in the physical/spiritual realms, but in the psychological thought processes we all have.
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Horror at it's best!,
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This review is from: Pet Sematary (Hardcover)
I used to be a huge Stephan King fan and I say "used to" because Pet Sematary is the last really scary book he wrote. Forget the movie; it doesn't do the book justice.
What makes this such a good story is the very "ordinariness" of the characters and the setting. What could be more all American than a young doctor, Louis, his wife and two children settling down in a small college town with two grandparent types for next door neighbors? Everything appears nice and normal until Louis's first day on his new job but within hours, normal disappears and everything Louis holds dear is in terrible danger. In some of King's later novels, the characters are at the mercy of evil that not only don't they understand, they can't even defend themselves. The people in Pet Sematary are forewarned of the danger, they make choices with their eyes wide open and once they do, there's no turning back. If your want to get the full impact of this story, do like I did. Read it in the dead of night when everyone else is asleep and the house you're at is down the street from a cemetery.
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of my Favorites,
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This review is from: PET SEMATARY (Hardcover)
Stephen King has wrote some of the creepiest books ever and this is one of them. Highly suggest
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