Pet Sematary (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) [School & Library Binding]

Stephen King (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2001

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. When Louis Creed moves his family to Ludlow, Maine, it seems the perfect place for them. But after the family cat dies and Louis buries it in an old Indian burial ground, a horrible nightmare begins.

Product Details

• School & Library Binding: 562 pages
• Publisher: Turtleback (March 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0613592476
• ISBN-13: 978-0613592475
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 6.5 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,937,398 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Real Horror Is How Close Each Of Us Would Come To Doing The Same Thing As Louis, May 21, 2009

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Zachary Koenig "K-Dawg" (Forest Lake, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pet Sematary (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (School & Library Binding)

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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4.0 out of 5 stars Was "Pet Sematary" Really that Scary?, December 12, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Pet Sematary (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (School & Library Binding)

Pet Sematary was an overall good book. It wasn't as scary as it was lived up to be. At least one hundred pages were just describibg non-important events. The last twenty pages were the best out of the whole novel. The Creeds move into a subburb from Chicago and meet a very intelligent man Named Jud. Jud tells them about the old Pet Sematary and how the trucks go by without stopping for anyone.
What I liked about the novel was that it had a very good plot to it. Of course it had been done in another book he still made it interesting. What I didn't like about the novel was that it didn't start to get interesting until the last twenty pages.
I would not recommend this book to readers who like stories that are exciting and get to the point. I would recommend this book to readers who love discriptive reading.