Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Pet Sematary by Stephen King

271 reviews

aishwaryajaipuriar's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I was genuinely scared of turning pages of this book. By the time I reached the climax of the book, my head was already spinning because even though you know what is going to happen, you’re not prepared for any of it. 

It’s going to take me a while to get out of this fog that the book has left me with. I completely get why Stephen King also calls this book the most scariest one he’s written. Read it for the build up that this book has in terms of the characters and the plot, because the moment you’re certain about the world that the characters are living in, you’re suddenly thrust into a new world and side of each of them. As much as I wanted to quickly get to the end, I was too much of a chicken to actually turn the pages that quickly.

“The lack of communication gives an indication that your attempts have been thwarted by Mr. King's sinister prose” - my sister messaged me that the moment I told her I’m scared to finish this book now, and now that I’m done reading, I can see the effects of this in the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Grief, and Death of parent

shellby6's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Child death

devonsonnessa's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

This book started off really good, had me hooked from the introduction. However, as the book went on, it was way too wordy and so many parts were dragged on. I felt like it was a lot of build up for nothing to even really happen at the end. The ending absolutely sucked. Movie>>>>book. And I never say that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

jenivere's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Car accident, Cultural appropriation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

gizley0420's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, Gore, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Dementia, Cannibalism, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

lostfoxtrail's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Dark, twisted and unsettling. Very well executed. I read this for a class. It’s a long book but I read it quickly. Still very vivid in my mind. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Child death

narsere's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Cannibalism

fcgriffin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, and Car accident

hesticht's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Child death and Murder

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

phantomgecko's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Stephen King said that this is his darkest novel, in his opinion. And he's right, probably? An upsetting concept and a somewhat obscene execution.

Coming back wrong is an interesting premise, but I just didn't like this version. Partially because there's a toddler involved, partially because I didn't like the story in general. idk. King has some fetishes, and I'm tired of hearing about them maybe?

I don't feel like there's much original I can say about this. Like, I'm not put off King books now, but maybe I'll read reviews first?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Sexual content, Grief, and Car accident

Minor: Suicide