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Cujo by Stephen King

32 reviews

fkshg8465's review against another edition

emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

This is a linear story of one event happening after another. There’s very little character development and the relationships are all superficial. There’s tragedy and no real levity. So I find myself wondering why I liked this book, and I realized it’s because it's a plausible book. This could happen anywhere. Please be responsible pet owners and get your pets up to date on all their shots and whatnots!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

essiie's review against another edition

dark medium-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

2.0

My first King novel. I'm quite disappointed. It wasn't really scary at all, plus there was almost no effort to create tension. Very crass writing and language, plus everyone is urinating all the time? Wtf.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Police brutality

Minor: Child abuse, Racial slurs, Excrement, Vomit, and Alcohol

kaylad31's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

Fairly fast-paced for a Stephen King book. Not my favorite of his but still couldn’t put it down for the last 150 pages. Certainly as sad as it is scary.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Gore, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Domestic abuse and Toxic relationship

_marycappiello3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

mrscorytee's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Infidelity, and Murder

eyyitsalex's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Blood, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction and Rape

deez_knucles's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Even though this book is knows as the author's most classics, it didn't stand the test of time amazingly. The story starts off veeery slow paced, sometimes you feel like what you are reading is just a waste of time that goes on for pages. But towards the end, the intensity is cranked up at maximum. The final chapters are going to be engraved in my mind for ever.
The characters are pretty forgettable,  Nothing too special about them, but I get the feeling that it was in the author's intentions to make them as human and normal as possible. Completely different from the movie's '83 adaptation, I think it's worth reading for the ending (being one of the most traumatizing of his books)
And because it is after all, part of the classics.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Infidelity, and Violence

honeybeewitched87's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol

damjanotom's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

3.25

For what is a mundane monster horror story this split its focus far too much. The horror of being blinded by life's difficulties and led by innocuous circumstance to the point that you can't see the threat in front you is interesting but the threat felt contrived and fairly uninteresting. Additionally, the swinging of circumstances especially in Vic and Roger's storyline felt unrealistic and more for convenience than anything else. A more systematic villain that better related to the violence being enabled by life and it's grim ebbs and flows might have been more interesting and would have allowed a more fleshed out and believable series of circumstances and more satisfying characterisations. Alternatively, give the monster horror a chance, transition between different power dynamics, add a cat and mouse segment or something just to give the tension more substance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Gore, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcoholism and Infidelity

Minor: Racial slurs

vixenreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Although it could have used a thorough editor, the theme of pain and trauma being experienced in isolation is still prevalent and Cujo the St. Bernard deserved a better end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Ableism, Gun violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

Be aware that there are subjects of heat stroke, starvation/dehydration, vandalism, animal violence, rabies, marital dysfunction, and childhood fears addressed.