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Cujo by Stephen King

35 reviews

mepereyra6's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

3.75

Overall loved the book. The end felt a little rushed. I feel like if other stuff in the book was edited out King could have taken more time to close out the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Domestic abuse and Rape

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

miruna_cls's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Physical abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism

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

perth_is's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

i didn’t care much for the drama between the people, but I knew it was necessary. I was just bored during those parts. thankfully, Cujo the dog made up for it, everytime it was his perspective.

And the whole part of being stuck in the car was written really well. I was very tense the whole time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Grief

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Alcohol

Minor: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual harassment

curtiswastaken's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gore, and Blood

Minor: Sexual assault

theebster's review against another edition

Didn’t check content warnings and realized there was a child death coming. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Toxic relationship

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.