A review by aliciaroy19
Pet Sematary by Stephen King

dark

2.5

I'm disappointed in this book because it was fine. People had hyped this book and I was like okay. 

The atmosphere of the book is good and my favourite scene
was when Louis brought Church up to the pet sematry in the dark of night and Jud is acting almost possessed while something is watching them. Which now having read a few King books, creating an atmosphere is one of his strengths.
Meanwhile, the friendship between Jud and Louis was also well written and interesting. I liked the scenes with them just talking. And the pet sematary is an interesting concept (though the Indian Burial ground trope is a bad trope).  

However, I can help but think Louis secretly hates Rachel, at least he doesn't respect his wife, which made the narration tedious and a reason why it took over a month to finish this book. I understand that Rachel doesn’t have a healthy relationship with death and sometimes that fear caused her to make stupid decisions, but I found her husband only showed annoyance with her. Too much of the narration was of Louis complaining about his wife. This couple should divorce. 

I also wished that it was Ellie who died instead of Gage because Louis and Ellie had a strong relationship. They had a lot of scenes together and I could tell they loved each other as Gage was just the toddler in the background. The emotional impact of Ellie’s death would have hit hard. Instead, we had one chapter where Louis and Gage hang out that ends with too bad this would be their last day together.
 

And the random line about being a family doctor isn’t all breast exams and gynecology made me close the book. Though, Louis’ casual misogyny does explain why he dislikes his wife. 

In the end, I do have one question, how the hell did they get that bull up there? And how was it buried? Because Jud couldn’t help Louis while he brought a cat because their owner has to be the one to do that work, so how did the bull work?
 

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