Pet Sematary
Pages: 373
Published: Doubleday, 1983
Genre: Horror
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"It has fed on your grief... no, more than that. It's doubled it, cubed it, raised it to the nth power. And it isn't just grief it feeds on. Sanity. It's eaten your sanity. The flaw is only the inability to accept, not uncommon."
Dr. Louis Creed moves his family half way across the country when he accepts a job as the director of an infirmary for a large university in Maine. He and his family move into a house located in the quiet county. Well, quiet that is except for the parade of loud, large trucks rushing past 24/7. Louis quickly befriends an elderly neighbor, Jud, and learns there is a pet cemetery in the woods behind his home - and something ancient and deadly, too. When his daughter's beloved cat dies, Jud revels a secret about the Pet Sematary - one that none of them will ever forget.
It was difficult for me to really get into this book at first - I felt the beginning moved pretty slow. It wasn't until I was about two-thirds of the way in that I finally got hooked. King is always good at setting an ominous tone in his novels; for Pet Sematary, this occurs when Jud warns Louis and his wife to watch out for the dangerous road and later on when he warns the family to never stray from the path in the woods. However, the slow pace made it difficult for me to continue reading it.
I've read several of King's books and while this wasn't my favorite, I still enjoyed it. The ending is what I think saved my opinion of Pet Sematary. I won't post spoilers, but the ending was completely unexpected and perfect.
RATING (out of five puppies)
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