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Pet Sematary
by Stephen King
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Signet (1984-11-01)
ISBN: 0451132378
EAN: 9780451132376
Paperback: 1 pages
SKU: 328
Condition: Good
Comments: Binding: Softcover. Condition: Good. Slightly creased binding.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
In a new edition of a classic from horror's master storyteller, a pet cemetery in the Maine woods hides the horrifying secret of an ancient Indian burial ground from which the dead, animal or human, can be raised. Reissue.
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Amazon.com Review
Renowned for its superior productions, BBC radio may have outdone itself by adapting Stephen King's Pet Sematary to audio. A clamorous cacophony of talking, whining, whistling, and howling, Pet Sematary is a quick, entertaining earful for those who don't have other auditory distractions to contend with, such as a car full of talking whining, whistling, howling children. However, the melodramatic prose marries well with the acting; such is the case when one reader--whose voice bears an uncanny resemblance to Kramer's from Seinfeld--tells another about the effects of the Pet Sematary: "Heroin makes junkies feel good when they put it in their arms, but all the time it's poisoning their mind and body--this place can be like that and don't you ever forget it!" (Running time: three hours, two cassettes)
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Customer Reviews
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"And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all."
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-12-02
I'm a huge fan of Stephen King's work, but until now I've resisted the lure of "Pet Sematary." That's because many years ago I checked out the last page and I didn't want to know the degradations that led to such a horrifying climax. However, after recently perusing some books about Mr. King I decided to take a stroll through "Pet Sematary." I'm glad I finally visited what Mr. King considers one of his most disturbing tales, for it was a dark journey well worth the taking.
Dr. Louis Creed moves his wife Rachel and young children Ellie and Gage to Maine to take a medical post at the state university. Louis quickly befriends elderly neighbor Jud Crandall, a lifelong resident. Jud takes the Creeds to the nearby Pet Sematary, so named by the townsfolk who interred their beloved animals to rest there. But beyond an ominous deadfall lay a path leading deeper into the woods, and Louis is warned more than once to leave it be. Of course he soon disregards that sage advice, and the Creed family is plunged into a miasma of horror that threatens to consume them all.
The book's theme centers on the inevitability of death and our various reactions to it. Rachel fears and loathes even the mere mention of the subject due to childhood trauma, while rational Dr. Louis see life's end as a natural progression. Tragic events force them to confront and alter their viewpoints, and not necessarily for the better. They move through the five stages of death, but their normal, healthy progression is corrupted by the cursed region beyond the Pet Sematary, an ancient Indian burial ground that offers resurrection - with a price. And what emerges from its stony depths illustrates that despite our most fervent wishes, "sometimes, dead is better."
This review's titular quote from "The Masque of the Red Death" reveals the noxious atmosphere of doom permeating Stephen King's "Pet Sematary." Whether or not such a descent into bleakness bothers you is your call; you've been warned (especially if you're the parent of young children). But if you choose to take the alluring and dangerous path over the deadfall, you'll enter one of Mr. King's darkest productions and embark on a slow-motion tour of human desolation akin to a fatal train wreck. Recommended, but not for the squeamish.
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Really grabs you
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-10-30
When I started reading Pet Semetary, I became reluctant to put it down. It just brings you in and it has its really freaky moments. I loved it!
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The Only Book that EVER Scared Me
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-10-28
I am a VERY avid reader, and all I have to say is, I read this book every year around Halloween, and I almost can't take it. I am not a fan of all of King's works - I sometimes find his female characters a bit two-dimensional, but this is maybe his best for sheer terror, in my opinion. If you have yet to find a read that scares you, pick this one up.
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Stephen King does it again.. ;)
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-09-18
I myself when I bought this, had already read so many books by Stephen King. He is my favorite author. I love the way he writes. In this book, it sent me to another world. It let me see what choices we make always end up with some type of consequence. It's a must read, and I couldn't put it down until I was done! :)
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"Pet Sematary" By Stephen King
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-09-12
When asked by people what he thinks his scariest book is Mr. King almost automatically replies "Pet Sematary," you will learn this little fact if your read the prologue of Pet Sematary, but why through all of the novels Mr. King has written dose this one hit home? Well it's because a lot of what's written down in this novel could happen to anyone and parts of it did or almost did happen to the author himself.
But to describe the story Pet Sematary is a truly scary book right when you get down the the bare bones of it all, again I'll say a lot of what's described in this novel very well could happen to anyone. Pet Sematary is a novel that tells the story of Louis Creed who is a doctor recently moved to the town of Ludlow, Maine with his wife Rachel and his two children Ellie and Gage now there's nothing strange about this family, nothing strange about this house, hell there's not even anything strange with the neighbors Jud and Norma Crandell there actually very nice people, although they do talk in the Yankee slur, even enough to add to this non-strangeness there is a nice little path in the back of the new house, the path is well kept mowed by the local kids who want to keep it nice and what this path leads up to is a small little Pet Cematary humoursly mis-spelled Pet Sematary. Now there's nothing strange at all so far so why should there be maybe because there's something involving the Sematary that's a little more odd then you think maybe it's not that odd at all maybe it's just pure evil, but who's to say.
Pet Sematary is a very thought provoking novel that tells the story of a small town Maine family with something that they can't imagine going on right in the back yard. If asked I would surly recommend this too almost anyone especially if you want to be scared for a while 5/5
And remember . . . "Sometimes Dead Is Better"
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