Pet Sematary

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"Sometimes dead is better...."

When the Creeds move into a beautiful old house in rural Maine, it all seems too good to be true: physician father, beautiful wife, charming little daughter, adorable infant son -- and now an idyllic home. As a family, they've got it all...right down to the friendly cat.

But the nearby woods hide a blood-chilling truth -- more terrifying than death itself...and hideously more powerful.

Okay, so this, to me, is his most disturbing book. Not incredibly scary, like some of his others, but my god, a lot of messed up stuff happens in this one. I kind of felt depressed when I read the ending. Well, if anything else, it'll make you feel better about your current position.

The freakiest moment in the book for me, was when the Louis thinks he had actually followed Pascow into the pet semetary. He dismisses the idea, thinking it was a dream, then pulls back his covers.

His feet are covered in mud.

This was one scary book. I really loved it.

I'v never read it. Seemed a little too creepy to try.

I read a blurp from King one time, that his kid almost got hit by a truck for real, and he based the story on that.

No, no, it was their cat that got hit by a truck. Then they buried it in the Pet Cemetery behind their house (in Maine, of course)... I think he said they heard a cat meowing that night, and that's what triggered it. I forget exactly... Though perhaps his kid also almost got hit

But this book has almost not conscience. I guess that's what I like about it. Some people say King went too far, but I loved the ride scary stuff...

In the new reprint of Pet Semetary (which I own), King explains where the story came from.

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I got my version from the end of Dark Tower 6. The last part of that book is King's diary, or whatever and he mentions pet semetary.

But the weird part is, part of that is fiction and part real, cause the guy wrote himself into the book.

Very confusing.

Also, King is a known liar. He just says stuff all the time.

I saw an interview with his wife about 4 years ago and she said he lies all the time. Just makes things up.

Darn good writer though!

Well, his books are nothing but lies, so it stands to reason he's just naturally like that....