Book info

• Title Pet Sematary
• Author Stephen King
• Year 1983
• Genre Horror

The house looked right, felt right to Dr Louis Creed. Rambling, old, unsmart and comfortable. A place where the family could settle; the children grow and play and explore. The rolling hills and meadows of Maine seemed a world away from the fume-choked dangers of Chicago. Only the occasional big truck out on the two-lane highway, grinding up through the gears, hammering down the long gradients, growled out an intrusive threat. But behind the house and far away from the road: that was safe. Just a carefully cleared path up into the woods where generations of local children have processed with the solemn innocence of the young, taking with them their dear departed pets for burial. A sad place maybe, but safe. Surely a safe place. Not a place to seep into your dreams, to wake you, sweating with fear and foreboding.

Thoughts

This was so creepy. The only thing I know about this is that at far too young an age I think my friend and I started watching the movie but I know nothing except the opening credits so either we didn’t get very far or I’ve blocked it out. Of course, Stephen King knows what he’s doing with building the tension and the creep factor, and even though it was all obvious in hindsight, I really didn’t see where it was going! Horrific but such a good read.

Rating: 4 / 5