Pet Sematary by Stephen King
1984/465pgs

Not as gripping the cold clawed hands of It. It doesn’t hold you close and whisper creepy tales like The Shining. Pet Sematary does something that none of the other King books made me do (so far)…say WTF and look up if he ever stated what happened after the end of the book.

This one tugs at your heart strings if you are a parent, the death of a child. King was inspired by a near death experience of his son and the “What If’s” built the background of Pet Sematary. King cleavery builds the story up with the daughter Eileen’s nightmares that really foreshadow events to come. Events for many pages build to what you are hoping to not happen in the great climb to the climatic moment. Gages (the son) actions don’t surprise the reader when you understand, this is King telling the story, so no holds barred baby!

However, the part that truly made the skin crawl was the end. The WTF moment that also shouldn’t shock anyone since, yes, this is King telling the story.

This isn’t as scary as It. However, what will tear at you and the fear that much of us have….Kings look at death with in the family.

Enjoy the coffee…

Lopaka