Soon to be a major motion picture from Paramount Pictures starring John Lithgow, Jason Clarke, and Amy Seimetz!
Stephen King’s #1 New York Times bestseller Pet Sematary, a “wild, powerful, disturbing” (The Washington Post Book World) classic about evil that exists far beyond the grave—among King’s most iconic and beloved novels.
When Dr. Louis Creed takes a new job and moves his family to the idyllic rural town of Ludlow, Maine, this new beginning seems too good to be true. Despite Ludlow’s tranquility, an undercurrent of danger exists here. Those trucks on the road outside the Creed’s beautiful old home travel by just a little too quickly, for one thing…as is evidenced by the makeshift graveyard in the nearby woods where generations of children have buried their beloved pets. Then there are the warnings to Louis both real and from the depths of his nightmares that he should not venture beyond the borders of this little graveyard where another burial ground lures with seductive promises and ungodly temptations. A blood-chilling truth is hidden there—one more terrifying than death itself, and hideously more powerful. As Louis is about to discover for himself sometimes, dead is better…
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Sexual Content - 3/5
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Violence - 4/5
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Language - 4/5
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Drugs and Alcohol - 2/5
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Summary
From: Isaac Scego
Book Title: Pet Sematary
Book Author: Stephen King
What do you like about this book:
Summery::
This book is not just scary as King’s other books are, but legitimately terrifying. Evil runs rampant and our flawed, lovable characters are faced with horrors beyond belief. There were times when I was actually forced to set the book aside so I could assure myself I was safe. This book is a wonderful exploration of selfishness, death, and grief that is both powerful and accurately chilling.
But this package certainly doesn’t come without its rips and tears. Evil comes in many forms (even as a beloved house cat) and King hints that evil is driven by a sole source—maybe even Satan. However, (despite a consistent paraphrase of Jesus raising Lazarus from the grave) God seems to be a distant figure. Whether that’s how the characters feel or how King actually sees it is never directly addressed. But either way, the forces of good seem pretty distant, if not nonexistent. Blood, gore and profanity are everywhere, including a few sexual references that, while not as vulgar or graphic as other Kingsian novels (aside from the violence), will all have a negative effect on discerning readers.
Sexual Content::
Louis and his wife share a brief page and a half of disconcerting sexual intimacy, and a three other scenes of vague love making (they are said mildly to have not had sex so often since their first weeks of marriage. They flirt before having sex, and Rachel is said to be naked, but never described). On three occasions, the author makes remarks about intercourse.
There’s a crude reference about how security guards can justifiably touch women inappropriately, and another crude conversation discussing the arousal of doctors—several words for female body parts are used. Louis thinks about his mother lying to him about the facts of sex. Men are said to have visited prostitutes and sexually vulgar comments are made about affairs (a man also finds out his wife has cheated on him with all his friends).
Violent Content::
In an emotionally jarring, yet, bloodless sequence, a young boy is run over by an eighteen-wheeler. All that is described is a hat full of blood. When a body is unburied, we read a vague description of a mangled and grisly corpse. People are stabbed bloodily, but not graphically.
Several disturbing descriptions of death, including one of a dying man who’s head is nearly completely severed from his body—described in deep, bloody, boney, awful detail. A woman has a heart attack and there’s talk of several animals being hit by trucks. One such animal is described in detail. Multiple other animals are found torn apart—a few of them described graphically. An ill woman is described dying in a horrible way.
Language::
42 f-words (twice paired with “mother” and twice in a sexual context) and about three dozen s-words. D--n, h--l, p--s, and a-- are each used a handful of times, along with seven utterances of t-t, and a collective dozen of b--ch and b--tard, and one of c--k. Jesus’ and God’s name (also with d--n) are abused a couple dozen times. A few uses of “whore” and “slut.” A crude sexual slang is used to describe women.
Drug/Alcohol Content::
Jud smokes a cigarette and there are mentions of drug addicts and drinking. Louis and Crandall share many beers together. Louis gets drunk at one point.
Cleanliness:: 1.5/5
| R | Strong horror violence, grisly descriptions, language, sexual references and brief sexuality
Your ratings of the level of sex, violence, language and drug/alcohol use on a scale of 1-5.
Sex:3
Violence:4
Language:4
Drug/Alcohol use:2