Pet Sematary by Stephen King

The house looks right, feels right to Dr Louis Creed. Rambling, old and comfortable. A place where the family can settle; the children grow and play and explore. The rolling hills and meadows of Maine seem a world away from the fume-choked dangers of the city. It's only those big trucks on the road outside which growl out$ unnerving threats.

Behind the house there's a carefully cleared path up into the woods to a place where generations of local children have walked in procession 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 ..
--back cover

King says this is his darkest book. Not scariest, though. And I agree, it's brutal. Personal family horror is what he writes best and in that regard this is his second best after The Shining. When he tries he really can write extraordinarily. That more I wish he just scrapped books like The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (read it just before this one) and never released them because they're lazy writing exercises extended two to five times of what would and could be their proper length.

As it is with almost all of his books ending is weak. It doesn't outright suck in this one but it's kinda lazy. He went for the easiest way out instead of trying to do something more horror-ish. Doesn't take away from book's quality, though. I learned that King is about the journey, not destination even if a good destination would sure make re-reads more enjoyable.

As it is it's in my top three of his books with The Shining and Night Shift.

3.5 I feel like this really should have been a novella and then it would have been a 5 star read. Spending so much time in Louis’s head really didn’t serve the book. You could have cut a 1/3 of his inner monologue and had a much more compelling and terrifying story. It wasn’t until 75% that I was finally into what was happening. A disappointing reading experience because of all the hype surrounding the book.

I was ready to rate this 5 stars but the last 70 or so pages weren't great. I hated the ending, it was so rushed and stupid.

This was my first Stephen King novel and I'm happy it was because his writing style is amazing. I cant wait to read more of his books!

Just a little upset about that ending though :/