Pet SemataryNow a major motion picture! Stephen King’s #1 New York Times bestseller is a “wild, powerful, disturbing” (The Washington Post Book World) classic about evil that exists far beyond the grave—among King’s most iconic and frightening 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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User Review - Sartika - Goodreadsthere are a lot of things happening in this book. A lot of crazy things. In a good way. I picked it up after giving up House of Leaves and just desperate for something to read. I got it from my school ... Read full review
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User Review - Natalie Hoffman - GoodreadsI can only assume that I was too young (12) when I first tried reading Stephen King novels. At the time, precocious reader that I was, I dismissed King as an overrated hack. The ideas were good, I ... Read full review
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