Book Review / Cujo by Stephen King

 

Librarian note: An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here.

Once upon a time, not so long ago, a monster came to the small town of Castle Rock, Maine . . . He was not a werewolf, vampire, ghoul, or unnameable creature from the enchanted forest or snow wastes; he was only a cop . . .

Cujo is a huge Saint Bernard dog, the best friend Brett Camber has ever had. Then one day Cujo chases a rabbit into a bolt-hole. Except it isn't a rabbit warren any more. It is a cave inhabited by rabid bats.

And Cujo falls sick. Very sick. And the gentle giant who once protected the family becomes a vortex of horror inexorably drawing in all the people around him . .

Published:  1st January 1981

Publisher:  Hodder & Stoughton

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Series or Stand-Alone:  Stand-Alone

Source:  Bought

Genres:     Horror, Fiction, Thriller and Suspense

Pages:  432 pages, Paperback

MY REVIEW

What I loved about this book...  I am going to be completely honest here, I am not a big fan of dogs.  It's not that I don't like animals, I do, but I've never gravitated towards dogs that much ever since I was a kid and having been constantly chased down by the neighbour's dog!  So, with that in mind, I wasn't too hyped about picking up this book and reading about dogs but it's Stephen King so I completely trusted his writing to not let me down and he didn't!  I felt all the emotions for this poor dog - happy, sad, frustrated and horrified.   If ever I was tempted to put a book in the freezer because it was too creepy and scary, this one was it for me.  That said, I didn't want to put this down and at a reasonable size of 432 pages for Stephen King I nearly did that had it not been for the fact that I needed sleep!

Would I recommend...  Absolutely!  Very sad, creepy and horrific in places (and sometimes all at the same time)!