Pet Sematary

An iconic chiller from the No. 1 bestseller

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Pet Sematary

By: Stephen King

Narrated by: Michael C. Hall

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For the first time in unabridged audio download comes the perennial classic from Stephen King - timeless and topical.

The house looked right, felt right to Dr Louis Creed.

Rambling, old, unsmart and comfortable. A place where the family could settle; the children grow and play and explore. The rolling hills and meadows of Maine seemed a world away from the fume-choked dangers of Chicago.

Only the occasional big truck out on the two-lane highway, grinding up through the gears, hammering down the long gradients, growled out an intrusive threat.

But behind the house and far away from the road: that was safe. Just a carefully cleared path up into the woods where generations of local children have processed 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.

(P)2018 Simon & Schuster Audio©1983 Stephen King

Stephen KingMichael C. HallHodder & Stoughton

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King can make the flesh creep half a world away

So beautifully paced that you cannot help but be pulled in

The most frightening novel Stephen King has ever written

Wild, powerful, disturbing

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I don't even know where to start with the review for this. It's both terrifying and brilliant at the same time. I listened to this on audible and the narration was by Michael C Hall.... he is amazing. I cannot imagine a better narrator for this book.

So we follow the Creed family as they move to Ludlow... Dr Louis Creed, his wife Rachel and their two kids along with Winston Churchill the cat. They meet their elderly neighbours and seem pleased with their move. On Louis' first day as University doctor one of the students suffers the most horrific injuries and life for the Creed family begins to change.

This is a book about life, death and that place in between. There are ghosts, visions and dreams and poses the real dilemma - would you resurrect those you've loved and lost - even if they wouldn't be quite the way they were before?? At what cost is that opportunity and what will the consequences be??

Stephen King said himself he wasn't sure if this book was too much. There is pet death, there is child death. There is serious injury. It's disturbing.... and yet, there is something frighteningly compelling about it. It's a really scary story... the ideas are disturbing but, in Louis' place, it made me think what I would do.... would I make the same choices? The scariest thing of all is that most people probably would.... I can't think of any other book that's provoked this kind of response in me. For that reason, it gets 5 stars.... I'd definitely recommend the audible version. This is the best narration ever! Michael C Hall does such an amazing job and creates the atmosphere to truly appreciate the absolute horror of this story.