AJ Dunn Reads

  Pet Sematary by Stephen King There is a lot of hype surrounding this book. It is one of King's most beloved stories that deals heavily with loss and grief, and ruminates on the uncertainty of death and what happens after. I expected to love it. The story follows Louis Creed as he moves with his wife Rachel and their two kids, Ellie and Gage, from the Midwest to Maine. Louis has gotten a job as a doctor in the university hospital and has purchased a house along a very busy road, where large Orinco trucks have made many animals their victims. As such, the Creed property adjoins a pet cemetery where many kids throughout the decades have laid their pets to rest. But a sinister and macabre history is also attached to the cemetery, which Louis's new neighbor Jud tells him about with first-hand experience of the power of the place. Past the pet cemetery is an old Micmac Indian burial ground, where some pets have been taken with the idea that their corpses would come back to life. Ju...