#56 in Horror
Pet Sematary
- 423
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
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Our view
Less a creature feature than a novel about grief: a family settles in Maine beside a woodland pet cemetery. The dread is there from the first page and grows steadily heavier. Some readers single out its picture of loss inside a family, which can make the book hard going for parents of small children; others find the sex scenes awkwardly written. For horror fans who want to be disturbed, not merely startled.
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About the book
Pet Sematary is a 1983 horror novel by American writer Stephen King. It tells the story of a family moving to Maine and settling closer to a pet cemetery in the woods, which is home to a terrifying force that brings death and sorrow. The novel was nominated for a World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1984, and adapted into two films: one in 1989 and another in 2019 as well as several spinoffs.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.0 across 1,636 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 92% of the weight and the score stays at 7.9 — the Horror average of 7.5 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.1 | 178 | 11% |
| Hardcover | 7.9 | 1.5K | 89% |
Frequently asked
How long is Pet Sematary?
It has 423 pages — longer than 58% of the ranked books in Horror.
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