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Cujo
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When a two hundred pound St. Bernard goes rabid, no one is safe! Who will fall to Cujo before the disease he carries finishes him off?
I'm just going to come out and say it. Most of this book feels like filler to me. I think King took what was potentially an award winning tale of terror and jammed as much padding into it as he could until it was one of his shorter novels. Basically, it's a fantastic short story wrapped in a soap opera I couldn't give two shits about.
That being said, Cujo is a really powerful book in places. While I didn't care about a lot of things on the periphery, the core of it is pretty terrifying and heart-wrenching. No one wants their beloved family pet to turn on them and a rabid dog trapping a woman and her child in a car for DAYS is damn horrifying. As opposed to most of his menaces, Cujo is all too plausible.
The writing is good and the ending packs a huge punch. I sure didn't see that coming. It was like being kicked in the balls after you're already lying on the ground after being shot in the heart.
While I found that there was a lot of fat on this bone, it was pretty good at the core. Or marrow, in this case. Three hard-earned stars.
I'm just going to come out and say it. Most of this book feels like filler to me. I think King took what was potentially an award winning tale of terror and jammed as much padding into it as he could until it was one of his shorter novels. Basically, it's a fantastic short story wrapped in a soap opera I couldn't give two shits about.
That being said, Cujo is a really powerful book in places. While I didn't care about a lot of things on the periphery, the core of it is pretty terrifying and heart-wrenching. No one wants their beloved family pet to turn on them and a rabid dog trapping a woman and her child in a car for DAYS is damn horrifying. As opposed to most of his menaces, Cujo is all too plausible.
The writing is good and the ending packs a huge punch. I sure didn't see that coming. It was like being kicked in the balls after you're already lying on the ground after being shot in the heart.
While I found that there was a lot of fat on this bone, it was pretty good at the core. Or marrow, in this case. Three hard-earned stars.
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Nov 24, 2016 07:11AM
If I recall, King says in "On Writing" that he was so into cocaine and alcohol at the time that he doesn't remember anything of the writing process.
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Aimee wrote: "If I recall, King says in "On Writing" that he was so into cocaine and alcohol at the time that he doesn't remember anything of the writing process."Shit, I meant to mention that in the review. That's pretty crazy. Didn't he also say Misery was actually a tale about trying to escape his addictions or something to that effect?
I don't remember that about "Misery" but it wouldn't surprise me at all.Our neighbors when I was a kid had a dog named Cujo. It was a female, and a Doberman, so at least they weren't trying for an actual lookalike of the dog of the book. But it seems to me if you want to put your neighbors' minds at ease, you shouldn't name your Doberman (and Dobermans were the feared dogs back then before the pit-bull thing got started) after a killer.
You'd think people would be more considerate to their neighbors. However, most people are on the less intelligent end of the spectrum.
I think I'd name a dog Cujo! Cujo was a GOODDOG at heart he just got sick! That ending though.... wow!
Lol I agree with you Jessica. He was a good boy until he got rabies :/ To the people complaining about their neighbors choice in dog names and insulting their intelligence, I feel sorry for you. You must live a challenging life if you are in constant fear of fictional book characters. When you meet someone named Jack, are you afraid they might beat you to death with a mallet? I’d highly suggest choosing a different genre to read. Maybe stick to children’s books (ages 1-5).
