bad dog (Cujo - Stephen King)

Member Name: helrush

Product:	Cujo - Stephen King
Date:	22/02/01 (61 review reads)
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Once again, thrill-horror-shock master Stephen King has managed to write yet another masterful horror piece.
In this novel about a good, oafish, loveable dog named Cujo who has gone and got himself bitten by a rabid bat, we are introduced to a woman and her young son's journey through hell. How would you like to be trapped in a Pinto in the blazing heat with a 150 pound rabid dog after you?
As always, Mr. King manages to convey the full scope of the fear, horror and revulsion these two trapped individuals feel in their ordeal with the bloody Cujo (who is bloodied since he has already snacked on two other people and now see Tadpole and Donna as dessert). This is definitely a fine example of Stephen King at his absolute best.

When I first picked up this book, I envisioned the standard possessed monster travelling around, leaving bodies in its wake. To my surprise, this book isn't like that at all!! King is much more creative and realistic than that! This book is actually far more psychological than action oriented. Even though it is relatively short, there are numerous intriguing subplots in addition to the main plot.

As with all King books, the characters are very well developed. We really feel for the main characters. Even Cujo, the dog, is well developed and in the end King finds a way to make us feel sorry for him. As for Kemp, *shivers*, King really knows how to make us hate a character.

This book is scary to begin with, but what makes it even more frightening is the fact that this situation could actually happen to any one of us.
For a book that you can't put down, yet you are afraid to turn to the next page, pick up Cujo - you will never look at dogs in quite the same way again!

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