4.25 stars
Louis is a doctor and has moved his family (he, his wife Rachel,
his 5-year old daughter Ellie, and his 2-year old son Gage, plus
their cat Church) to small town, Ludlow, Maine. Their house is on a
busy highway, where big trucks regularly speed past. A bit of a
distance behind the house, down a well-kept path, is the "Pet
Sematary", where locals often bury their pets.
I don't want to give away too much more of the summary, though I
know as it is, the summary isn't saying very much. This is the best
King book I've read in recent memory; it's harder to compare to the
King books I read years ago, though. It just builds and builds to
it's horrifying conclusion, and it IS a horrifying conclusion! The
book is already rising in my mind on what I'd like to rate it, but
I'm going to leave it as is, as this is how I felt I wanted to rate
it as I read it. It seems, though, that with time and thinking back
on it, it will just get better in my mind.