I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I'm a huge Stephen King nerd. After a short hiatus from his books (I'm still coming down from my "Dark Tower" high), I've decided to go back and read some more.
Finished "Pet Sematary" tonight, and it was amazing. I was skeptical at first because it started off kind of slow, but as I read, I realized that it was only King developing his characters so that you the reader would grow attached to each one. In doing this, he draws you in and makes you feel like you're a part of the book and the growing problems of each person as things start to fall apart. You also see the characters as they go from normal and happy to completely insane. He takes the best intentions and love of the main character and stirs it up with a twist of evil so tragic that you're left feeling sorry for him and stunned by the plot in the end of the book. Genius.
He's completely taken the ancient Greek tragedy style and thrown it into modern times. To summarize without character names, Father meets an old wise man who shows him a place where things can be brought back to life. Of course, when the things come back, they're not the same, so he's warned not to do it. The little Son dies, leaving the family completely broken, but the Father remembers the burial place. He tries to put things back together, but in doing so, everything else crumbles, and his best intentions leave him worse off than before. Again, genius.
Anyway, if you're looking for a quick read, definitely check it out. I'm stoked to rent the old crappy movie version now, just to see how different it is and if it does any justice to the book.
Next up for me is "Everything's Eventual", a collection of King's short stories. Definitely excited to switch from the novel format and see what he's got up his sleeve...
DS.
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