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Cujo by Stephen King

13 reviews

vixenreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Although it could have used a thorough editor, the theme of pain and trauma being experienced in isolation is still prevalent and Cujo the St. Bernard deserved a better end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Alcoholism, Violence, Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Gore, Cursing, Animal death, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Torture

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Abandonment, Excrement, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Sexual assault, Gun violence, Ableism, and Rape

Be aware that there are subjects of heat stroke, starvation/dehydration, vandalism, animal violence, rabies, marital dysfunction, and childhood fears addressed.

tygeis02's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Body horror, Death, Animal cruelty, Gore, Blood, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

veronikar's review against another edition

sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, Murder, Blood, and Sexual violence

poorlyassembled's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

It's fine, really good at times, REALLY boring at others.

The pace is slow. And not in a slowly building dread kind of way, but a spinning its wheels kind of way. 

The characters are really good for the most part and have a lot of depth to them. But they don't really have character arcs to speak of. 

The rube goldberg machine that led to them being trapped in the car is well thought out. 
But almost nothing happens for about half the book. So even though it's very gripping towards the end, it still wastes way too much of your time for my taste. 

And the ending is just pointlessly cruel to me. In a way that just isn't satisfying or interesting. 

I can see others liking it, but it's just kind of ok in my opinion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual content, Animal death, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, and Violence

ouroborian's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Child death, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Gore, Addiction, Blood, Grief, Infidelity, Animal death, Alcohol, and Animal cruelty

kreglow's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Car accident, Death of parent, Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, Animal death, Grief, Cursing, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Stalking, Child death, Classism, Death, Gore, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Racism, Rape, Sexual harassment, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Panic attacks/disorders

skelleybean's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Child death, Sexual content, Violence, Infidelity, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Gore, and Body horror

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Confinement, Grief, Physical abuse, Cursing, Toxic relationship, and Sexism

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

hue's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

2.0

If this would've been written entirely (or mostly at least) in Cujo's point of view, this could've been a four star book. But the unnecessary, hideously boring jarring affairs, childhood memories and what other garbage (like Steve Kemp's existence) that didn't further the plot and didn't grow on the characters made this such a drag to read. The amount of characters with no relevance and still five pages worth of character background made me want to quit the story. Typical Stephen King.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Excrement, Gore, Child death, Domestic abuse, Animal death, and Body horror

ameliaflint's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

Really good! I wasn’t expecting this to be as literary as it was - it had all the hallmarks of a typical pulpy horror (which I wouldn’t mind) but it was more a story of human life than anything. While it was my first introduction to King’s work, I understand that it is a bit of an outlier in its humanness. It makes the book even sweeter that it’s a one-off. Very good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Gore, Animal death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Rape

hk848's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Blood, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Vomit, Excrement, Violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse