Read Cujo - heartbreaking ! warning to readings spoilers!

[Little_Miss_Emotional]

I've just fisnihed reading Cujo & i personally really couldn't put the book down. I also loved the fact that Stephen King showed the very harsh but reality of life in which not all good things happen to people who are saints and good hearted. Now I know some people who have read the book found it completely cruel towards Vic but I honestly think that Stephen King done a excellent job at showing the world in it's truest colours and I would like to congratulate him on doing such a fine job.
I also found the book heart breaking because it truly showed what a mother would do to protect her son. I admit I'm very sensitive when it comes to reading books because I find myself so involved with the characters but this book did make me cry.

[michal]

It is a great book, and the story it tells really feels... real. I too appreciate the ending. I thought any other ending would have left me wanting.

[Ebdim9th]

Also. I always got the impression that what was lurking in Tad's closet frightening him at night was real, the same thing behind the rabies that infected Cujo seemingly beyond even the kind of damage to a town a normal St. Bernard simply infected with regular rabies would have been able to inflict ....

[Micke]

I almost cried at the end of the book. Very sad, cruel and bloody book :devil:

[gniknehpets]

I almost cried at the end of the book. Very sad, cruel and bloody book :devil:

I bawled so hard I couldn't read! I hated/loved the end. It was horrible and cruel that the boy died after all they went through, but, isn't that like life sometimes?

[Ebdim9th]

Its actually a lot like Pet Sematary in that way.....

[ginapenn]

I'm going to start re-reading this book tonight-I haven't read it in ages. Most of it I remember but the little details are fuzzy to me. This was one of the first SK books I ever read and I just loved it. It's a good one.

[SunshineLady]

This is a sad book and the ending is horrid. Does anyone recall if the movie ended the same way? It's been quite awhile since I read the book or saw the movie.

[xpipx]

Am I the only person who's heart was breaking for the dog?? I mean don't get me wrong, i was obviously sad when the little boy died, but I couldn't help feeling so sorry for Cujo all the way through. I think it says alot about SK's writing that he can even make me feel sorry for a murderous dog!! It was the way he had the little parts from Cujo's point of view. Very very sad :-(

[JohnDalglish]

Am I the only person who's heart was breaking for the dog?? I mean don't get me wrong, i was obviously sad when the little boy died, but I couldn't help feeling so sorry for Cujo all the way through. I think it says alot about SK's writing that he can even make me feel sorry for a murderous dog!! It was the way he had the little parts from Cujo's point of view. Very very sad :-(

Hi,

No, you're by no means the only person - 'Cujo always tried to be a good dog'!

Have you read Blaze?

Long days and pleasant nights

[Kimberly88]

Am I the only person who's heart was breaking for the dog?? I mean don't get me wrong, i was obviously sad when the little boy died, but I couldn't help feeling so sorry for Cujo all the way through. I think it says alot about SK's writing that he can even make me feel sorry for a murderous dog!! It was the way he had the little parts from Cujo's point of view. Very very sad :-(

I have watched the movie several times and I guess didn't really think much about feeling sorry for the dog, but for some reason reading the book was totally different because it came from Cujo's thoughts too. It was sooo sad. I thought maybe I was the only one to feel sorry for Cujo maybe more than the people at times. I'm glad it wasn't just me :sad: I doubt I ever read this one again even though I love everything Stephen writes. I would rather be spooked than sad.

[KingIsKing]

I really did appreciate the ending because all-too-often, writers don't want their readers to think they are too cruel on characters but they don't think of the reality of all possibilities. Taking Cujo as an example, if King was worried people would think he was cruel because he killed off the kid (i forget his name), he probably wouldn't have done it but instead he was likely thinking of the story as if it was a true event. If it was a true event, the kid wouldn't not die just because it is cruel, anything could happen and I think that's what King was trying to get across in this story.