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57. Pet Sematary (novel) (18.5 points)
Nominated by: Xeybozn (4/5 remaining)
https://aeolipera.wordpress.com/2016/04/08/excerpt-from-pet-sematary/

Importance: 6.5
Fear: 6
Snake: 7

Whilst Pet Sematary doesn't stand on the same legs as great american novels like The Stand or It, there's a lot to be gleaned from this creepy tale that still keeps up people late at night to this day. Pet Sematary deals with death in various creepy and interesting ways, even including the death of Gage, a two-year old toddler, which of course devastates his family. Rachel, who fears and greatly hates the concept of death, also has experience with it from when she was young with her ill sister Zelda, who died from spinal meningitis. Rachel hates admitting it to herself, but she feared her sister more and more by the day thanks to a monstrous appearance that worsened by the day. Of course, there's also the titular Pet Sematary, which in reality is an ancient burial ground with cursed powers of resurrection. I particularly love how the Sematary looms over the entire book, and how no character who even sets their eyes on it can escape its reach and unholy power. Even Louis by the end of the book learns nothing from using the Sematary on Gage and tries to resurrect his wife with it to a fate we can only assume was the same as his son. Pet Sematary is regarded by even King himself as one of his darkest and most hopeless books, and the way it deals with such heavy topics makes the book a chilling read from front to back.
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