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Cujo The Dog

With Cujo, King hasn't wasted any time in introducing the characters. Within the first few pages, we meet a man named Vic Trenton whose ad agency is in danger of failing. His wife, Donna, who is in the middle of an extra-marital affair and wants to end it. Their son, Tad, is afraid of a monster in his closet. The Cambers are introduced - their marriage is filled with fear, violence and plain simple trouble. Joe Camber is a violent man, and you just can't help but to feel sorry for his wife and son. The son - Brett, sleepwalks and owns a huge St. Bernard, Cujo. One starts to get the idea that the story's heading for a major depressing plot, but things seem to get better. Donna ends the ...

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be of King's best, most-intense and goriest scenes ever. Cujo is (was) a good dog 'til he contracted rabies. The story really reaches the heights when Donna and Tad are stuck in their car, trying to keep safe from the dog. The final part of the book focuses on Donna's struggle to keep herself and Tad alive in her failing car. Cujo's attacks simply don't come to an end, and we start believing that if the dog doesn't kill them, the heat will. This is where I'll have to stop. If I don't, I'll spoil the ending - which will, of course, spoil reading the book. Let me say this much though - I found the end really disappointing. Really disappointing, but then, there are no happily ever after in King's work. I'm not saying Cujo isn't a good novel, because it is brilliant! As I've said, the dog attacks form part of King's best work. The novel grips you and just doesn't let go. This is one of the "I can't put it down" books. I have a problem with the whole monster in the closet idea - so do ...

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Added: 1/25/2008 04:37:22 PM
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