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Cujo is a graphic horror novel featuring sustained animal violence, a child in mortal danger, and themes of domestic abuse and trauma. The book is psychologically intense and emotionally devastating rather than action-adventure; it explores human suffering and family dysfunction alongside the monster dog storyline. This is a work for mature teens and adults, not younger readers, despite its animal protagonist.
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The #1 New York Times bestseller, Cujo “hits the jugular” (The New York Times) with the story of a friendly Saint Bernard that is bitten by a bat. Get ready to meet the most hideous menace ever to terrorize the town of Castle Rock, Maine. Cujo used to be a big friendly dog, lovable and loyal to his trinity (THE MAN, TH... The #1 New York Times bestseller, Cujo “hits the jugular” (The New York Times) with the story of a friendly Saint Bernard that is bitten by a bat. Get ready to meet the most hideous menace ever to terrorize the town of Castle Rock, Maine. Cujo used to be a big friendly dog, lovable and loyal to his trinity (THE MAN, THE WOMAN, and THE BOY) and everyone around him, and always did his best to not be a BAD DOG. But that all ends on the day this nearly two-hundred-pound Saint Bernard makes the mistake of chasing a rabbit into a hidden underground cave, setting off a tragic chain of events. Now Cujo is no longer himself as he is slowly overcome by a growing sickness, one that consumes his mind even as his once affable thoughts turn uncontrollably and inexorably to hatred and murder. Cujo is about to become the center of a horrifying vortex that will inescapably draw in everyone around him—a relentless reign of terror, fury, and madness from which no one in Castle Rock will truly be safe…
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- Fiction
- Weak Character Development
- Unloveable Characters
- Not Diverse Characters
- Plot driven
- A mix driven
- Loveable Characters
- Diverse Characters
- Strong Character Development
- Tense
- dark
- sad
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ISBN 9781501141126 · Simon and Schuster