Does the dog die?
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Pet Sematary
Book • 1983 • History
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TheDreammweaver
Don’t know why so many no votes, there’s a reoccurring story of a dog dying
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TheDreammweaver
Mentions of someone having black eyes after their partner finds out they’re cheating
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TheDreammweaver
A reanimated evil child is killed and hurt.
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Addiction
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KH
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Are animals abused?
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TheDreammweaver
Louis kicks Church a lot after the cat is brought back
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Does a cat die?
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Pantalones
Pet cat is killed by a vehicle
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Does a pet die?
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Pantalones
A cat dies after being run over. Other pet deaths that occurred prior to the events in the book are mentioned. A main character reads "headstone" type inscriptions children wrote for their dead pets.
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Assault
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Bodily Harm
Is there cannibalism?
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Anonymous
Louis notices with much horror that Zombie!Gage fed from Rachel's corpse.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Anonymous
A cat is neutered off-screen.
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Is someone stabbed?
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PetSemataryologist
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The reanimated antagonist, armed with his father's scalpel, stabs his neighbor in this chapter and his mother in the following chapter.
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Children
Does a kid die?
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A young boy is killed when he's run over.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Anonymous
There is a 2 year old child in the book, so yes, obviously.
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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TheDreammweaver
A baby using his diaper is described
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Large-scale Violence
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Anonymous
One sentence mentions some girls on campus had eating disorders but this is not shown and the girls are not named.
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Does a baby cry?
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Gabe fusses a bit. Luckily, it's a book
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Not often but it is pretty bad when it is there. In chapter 45 or so, a character uses the r word in a few instances wondering to himself if he would love his child if they were mentally handicapped.
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TheDreammweaver
Rachel’s family is Jewish and there’s mentions of a “Jew peddler”, besides that the subject doesn’t come up much
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Anonymous
Judd mentions one of his neighbors marrying their second cousin.
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Is there sexual content?
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Anonymous
A handful of sex scenes.
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Social
Is existentialism debated?
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Anonymous
Pondered, mused upon, spoken of, yes, but never debated.
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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TheDreammweaver
Rachel scratches up a car falling asleep while driving.
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