As Tad tries to fend off the terror that comes to him at night from his bedroom closet, and as Vic and Donna face their own nightmare of a marriage on the rocks, there is no way they can know that a monster, infinitely sinister, waits in the daylight. They are seeking peace and quiet, but life in this small town is not what it seems. Meanwhile, Vic and Donna Trenton, and their young son Tad, move to Maine. One day, Cujo chases a rabbit into a cave inhabited by sick bats and emerges as something new altogether. Cujo is a two-hundred-pound Saint Bernard, the best friend Brett Camber has ever had. Outside a peaceful town in central Maine, a monster is waiting. Get ready to meet the most hideous menace ever to savage the flesh and devour the mind. Stephen King certainly knows how to creep into the crevices of your imagination and scare the living daylights out of you.The #1 national bestseller for Stephen King's rabid fans, Cujo 'hits the jugular' (The New York Times) with the story of a friendly Saint Bernard that is bitten by a sick bat. Either way, this book made me sick to my stomach at times because it is horrid, in a way that's terrific for a horror story, but would be seriously traumatic in real life. But I was severely shocked multiple times throughout the novel, which I'm unsure of the attribution - did I forget these integral pieces of the story or was it actually different? I'll definitely have to rewatch to find out. I've seen the movie version, years back, and for the most part, remembered the plot. There's just a touch of supernatural within the pages, and it could be argued there's none at all. This book was likely the least supernatural King book I read. When Very Good Boy Cujo chases a rabbit down a hole, his life changes for the worst, and the town along with it. Now there's a different monster in town, one that used to be so innocent. Not to mention it wasn't very long ago a police officer was found guilty of the brutal murder of multiple women and girls in the town. There's infidelity, a downturn in business, toxic masculinity, emotional abuse, a monster in the closet. There's a lot of bad luck going 'round the small town of Castle Rock. There's a reason this book is a classic - it's haunting, terrifying, and outright sickening. Even not having read the book or seen the film, most people would likely associate the name Cujo with a horrible monster of a dog. Stephen King's Cujo is a classic in terms of horror. TW: Harm to animals, harm to children, violence, gore, racism, sexism, infidelity Popsugar 2019 Reading Challenge Prompt: Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge (2017 prompt - a book from a nonhuman perspective)

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