![]() ![]() Cujo changes from a cuddly giant into a mindless beast, with King occasionally giving us a peek into the dog’s constantly eroding consciousness. There’s an inevitability to the events that make reading feel like watching a train crash you’re uncomfortable, you know what’s going to happen… but you still keep turning the pages. The story segments come in a steady succession of paragraphs, with no chapter breaks. The meat of the story is in the events that lead up to the Pinto there’s the husband Vic with his work problems, there’s Donna’s spurned lover with his petty revenge, there’s Cujo the dog getting bit by a bat, and so on. This simple story about a rabid dog has a vicious, nervous quality to it, the way it determinedly moves the characters around, setting them up for a final showdown: the Trentons, Donna and her son Tad, cooped up in a broken Pinto while Cujo, a giant, insane St. Surely it’s no The Shining or Salem’s Lot, but there’s a sheer, unbridled energy in these pages. ![]() Supposedly written under the influence, Cujo’s rather modest position in King’s canon belies its quality as a powerful piece of horror. ![]() Man’s best friend goes on a rampage in Cujo, a 1981 novel by Stephen King. ![]()
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