Cujo

Pros

• some of my favorites are: - Cujo, Stephen King
• I haven't read that one (yet), but *Cujo* did the same thing to me back when I read it the first time--nightmares for literally YEARS after reading it.
• I would put in a recommendation for *Cujo* and *Misery* as well. Both are good examples of King working in a more manageable size, more appropriate for an introduction.
• Cujo and Pet Sematary are my two favorite books of his. They are bleak and genuinely horrific. Sinister books.
• I like Cujo. The relationship is a somewhat major plot point, but I think the book describes an affair and a possible reason behind having an affair very well. Of course the book is at its core about a rabid Saint Bernard, but the dynami...

Cons

• But yeah, Cujo always felt like a sad story to me. It'd be one thing if Cujo was like that at the start and we never see him before the rabies, but they have to rub it in that prior to the illness he was just a big sweet loveable goofball.
• I refuse to read cujo. I skip parts where animals die, and I wont read a whole thing about a sick dog.
• But I don't mean books like The Deep, Cujo, The Ruins etc., like getting isolated, but the hardcore literal claustrophobia
• I watched Cujo a while ago and it felt so shallow compared to the book. Almost none of those themes were present.