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Originally Posted by jhempel24
Just curious as to this. I'm not talking about books that make you want to vomit because they have descriptive scenes of violence, but books that have shook you to your core. Can't read for more than an hour at a time because you are terrified, and can't turn the light off to go to sleep.
I think mine was Pet Semetary, but I really only think that because I was about 12 when I read it, and really haven't read it since. We were also taking a cat to be euthanized as well, so everything kind of just stuck with me.
So what made you keep the light on?
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Unbelievable
. I saw the title of your thread in the list (without even reading your post) and
Pet Sematry immediately rose up in my mind, even though it's been nearly a decade since I read it. I think the horror came out of the highly emotional descriptions of the young son (I even remember his name - Gage
).
More recently,
The library policeman, which I first heard as an audiobook driving down I-5 on a long trip scared me silly (again, dunno why). A word of advice,
never read a Stephen King book dealing with road trips or cars (Desperation, From a Buick 8, Riding the Bullet) while taking a road trip
.