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Pet Sematary: where to start reading
Adapts Pet Sematary by Stephen King. Say how far you watched, and pick the book up exactly there.
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covers the whole story, but the back half changes a key event and the ending.
Show and books diverge here
The film adapts the novel's setup and premise faithfully, then diverges in the second half: a different family member is lost and the ending is reworked. The 1983 novel plays it differently, so reading it is worthwhile even after the film. The 1989 version sticks closer to the book's turn.
Start reading at Pet Sematary (the complete novel; the book's version of the back half differs from this film)Spoiler-safe, only what the show already showed you.
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The 2019 film adapts Stephen King's 1983 novel but changes a major turn in the back half, including which child is lost and how the ending plays out. The 1989 film follows the novel's version of that turn more closely.
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