They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they were grown-up men and women who had gone out into the big world to gai...
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Jan 12, 2011
Maciek
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The most important things are the hardest things to say, because words diminish them...
Some time ago the wise bald (or white) heads stationed at various universities came to an agreement that a literary form, commonly known as the novel, is dead - fewer and fewer works of any significance are written each year. Of course, one must understand the requirements the wise gentlemen expect of a novel of worth: it would be good if the writer would include some "aesthetic dignity" More...
Some time ago the wise bald (or white) heads stationed at various universities came to an agreement that a literary form, commonly known as the novel, is dead - fewer and fewer works of any significance are written each year. Of course, one must understand the requirements the wise gentlemen expect of a novel of worth: it would be good if the writer would include some "aesthetic dignity" More...
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Nov 22, 2011
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Holy crap this book was scary. I've always been a fan of horror novels, but very few have ever actually scared me. This book did the trick.
It's the story of a group of friends who as children did a very, very brave and noble thing. A supernatural force lives under their hometown of Derry, Maine. This force hibernates in thirty year cycles and comes to the surface to feast upon its prey - human children. It thrives on their fear as well as their flesh, and typically disguises itself a More...
It's the story of a group of friends who as children did a very, very brave and noble thing. A supernatural force lives under their hometown of Derry, Maine. This force hibernates in thirty year cycles and comes to the surface to feast upon its prey - human children. It thrives on their fear as well as their flesh, and typically disguises itself a More...
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Oct 11, 2011
Stephen
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3.5 stars. Clowns are friggin scary and Stephen King writing about murderous, supernatural clowns is just plain wrong!!!! I read this when this first came out as a teenager and the image of Pennywise stayed with me for a while (I also Tim Curry doing a great job looking the part in the mini-series based on this... thanks Tim!!). I am planning on revisiting the story to see how well it has held up in the 20+ years since I first read it. I have a feeling Clowns are still going to be scary.
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Nov 18, 2008
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Apr 30, 2008
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Mar 21, 2011
Gavin
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I read this many moons ago and still think about it now and then. It's that kind of story.
Sure clowns are friggin crapyourpantsandrun scary, but what's scarier about this book is that the monster can be anything it wants to be.
Clowns don't scare you, no problem--how about a werewolf?
Not scared of werewolves--how about an angry, roaming hands father...or a dead father...or a clan of psychiotics that would love nothing more than to see your blood spill on t More...
Sure clowns are friggin crapyourpantsandrun scary, but what's scarier about this book is that the monster can be anything it wants to be.
Clowns don't scare you, no problem--how about a werewolf?
Not scared of werewolves--how about an angry, roaming hands father...or a dead father...or a clan of psychiotics that would love nothing more than to see your blood spill on t More...
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Dec 06, 2008
Jennifer
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"It" takes place in Derry , Maine where 7 indiviuals come together to fight an evil presence that lives and feeds off of mostly young children in this small town. These wonderful charaters confront "It" not once, but twice, first as children and again as adults.
I went into this book thinking "It" was a clown, when really "It" was much more than that...he took on many forms and "It" was creepy as hell.
This book was great! I have be More...
I went into this book thinking "It" was a clown, when really "It" was much more than that...he took on many forms and "It" was creepy as hell.
This book was great! I have be More...
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Aug 06, 2008
Jamie
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I actually read It by Stephen King once before, when I was around 15 years old and it first came out. Back then I thought that it was one of the best King books I had read mainly because the book had so many powerful (and icky) images and the heroes were a bunch of misfit kids trying to stop a child-murdering monster that prowled their home town below the sight line of most adults. Now, 20 years later, I've re-read the book and once again think it's one of the highlights of King's career, but fo
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Dec 14, 2007
Takeerah
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This was the first novel that I ever read voluntarily. I was eight years old and had seen the movie. I went to a garage sale with my grandmother and noticed the book was there for ten cents. I asked my grandmother if she could buy it for me and she did. That was the beginning of a beautiful friendship for Stephen King and I. That was the point that I would read with dictionaries handy and noone around to interrupt me. I would purposely go to garage sales with my grandmother from now on in search
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Jan 23, 2008
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Sep 03, 2007
Shanti
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Fabulous!
In "It," King does what King does so well: Transports us back to childhood when nothing seems impossible and bonds tie us together. Is it "horror," yes ... there is that. But beyond that is a story about human relationship and how our longest bonds call us back ... and you step back into those relationships as if the pendulum has stopped, but once together again, it picks up seemlessly.
While he maintains detail in everyway, in no way are you More...
In "It," King does what King does so well: Transports us back to childhood when nothing seems impossible and bonds tie us together. Is it "horror," yes ... there is that. But beyond that is a story about human relationship and how our longest bonds call us back ... and you step back into those relationships as if the pendulum has stopped, but once together again, it picks up seemlessly.
While he maintains detail in everyway, in no way are you More...
Mar 20, 2007
Courtney
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The power of friendship, a horrible monster, a battle (internal and external) across decades, and a really messed up clown. I also read this when I was a kid, and it scared the crap out of me. I just found a copy in my parents' basement and am going to re-read it. Pennywise is one of the most horrible monsters I've ever read.
My parents' basement is also really scary - someone should write a horror novel about it.
My parents' basement is also really scary - someone should write a horror novel about it.
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Dec 11, 2011
Something is rotten in the state of Derry, Maine...
~Shakespeare (kind of)~
{REVIEW STILL IN PROGRESS...HERE'S SOME PARTS OF IT...}
Here's a confession. Clowns REALLYREALLYREALLY freak me out. REALLY.
And scariest of all....
!!!
Here's another confession: I LOVE GETTING FREAKED OUT. LOVE IT!
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~Shakespeare (kind of)~
{REVIEW STILL IN PROGRESS...HERE'S SOME PARTS OF IT...}
Here's a confession. Clowns REALLYREALLYREALLY freak me out. REALLY.
And scariest of all....
!!!
Here's another confession: I LOVE GETTING FREAKED OUT. LOVE IT!
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Feb 25, 2011
Bridget
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I have found a common theme running through the prior 4 classic [read: not Richard Bachman] Stephen King books I've read. (Misery, The Shining, Carrie, and Salem's Lot). There is a lot of character development. And I mean, A LOT. For example...
This book had 7 main characters and then at least 3 or 4 additional characters you learned about and beacuse it takes place back and forth between 1958 and 1985, there are 7 backstories for 1958 and 7 backstories for 1985 to get through before More...
This book had 7 main characters and then at least 3 or 4 additional characters you learned about and beacuse it takes place back and forth between 1958 and 1985, there are 7 backstories for 1958 and 7 backstories for 1985 to get through before More...
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Feb 22, 2009
Drake
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It’s strangely ironic to me that all the characters in Stephen King’s IT live in a world of a forgotten childhood, since this book is a from my own disappearing adolescent memories. And similar to my own rosy memories, IT appears a lot more grandiose than its actual reality. For one thing, IT is not King’s masterpiece as some claim, but it is a good book, although not my favorite.
No other author can transport one back to those free days of early adolescence better than Stephen Ki More...
No other author can transport one back to those free days of early adolescence better than Stephen Ki More...
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Feb 02, 2012
Nikolaus
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WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD
Stephen King's It is among a series of his novels that deal with the decline of childhood innocence, usually through an encounter with "adult" corruption ( Different Seasons, Hearts in Atlantis) or some supernatural force ( Dreamcatcher). To me, King is at his most poignant and moving when handling this theme, and none of those novels have failed at disappointing me thus far (I haven't read Dreamcatcher yet). It is, I am pleased t More...
WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD
Stephen King's It is among a series of his novels that deal with the decline of childhood innocence, usually through an encounter with "adult" corruption ( Different Seasons, Hearts in Atlantis) or some supernatural force ( Dreamcatcher). To me, King is at his most poignant and moving when handling this theme, and none of those novels have failed at disappointing me thus far (I haven't read Dreamcatcher yet). It is, I am pleased t More...
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Feb 18, 2009
Ev
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Really long book. Really scary book. It's been a while since I read it, so I don't really remember a lot of it. But I do remember how much it made me mad at how the book skipped around between when they were kids and then when they were adults, because you would read a chapter and it would end in a cliff hanger, then the next chapter would be like 27 years earlier and end in a cliff hanger, then the next chapter would be back when they were adults. So you have to keep reading. I think Stephen Ki
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Nov 02, 2008
Wylie
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This book is basically about a group of kids trying to overcome an unnamed clown that has killed many people, including the little brother of the protagonist (Couldn't remember the name after reading all 1100 pages), who was the leader who decided to take action against the clown. Interestingly, only a few kids were able to see this clown. After 700 pages of fast-paced adventure, the kids managed to get rid of the clown once and for all...or at least they thought they did. Twenty-seven years lat
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Nov 03, 2008
Nikki
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This book was a bit like a rollercoaster I've been on. It started off slowly, slowly, until you think, "oh god, maybe I'm wasting my time", and then it gets to the top and starts to roll down and twist about and sometimes seems to throw you upside down, and you're going to be sick, and if you're a braver person than me, when it rolls to a halt, you decide you're going to do it all again right away.
It is a seriously dense book. There's layers and layers of setting the scene, More...
It is a seriously dense book. There's layers and layers of setting the scene, More...
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Oct 13, 2008
Angie
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I preface this review by stating (somewhat sheepishly) that this is my first horror novel. Honestly? I've always secretly longed to read a Stephen King book, but I never knew where to jump in. So I contented myself with reading On Writing and his book reviews, admiring the talent from afar, so to speak. Then the other day DH announced the need for the King moratorium to end once and for all. After a brief but intense conference with a fellow connoisseur, he pronounced himself convinced that It
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Oct 30, 2008
Kevin
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IT earns its distinction as a seminal work of modern horror even amongst Stephen King's immeasurable contributions to the genre.
King fiendishly builds upon commonplace circumstances, instilling a shared sensation of mounting terror for both the reader and his characters.
Bill Denbrough, a middle-aged, balding, sales representative, comes to work one day and discovers his spam folder is disabled. Important emails and comical forwards remain buried under a slew of penile More...
King fiendishly builds upon commonplace circumstances, instilling a shared sensation of mounting terror for both the reader and his characters.
Bill Denbrough, a middle-aged, balding, sales representative, comes to work one day and discovers his spam folder is disabled. Important emails and comical forwards remain buried under a slew of penile More...
Apr 20, 2008
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Apr 11, 2008
Angelica
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This book was an awsome read for the Horror/thrill fanatic.
Seven young teens (who call themselves the Losers' Club) are faced with a ancient thing that plays on their fears. A shape shifting child-killing monster... He (IT) is enticing and then your his (IT) once you have fallen for IT's trap. He/IT shows up 90% of the time as a wacko clown.
The teenaged kids live in 1958 and they are scared stiff. In which they face off this monster once and make a promise a vow that if it ever com More...
Seven young teens (who call themselves the Losers' Club) are faced with a ancient thing that plays on their fears. A shape shifting child-killing monster... He (IT) is enticing and then your his (IT) once you have fallen for IT's trap. He/IT shows up 90% of the time as a wacko clown.
The teenaged kids live in 1958 and they are scared stiff. In which they face off this monster once and make a promise a vow that if it ever com More...
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Feb 06, 2008
Sherry
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My name is Sherry, and I am a Stephen King fan (hi Sherry). I understand the reluctance many have to even pick up a SK book as he is the king of horror in America. But Uncle Stevie (as he calls himself) is an amazing writer. I would have to say THE STAND is one of the most amazing books about the conflict of good vs. evil I've ever read.
While visiting my Aunt & Uncle this summer, it came up that I had never read IT. So when Michelle got back into school I checked it out from the librar More...
While visiting my Aunt & Uncle this summer, it came up that I had never read IT. So when Michelle got back into school I checked it out from the librar More...
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Nov 17, 2007
Tommy
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I have this weird thing about mythologizing 1986 for myself. No big surprise, it was the year I graduated high school. Also the year Slayer played the Warner Theater on the Reign In Blood tour (what a show!)
It was also the year that IT came out. And I have to say, this book was one of the deepest reading experiences of my life. It was summer when the book was released, and I remember sitting out on the back porch and reading IT for 10 straight hours. I woke up the next day and immediately More...
It was also the year that IT came out. And I have to say, this book was one of the deepest reading experiences of my life. It was summer when the book was released, and I remember sitting out on the back porch and reading IT for 10 straight hours. I woke up the next day and immediately More...
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Oct 11, 2007
Josh
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simply put, I liked this, but it was obscenely long. WAY too long, as a matter of fact. that is the very reason why I never read Stephen King before I was 25. Wow. That looks really stupid written down.
But it's true! And the second or sub-truth of that is that I'm glad I waited. I think I got more of a The Big Chill vibe from this book than an horrific one. I was not terrified, or really that scared reading it. But I liked what it says about getting older. And I think if yo More...
But it's true! And the second or sub-truth of that is that I'm glad I waited. I think I got more of a The Big Chill vibe from this book than an horrific one. I was not terrified, or really that scared reading it. But I liked what it says about getting older. And I think if yo More...
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Aug 09, 2007
Robyn
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A horror book about childhood, the friends we make, and all that we leave behind when we step into the larger world. Whoever would have guessed?
Stephen King is a master about writing books that have horrific creatures for characters to face, while their true demons are embedded into the everyday lives of the characters. In this one, it is the life of the child. As middle-schoolers, seven schoolmates join together to stop a hideous monster from preying on their small Maine to More...
Stephen King is a master about writing books that have horrific creatures for characters to face, while their true demons are embedded into the everyday lives of the characters. In this one, it is the life of the child. As middle-schoolers, seven schoolmates join together to stop a hideous monster from preying on their small Maine to More...
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Sep 04, 2008
Beau
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I was always aware of how precious childhood was. I did not look forward to growing up, as most children do. I never wanted to drive a car, I just wanted to explore the neighborhood and indulge my imagination.
This book scared the crap out of me. I read it when I first started high school and I was very aware that I had passed that certain point. I no longer had adventures; I stayed at home to read, play video games and listen to Frank Zappa. Most of the wonder I had found in the worl More...
This book scared the crap out of me. I read it when I first started high school and I was very aware that I had passed that certain point. I no longer had adventures; I stayed at home to read, play video games and listen to Frank Zappa. Most of the wonder I had found in the worl More...
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