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Can you imagine if you're 10 year old self had finished reading this? You'd probably be traumatized after learning how the kids banished IT.
Your experience over time with IT is what makes books so special. They don’t change, we do. And yet it feels like the books change with us as we pick-up on all new things relevant to our life at that moment.
Lovely story and review. Thanks for sharing.
A very interesting review. Motivates me further to read this book.
Awesome story. I think you picked your times well.
I first read IT when I was a few years older, 12, but it made a profound impact, and I also find myself drawn back to Derry as an adult every decade or so. And yes, I have always found Bev's escape from her husband (and her encounter with IT, disguised as an old woman) one of the more terrifying parts of the books.
I got actual chills reading your review. I love the way certain books come into our lives just when we most need them. If the secrets of the universe aren't in a thousand-page novel, I wouldn't know where else to look.
This is a beautiful review! Makes me want to revisit this textbook too
Nice review! I loved this the first time around. 2nd reading didn't do much for me, but still I gave it 3 stars.
Thanks all for your kind comments! Not many understand the monumental power of a book. I’m glad to be in good company :)
A wonderful insight into your reading journey, Justin. I loved it!!
(By the way, I too read horror stories when I was ten). : )
I relate to this review but on a smaller scale. I first tried to read this in middle school when I was barely turning 12 and the Georgie scene scarred me for life. I then tried to pick it up again about a year later and got around 150 pages in and then stopped because it was too slow for me. Another year passed and I was going on a trip to Europe and I was 14 going on 15. I finally decided to get more into it and even though it took me 2 more years to get all the way through, I was absolutely stunned. I’m currently reading it for the second time and I’m breeding through it compared to my first few tries and loving it even more this time around. I’m 18 now and starting college and I’m in a much more mature mindset than I was the first time I read it and I have never connected to this book more than I am right now. It has near perfect pacing, BEAUTIFUL character development, and just a fantastic and horrifying and breathtakingly beautiful storyline. So glad you enjoyed it. It’s honestly my favorite book I’ve ever read.
@Jackson thank you for sharing that story of how IT impacted your life. I’m sure some people think we’re crazy to consider a terrifying sewer clown book so meaningful, but sucks to be them!
Thanks for sharing your journey through the years. I admire your youthful independence, coupled with knowing your limits. It's also good that although she didn't approve, your mother nevertheless gave you the same inducement to read as she did for other books.
It’s very volkish and like you pointed out in your perfect review—it is very pioneer. But generational too.
❤️ 🤡 thank you for all the kind comments! :)
My daughter becoming 21 years old in a few months has read this book already 2 times and is rereading IT in English for the third time and has the Hardcover for her it is a book with many memories from her youth. I always encouraged both my girls to read and they have done so. King is an excellent writer for the young and old, growing up with his writing is not a bad thing.
I couldn’t agree more. The movies are definitely NOT a substitute for the book. The story is so much more than what the movies depict. The audiobook is amazing as well, GREAT narration.
this is such a great review
This is my favorite review of a book ever
I adore this review and feel much the same. One of my very favourites
Great review - I didn’t read King at 10 (to be fair, books didn’t make it to Sweden until way later), but I did read all I could get my hands on at 16-17. I often rediscovered them later in life, realising so much must have gone over my head the first time around. For some of the books to an extent that I’m amazed I enjoyed them as much as I did.
Great review of how "It" has impacted you as a young reader. Classics (and those on their way to being so) offer up new pleasures even on repeated readings.Cool mom! Love her Penny a page reward:)
So awesome to hear what you thought having been so close to the age of the losers the first run around
Wow, such a lovely story about growing up with a book
I read when I was 15 - very close to 16 - which I think was a good time, as I had a better understanding of relationships and everything around that age. The best book I’ve ever read.
I read this book recently, right before my 13th bday and loved it!
You guys are reading this at 10?!
Do u not remember the scene where they 11 year olds gangbang each other or where they say racial slurs upwards of 100 times
Max De made a incredibly valued point, like did you fully comprehend what you were reading, cause I'm mid-teens now and adults currently give me weird looks when I say I'm reading IT
Your parents let you read IT at 10 my parents won’t even let me read it now
Thanks for the comments. I didn’t fully understand IT at 10, and I don’t think I fully understood it at 21 either. This book is filled with wisdom and hits differently with each re-read.
I NEEEEEEEEED to re read this! I read it at 10. I saw the movie on ABC when it came out. It’s time to read again.
Now’s as good a time as ever, Erica! We all float down here 🎈
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Your experience over time with IT is what makes books so special. They don’t change, we do. And yet it feels like the books change with us as we pick-up on all new things relevant to our life at that moment. Lovely story and review. Thanks for sharing.
A very interesting review. Motivates me further to read this book.
Awesome story. I think you picked your times well.
I first read IT when I was a few years older, 12, but it made a profound impact, and I also find myself drawn back to Derry as an adult every decade or so. And yes, I have always found Bev's escape from her husband (and her encounter with IT, disguised as an old woman) one of the more terrifying parts of the books.
I got actual chills reading your review. I love the way certain books come into our lives just when we most need them. If the secrets of the universe aren't in a thousand-page novel, I wouldn't know where else to look.
This is a beautiful review! Makes me want to revisit this textbook too
Nice review! I loved this the first time around. 2nd reading didn't do much for me, but still I gave it 3 stars.
Thanks all for your kind comments! Not many understand the monumental power of a book. I’m glad to be in good company :)
A wonderful insight into your reading journey, Justin. I loved it!!(By the way, I too read horror stories when I was ten). : )
I relate to this review but on a smaller scale. I first tried to read this in middle school when I was barely turning 12 and the Georgie scene scarred me for life. I then tried to pick it up again about a year later and got around 150 pages in and then stopped because it was too slow for me. Another year passed and I was going on a trip to Europe and I was 14 going on 15. I finally decided to get more into it and even though it took me 2 more years to get all the way through, I was absolutely stunned. I’m currently reading it for the second time and I’m breeding through it compared to my first few tries and loving it even more this time around. I’m 18 now and starting college and I’m in a much more mature mindset than I was the first time I read it and I have never connected to this book more than I am right now. It has near perfect pacing, BEAUTIFUL character development, and just a fantastic and horrifying and breathtakingly beautiful storyline. So glad you enjoyed it. It’s honestly my favorite book I’ve ever read.
@Jackson thank you for sharing that story of how IT impacted your life. I’m sure some people think we’re crazy to consider a terrifying sewer clown book so meaningful, but sucks to be them!
Thanks for sharing your journey through the years. I admire your youthful independence, coupled with knowing your limits. It's also good that although she didn't approve, your mother nevertheless gave you the same inducement to read as she did for other books.
It’s very volkish and like you pointed out in your perfect review—it is very pioneer. But generational too.
❤️ 🤡 thank you for all the kind comments! :)
My daughter becoming 21 years old in a few months has read this book already 2 times and is rereading IT in English for the third time and has the Hardcover for her it is a book with many memories from her youth. I always encouraged both my girls to read and they have done so. King is an excellent writer for the young and old, growing up with his writing is not a bad thing.
I couldn’t agree more. The movies are definitely NOT a substitute for the book. The story is so much more than what the movies depict. The audiobook is amazing as well, GREAT narration.
this is such a great review
This is my favorite review of a book ever
I adore this review and feel much the same. One of my very favourites
Great review - I didn’t read King at 10 (to be fair, books didn’t make it to Sweden until way later), but I did read all I could get my hands on at 16-17. I often rediscovered them later in life, realising so much must have gone over my head the first time around. For some of the books to an extent that I’m amazed I enjoyed them as much as I did.
Great review of how "It" has impacted you as a young reader. Classics (and those on their way to being so) offer up new pleasures even on repeated readings.Cool mom! Love her Penny a page reward:)
So awesome to hear what you thought having been so close to the age of the losers the first run around
Wow, such a lovely story about growing up with a book
I read when I was 15 - very close to 16 - which I think was a good time, as I had a better understanding of relationships and everything around that age. The best book I’ve ever read.
I read this book recently, right before my 13th bday and loved it!
You guys are reading this at 10?! Do u not remember the scene where they 11 year olds gangbang each other or where they say racial slurs upwards of 100 times
Max De made a incredibly valued point, like did you fully comprehend what you were reading, cause I'm mid-teens now and adults currently give me weird looks when I say I'm reading IT
Your parents let you read IT at 10 my parents won’t even let me read it now
Thanks for the comments. I didn’t fully understand IT at 10, and I don’t think I fully understood it at 21 either. This book is filled with wisdom and hits differently with each re-read.
I NEEEEEEEEED to re read this! I read it at 10. I saw the movie on ABC when it came out. It’s time to read again.
Now’s as good a time as ever, Erica! We all float down here 🎈