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Sunflower
May 02, 2009 rated it really liked it
Found this years ago in my aunt and uncle's holiday house at Lake Tekapo. Couldn't put it down, and the background creepiness is still there whenever I think of this book! Best Stephen King I have read so far. ...more
Rachel N.
Seven children, age 11, band together after they realize a creature they call It is murdering children in the town of Derry, Maine. The kids are reunited as adults when children once again begin being murdered. The book jumps around a lot between the two timelines. I like Stephen King as a writer and parts of this book were very creepy. My main problem was the book got very repetitive. We have to go through each child's individual confrontation with It and then go through their individual confro ...more
Karen
This really wasn’t my favorite Stephen King, I am sorry to say.
Tracyene
Mar 27, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Neil
Apr 17, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Stacey Matson
May 11, 2008 rated it liked it
SandyC
Apr 29, 2010 rated it it was amazing
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May 15, 2012 rated it really liked it
Kim DeCina
Jan 31, 2013 marked it as to-read
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Feb 24, 2013 marked it as to-read
Julie Griffin
Mar 13, 2013 rated it it was amazing
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Crystal
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Ed
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Nikki Morse
Nov 19, 2014 rated it really liked it
Lea
Oct 29, 2015 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
Abe
Jan 28, 2016 rated it it was amazing
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Laura
Feb 04, 2016 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Kara
Sep 26, 2017 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Susan
Oct 21, 2017 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Idit
Feb 04, 2018 rated it did not like it  ·  review of another edition
Tammy Grimm
May 05, 2019 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Natasha
Jul 24, 2019 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Denise
Sep 30, 2019 marked it as physical-tbr  ·  review of another edition
Kara
Oct 02, 2019 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition