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It (Signet)

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few weeks ago
Surprisingly enough, King dedicates this book to his children. It is a horror(??) novel whose underlying topic involves growing up and nostalgia and the magic that surrounds childhood friendship... all backdropped against a force of evil that "feeds" of those unfortunate enough to cross its path!! hahaha You can find several recurring ideas in this book, most of which are reminiscent of at...more
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few weeks ago
It started out strong. I was hooked and expected another great book, and suddenly and rather quickly, it became really wordy and overly detailed with some rather useless action. It was drudgery to get through. Like someone reviewed before, I questioned if It was edited. The book could truly be brought down to an easy 700 pages, not the 1093 that is turned out to be. I love Stephen King, and...more
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few weeks ago
The most epic of all Stephen King's horror novels and certainly the scariest book I've ever read or will ever. A tale about childhood and the power of imagination, had me afraid to turn over in bed some nights for fear of a yellow balloon waiting behind me. The story is incredibly paced, and segmented by Derry's elaborate town history of tragedy presented in Mike Hanlon's journal entries as...more
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few weeks ago
The characters in this book stayed in my mind for a long time when I was just a teen. I love the dense descriptions as it felt as if King was starting to get literary. This made the scenes powerfully atmospheric and memorable. The monsters in here are creepy and gets under the skin of the imagination, resurfacing later when one least expects it. Like The Stand, It did not try to be accessible by...more
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few weeks ago
Only gripe I can think of is the (not uncommon) exploration of sexuality in minors. It was just a really weird choice for King to make for that story element. It easily could've been anything else, like the glass shard "ceremony". Weird. I think he wanted to develop more sexual anxiety in her, having to do with her Dad (and the encounter years later with It in her old house), but couldn't commit...more
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  • ISBN-10: 0451149513
  • ISBN-13: 9780451149510
  • ISBN-10: 0670813028
  • ISBN-13: 9780670813025
  • ISBN-10: 0833509454
  • ISBN-13: 9780833509451
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