It - Stephen King

Advantages: All the book is an advantage!
Disadvantages: More than 1000 pages... maybe too much if you don´t really like reading

...is “It” really someone? Is it a human being the one lurking through the sewers and pipes, coming out as an apparently harmless clown every 27 years, and seemingly nurturing from the kids’ most hideous fears? In 1958 seven youngsters were gathered together by an unknown force to confront It... 27 years later, all of them grown-ups and having forgotten the horror they lived in Derry, a phone call summons them to fulfil the promise they all made: “if ...
...It again”. I am writing about which I consider Stephen King’s best book ever. A masterpiece that, after 13 years of having read it for the first time, doesn’t fail to horrify me again and again whenever I dare opening its cover... and that happens once every 6 months or so. There are loads of information that we use to miss the first time we read a novel, either because we are too interested on the main plot (and hence we unnoticedly tend to skip ... Read review

Advantages: Ambitious, nostalgic, even touching
Disadvantages: May be overwhelming for first-timers and short attention spans; the truly prudish may wish to steer clear of CHAPTER 22, part 12

...stories and dreaming of making it as a big-time writer. Henry Bowers and his friends wore the faces of my own childhood bullies. The trainyards were a couple blocks away from my house. The house on Niebolt Street became an old falling-down warehouse up the street my buddy and I used to play in. The Barrens were an old playground we used to visit that lay just over the tracks in the bad part of town. Keene's was the candy store up on the corner two ...
...parentheticals is left out and it runs into the main text)...and the language of the parts set in 1958, right down to the titles of the programs Ben Hanscom and that creepy little schmuck Patrick Hockstetter watch on TV, is so authentic and seamless that if there are anachronisms, I don't see them. The only thing I would like to see, perhaps, is the after-story: what happened to the kids after they triumphed over their demonic tormentor in '58...and ... Read review

Advantages: Terrifying, charming, utterly real, with a cast of characters ou'll hate saying goodbye to come the novel's end.
Disadvantages: It's a biggie - not overwritten at all though, in my opinion. Well-judged, but not a quick read.

...evil and ancient lurks. It takes children for preference, but it's not that picky. It has many forms - sometimes it comes as a clown, sometimes as a thing from your nightmares. Whatever its true form, it's probably worse by far than the masks it wears in public. As children, our intrepid group discover the secret that lives at the heart of Derry's rank heart, and must face the thing they fear the most. As adults, they bring their new neuroses back ...
...the Vampire, the Clown (actually, it could be strongly argued that this was the novel that made the clown a horror icon), and their kin. Playing on what makes each archetype truly frightening to a child, layering that with a palpable sense of mystery and threat, he makes them frightening once again to us as adults. Whether centre stage or in the wings, Pennywise the Clown is the ultimate B-movie amalgamation, and he's frankly terrifying. Read it, ... Read review

Advantages: This
Disadvantages: That

...the better books out there. It sort of stinks as a whole that everybody doesn't love it. Everybody should try and obtain this book. I hope everybody who buys books, will please go out and spend their good money on this one. This review used to be better. But I cannot write reviews for free. Come and see my wonderful reviews at Epinions. the web address is www.Epinions.com Look for Scapp70 Have a nice day everybody. Talk to you later. Ciao ...
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Advantages: The Plot And Storyline Is Immense
Disadvantages: Complicated In Some Parts - Read Properly If You Want Full Understanding :)

...I persuaded him to buy it for us and my brother to watch (ever do DVD nights? No, neither do we! But I thought it would be a nice change). I liked the film. Not really scary, but I really liked the idea of a killer clown. Imagine my delight when I heard there was a book out which apparently was absolutley brilliant. The main characters are The "Losers Club" : Beverly Marsh - The only female of the group.. A fiesty, pretty 11 year old redhead whose ...
...shape-shifting monster referred to as IT is killing innocent children, until seven wily youngsters fight back; The Losers Club. After individual and group encounters with IT - who takes the form of their biggest fears (but mostly as a terrifying clown named Pennywise) - the youngsters decide to destroy the creature. Enter the Ritual Of Chüd, fighting IT down in the sewers. Thinking they have destroyed IT, the 11 and 12 year olds soon go their separate ... Read review

Advantages: A great book, a film based on the book aswell.
Disadvantages: None in my opinion but some do not like Kings Style.

...Stephen King's - Carrie This book was published in 1974, and was his first book to be published but the 4th one her wrote; originally it was meant to be a short story but it then evolved into a complete novel. There is some controversy about this book and in some school readings it was banned because of its themes and features. The book uses real fiction documents like newspaper reports and other extracts to create the character of Carrie who is a 17-year-old girl from Chamberlain. She is constantly bullied at school and everything keeps going wrong, when she puts herself out slightly more, someone always does something to ruin it, a chilling horror with many supernatural aspects, when it was created into film it was seen as quite scary and some say that it is still as scary today as it was back then even with the increasing amount... Read review

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Advantages: Hello? It's the King!!
Disadvantages: Very very sexist and slightly annoying for it

..."Carrie" is the first book King ever published. And it shows. Don't get me wrong, I like it...but only because it's Stephen King. It tells the ever so slightly sexist story (not my words...yep the man himself called it so) of a girl who suddenly becomes able to move things and destroy things with the power of her mind when she reaches puberty. The whole tone of the book is one of religion and the onset of irrationality with menstruation. If that's not misogynist, I don't know what is! However, he has actually realised this now and writes believable and three dimensional female charaters...to see the difference try reading "Carrie" and "Dolores Claiborne" back to back...let me know what you think!... Read review

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Advantages: Well written.
Disadvantages: Requires some level of maturity

...This is a very well written book. The stories are short but very interesting. A good read on a sunday afternoon. The first story 'the langoliers' is very chilling and quite odd in places but was by far my favourite story in the book. 'Secret Window, Secret Garden' Is well written and will suprise the reader. The library policeman is a very odd story. It is in parts quite mature and in parts unbelievable. But somehow Stephen King makes it work. The Sun Dog is a very creepy story that is sure to please. In a nutshell, this book is a very good read for anyone who can handle a bit of rape and violence but wants a good read. I would give this book an eight out of ten.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful