It - Stephen King > Reviews

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 ... Read review

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...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 ... Read review

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 ... Read review

Advantages: scary, well written
Disadvantages: very long

Is it just me or does Stephen King set every novel he writes in Maine? All right, not every novel but certainly a great deal of them are set in the state where he lives. I am not saying it’s a bad thing, but for someone with an imagination like his, how hard is it to think of a location. Before I discovered “IT”I had just read his short stories and some of his shorter novels, so I was unprepared for the sheer size and volume of ... Read review

Advantages: Greeeeaaaaat Book
Disadvantages: Perfect for me but could be too long/rambling/confusing for others

...another twenty-eight years - if it ever did end - began, so far as I know or can tell, with a boat made from a sheet of newspaper floating down a gutter swollen with rain" Fantastic opening , makes you think 'All this terror started with a paper boat?!' and I suppose it does, yeah ! King waffles on a bit , lots of descriptive pieces of writing , makes you a little bored but he writes in such a sense that it makes you carry on reading and ... Read review

Advantages: Quite simply the best thing i have ever read
Disadvantages: It has to end

...don't know if it's becuase it was the first one I read or what but i believe this his is greates piece of Fiction. As i think he is the best author we got, this makes IT the greates book i ever read. Set in Derry, Maine (i want to live here! Al SK greates books are in Derry!) a group of children become friends and do battle against an evil force that lives in Derry (generall taking the form of a clown and lurking in the sewers). The kids are all ... Read review

True to King's reputation, this book was really scary. No doubt about it's epic size too. You definitely get your money's worth with this doorstop. The premise of the story is brilliant, that the entire clown is haunted, and Pennywise the clown takes 'scary clowns' to a whole new level with his razor teeth. Definitely a must read, though you have to find somewhere quiet to do so. You can't just skim this book. Give it the attention it deserves.

Advantages: Compelling and well written
Disadvantages: None

...read, and I thought that it was brilliant. It is one of those books that you just want to read on and on without stopping because you want to find out what happens next. It goes between two different time periods of a group of people, from their childhood in a town called Derry, to when they are adults and return to their hometown to face the sinister evil that had plagued them throughout their childhood. You don't have to worry about getting confused ... Read review

Advantages: Excellent
Disadvantages: A bit long

...the same evil force. It sounds weird and too ambitious and yet it flows together seamlessly and works really well. He manages to capture exactly the atmosphere of summer holidays when you were young and the complications and reponsibilites of adulthood all at once. A brilliant book. ... Read review

Advantages: contains everything
Disadvantages: perhaps too long

...childhood, love, fun and friendship. It deals with life! ... Read review

Advantages: Great set pieces and memorable characters
Disadvantages: Overlong

...about childhood and about friendship. It also reflects the way in which our deepest fears are often rooted in childhood. For the protagonists of this novel, there is a rare opportunity to go back and conquer those childhood fears. Structurally, the novel consists of the same story told twice. A group of childhood friends come together to defeat the horror which is slowly engulfing the small town in which they live. Unfortunately they fail to destroy ... Read review

This is more than just a gory, senseless horror novel: it is also a sensitive, coming-of-age story of seven misfit children. IT by Stephen King is a terrific novel with an excellent ending, and I would recommend it to anyone! PS. Do not judge the book by the movie. The novel is about a million times better!