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It by Stephen King

68 reviews

boooooooooooooooooooooook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Very good story telling and quality of writing, just very long!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Racial slurs, Vomit, Antisemitism, and Gun violence

neleusb's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

audiobook with stephen weber is FANTASTIC, absolutely hard to get through some parts content wise, i was spoiled going in and still cringed at all that stephen king had to say

the tom shit in its entirety and the INTENSE sex scene with the kids at the end

and

the spiritual alien eternal pain in my ass twist with finding out what pennywise IS, and it is a she and SHES PREGNANT, and sorry a turtle made the universe and gave bill a pep talk to kill a clown like what was that

. absolutely gripping

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Murder, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Antisemitism, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Child abuse, Racism, Vomit, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Bullying, Sexual violence, Stalking, Body horror, Cursing, Blood, Child death, Racial slurs, Hate crime, and Incest

tacochelle's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Putting my thoughts into a list because I have plenty. All the spoilers, because I need to rant.

- The opening chapter with Georgie's death is so good, it's just so frank and brutal, it shows the bond between Bill and Georgie before he dies.

- So damn long. Really needed editing, cut out a lot of repetitive scenes, extra details that only confirms what we already know, etc.

- I love the cosmic horror of what It is, its true form as the Deadlights, how it warps the town of Derry around its existence. 
I even enjoy the cosmic turtle encouraging the Losers, it just furthers the idea that what they are dealing with is so beyond human understanding that it drifts into the absurd.

- I actually like the details on each of It's victims, it shows what it's capable of, the sort of kids that fall on the wayside only to end up it It's path. 

- I liked the friendship between the Losers, King does a really good job of making (most of) them likable, and showing how they become a sort of found family for each other. They help each other with their broken family life and trauma, remind each other that their feelings are valid and does not make them crazy.

- But good lord, Ritchie sucks. He's so obnoxious, with few redeemable moments.

- I didn't mind how sadistic the bullies were. It gave more variety to the sort of prey It feeds on. And part of what made Henry so fucked up was both his racist abusive father, and the influence of It pushing him to madness. It made sense to me.

-Bill's wife Audra feels underused. The ending with her was so weird and feels out of place.

- The gangbang scene was unnecessary. Sure maybe in the mind of a preteen sex can unite them, give you clarity and make you an adult, but for it to actually give them the knowledge of how to leave It's lair is stupid.

-The Losers Club's strong friendship is what ultimately guve them the power to defeat It once and for all. It makes sense when they forget each other the first time because they didn't actually kill It like they thought. But for them to forget each other at the very end when they do kill it feels antithetical to the story. And if they do forget each other, how do Ben and Beverly hook up after that? It doesn't add up, and doesn't make for a satisfying end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Torture, Sexual assault, Gore, Death, Grief, Suicide, Blood, Child abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Antisemitism, Cancer, Death of parent, Misogyny, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Homophobia, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Alcoholism, and Vomit

bobiii's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Death, Child death, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Homophobia, and Sexual assault

emmaholland0925's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

IT is a story about a group of friends returning to their hometown 27 years after they fought a monster terrorising the towns kids to finish it once and for all. 

Despite being over 1000 pages IT kept me gripped throughout and I never found myself feeling like the book was dragging. I felt connected to all the characters and found myself really feeling for them in the situations they found themselves in. I think the way Stephen King switches back and forth form the adults to kids perspectives is done really well and definitely helps the story to stay engaging despite the length.

The only thing that brings this book down from being a 5 star for me is

the scene in the sewers where all the boys have sex with Bev, I just think it was so weird and did not need to be included

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Overall I think this book is mainly about our childhood and the magic we lose within ourselves as we grow up and how we have no control over the universe and what it has in store for us. If your into spooky stories with in depth characters who you really feel for this book is for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicide, Child death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault

craighead_the_wolf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Racism, Death, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Suicide, Racial slurs, Infidelity, Cursing, Bullying, and Body shaming

turbogoblin's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Racial slurs, Suicide, Mental illness, Bullying, Cursing, Child death, Sexual assault, and Death

kiwifay's review against another edition

No amount of alcohol or coke can make this good. No amount of alcohol or coke can make me ignore the thousands of slurs.

I think I’ll take my copy camping and use it as fire starter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Bullying, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Child abuse, Child death, Toxic relationship, and Homophobia

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Rape

sommarborne's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Racism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Cursing, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Incest, Infidelity, Cultural appropriation, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Classism, Homophobia, Drug use, and Rape

drone232's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This is an epic of horror literature. It is about a group of children going up against the ills of adult society which have manifested in the form of a horrifying and enjoyably malevolent monster. It is also about their adult selves as they try to remember their childhood and refind their childhood hopes and selves. Interspersed are narratives about a great many side characters and their woes. A deep and expansive work, bogged down by occasional instances of going over the line with the horror and sexism. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Fatphobia, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, and Torture