Reviews

It by Stephen King

allnightbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

mulhollandrl's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

kchamberlin04's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

stephen king writes such beautiful things about friendship. unfortunately he also writes graphic misogynistic underage sex scenes so

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Grief, Murder, Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Suicide, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Fatphobia, Racism, Self harm, Violence, Vomit, Abandonment, Ableism, Animal death, Antisemitism, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Car accident, Torture, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pedophilia

uhh. just be careful

meg02's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-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? No

5.0

readingwithsab's review against another edition

3.0

not quite sure what compelled me to start reading this book – i went through the binge-reading phase as soon as quarantine first started in 2020, and ordered this book up on a whim, thinking that i would really enjoy it.

to sum up my opinion – it’s not a terrible book, and there were moments when i liked the plot, but when you write a novel with almost half a million words, i believe that it would be quite difficult to not accomplish that.

rays_reading_rainbow's review against another edition

5.0

I have loved the It movie(s) since I was a child and then rekindled that obsession with the newest renditions. This is the second Stephen King book and the largest book I’ve ever read. It was, putting it mildly, a masterpiece. Epic, epic storytelling. Fully immersive and the way he layered the chapters together seamlessly from one point in time to another was genius.

* I bounced back and forth between physical book and audiobook and the audio was amazing. Highly recommend.

kay_raz's review against another edition

slow-paced

1.5

Tedious

bookishgingerjo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

imtimthy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? Yes

4.75

em_beau's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

4.25