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It by Stephen King

32 reviews

jackbifrost's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Vomit, Toxic friendship, and Classism

sidekicksam's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.75

The King among horror books - IT is a 1376 page long novel about the Losers Club's two-time stand-off with IT, otherwise known as Pennywise the Clown, or Robert Gray.

Wow. This book was exactly the wild ride I imagined it would be. It is scary. It is fucked up. It is funny. It is timeless.

This story surprised me in so many ways, but let me just try to summarize why I love this book (more precisely, King's writing):

1. The world building is superb. King does such a good job visualising the world of Derry as it was in '58 and '85, introducing side characters and backstories to all of them, without making the reader forget the red line of the story, it feels like you've lived the story yourself. And though living through the Age of Pennywise would be awful, reading this story is a delight.

2. The characters are so well-thought out, and not a single one of them is uninteresting to read about. Ben, Richie, Bill, Eddie, Mike, Stan, Beverly, Pennywise/IT - you get to know every one of them so intimately, you almost feel like the 8th member of the Losers Club.

3. The story itself! Man, this story is mad crazy brilliant. To fuck up generations of adults into being terrified of clowns because everyone knows this story is insane. But it wouldn't have happened if the story wasn't so insanely awesome. 

Ok, so I can conclude by saying that I appreciated the book a lot. HOWEVER. It is not my favourite King. I can't exactly put my finger on what it was (maybe it was THAT scene that ruined it for me), but 11.22.63 and The Stand both resonated with me more (though the ending of The Stand is way inferior to IT). 

But if you're looking for a challenge that will be so rewarding you'll want to send me a thank-you note, or if you're looking for the ultimate Spooky Season read, IT is it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

chelseachips's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Racism, Blood, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Infertility, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

h0neybear's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

Overall it's just so lovely, and I know that's a strange way to describe a horror book, and don't get me wrong, it does get dark, but I find that it is truly more character driven than anything. It is an uplifting as well as slightly horrific read, which I believe really showcases the versatility of King as a writer. To me, the horror elements were not too scary

(perhaps something to do with most of them being linked to the fears of children?? I'm not too sure), but it definitely gets disturbing at times for reasons that are not at all supernatural but very grounded in reality. That's the interesting thing about this book; its central antagonist is a monster but it very much explores the things that monster drives the residents of Derry to do. A lot of the disturbing and even distressing comes from people and their disgusting actions, as well as the consequences of these.

  This is a 1000 page book so the pace is SLOW which I do actually love to be honest. It really allows room to create a very developed world as well as a mythology for this world. This one is certainly a page turner, but I found it a bit difficult to pick up at times just because of lack of motivation from the slow, slow pace. An extra note on the world building that I just mentioned is that I wanted to say is that I find it to be soso strong, and remember, this world is just one town. It's fascinating, as is this whole novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Antisemitism, and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, and Suicide

Minor: Ableism and Suicidal thoughts

donnamira's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

biacharmeliteral's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Se tornou meu livro favorito da vida. Foi meu primeiro livro de terror e meu livro favorito do King!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

skydragxn's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Gun violence and Fire/Fire injury

starlessnights's review against another edition

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Biphobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

perleerose's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and Alcohol

be warned of the weird sex scene where they basically have an orgy when they are kids. it's weird and can totally be skipped or skimmed over

mayakinsley's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Gun violence and Infidelity

Minor: Antisemitism