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It by Stephen King

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mostly_present's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.75


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directorpurry's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

2.5

This book is actually immensely sad and I need to lie down for a while. It also could have been shorter and less racist and antisemitic. But it was immensely compelling - there was absolutely no point where I considered putting it down.
I had a really excellent time comparing the overlap of Dark Tower and IT, thinking about all the Easter eggs and crossovers that I've already read about or seen in King books and adaptations. My favorite part of this experience was honestly slotting in a new piece of the SK puzzle.

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ffs_storm's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0


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kchamberlin04's review against another edition

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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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skogsheks's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

4.0


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haileyeh's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

Once again, the movies are better…if only because you don’t have to put up with King’s egregious sex scenes and over the top racism. Seriously, someone needs to investigate this man.

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esskaysquared's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

This is my first Stephen King book since I read Pet Sematary in middle school and was just way too scared by it. Having seen both the TV miniseries and the more recent movies, I was able to really focus on the storytelling rather than the scares. 

That said, I don't think I've ever read a longer book and finishing it left me exhausted! At a certain point reading felt like a chore, although some sections were really thrilling and moved quickly.

I would have given a higher rating (4 or 4.25), but I wasn't really prepared for all the racial slurs and racist stereotypes/impressions/jokes, and it really majorly detracted from my enjoyment in reading the book. 

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shannolse's review against another edition

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It started focusing more on the adults and I feel like I lost interest. 

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sheeshaleesh's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • 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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ziopera's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

5.0

Non mentirò dicendo che ho iniziato questo romanzo con aspettative quantomeno alte. E non mi ha decisamente deluso. Quando sentiamo “It” ci viene soprattutto in mente il clown-assassino-ammazza-bambini, che è certamente un elemento chiave del libro. Un elemento che però viene usato da King per parlarci di molto, molto altro. 

Il razzismo, con l’incendio al Punto Nero, l’omofobia, con il brutale assassinio di Adrian Mellon, certamente causato in parte dall’influenza di It, ma anche perché il romanzo si svolge a Derry una cittadina di provincia tra gli anni ‘50 e ‘80. King è incredibile a descriverci questo tipo di realtà con tutte le sue sfaccettature e l’ipocrisia dei suoi abitanti, lo fa benissimo nelLe Notti di Salem e altrettanto magistralmente in It. 
Sicuramente un’altra tematica fondamentale del romanzo è l’infanzia. Le caratterizzazioni e i rapporti fra i personaggi sono tra i migliori, forse addirittura I migliori che abbia mai letto, non scherzo. Ci si affeziona in modo rapido al club dei Perdenti, specialmente, nel mio caso, a Ben, Richie, Bill e Beverly, i miei personaggi preferiti.

It non è un romanzo totalmente perfetto: vi sono alcuni momenti leggermente noiosi, anche per una persona che ama lo stile “prolisso e descrittivo” di King, come me.
Ma credetemi, arrivate al finale. Perché, andando contro corrente, penso che il finale sia il punto più alto del libro, di un epicità lovecraftiana che ho trovato in pochi altri testi, mescolandosi con il fantasy. La ‘vera fine’ è di una tenerezza, ma allo stesso tempo di una malinconia e crudeltà pazzesca. 

“È bello […] pensare che l’infanzia ha i suoi dolci segreti.”
“Scendeva a rotta di collo su Silver, correndo per battere il diavolo.

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