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It, by Stephen King

31 reviews

rtthalia's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Suicide, Alcohol, Drug use, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Abandonment, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Grief, Homophobia, Incest, Rape, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Violence

julesfromarvs's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

mi sono dovuta un attimo prendere del tempo per scrivere questa recensione, perché ho passato gli ultimi venti minuti (da quando ho finito il libro) a piangere per questo finale. 
inizialmente è come se non avessi bene realizzato quello che avevo appena letto, ma poco dopo è arrivata una vera e propria mazzata emotiva al cuore. 

in questo momento l’emozione che riuscirebbe meglio a descrivere come mi sento sarebbe una: l’odio; ma questo odio è nei miei confronti. 

continuo a ripetermi che questo finale non mi piace, che lo trovo quasi deludente, ma questo semplicemente perché a parlare è la parte egoista di me, una parte che non avrebbe voluto soffrire così tanto per quest’ultimo capitolo, e che forse era pronta a leggere altro, ma non questo. 

la parte più razionale della mia testa riconosce benissimo quanto in realtà questo finale sia perfetto per il genere di storia che ci viene raccontato, e quanto poi sia effettivamente coerente con tutto. 

per tutto il libro permane questo tema del passaggio dall’infanzia all’età adulta e, proprio come i losers, il lettore man mano che va avanti assume sempre un po’ di più questa consapevolezza della perdita, che sia concreta o astratta, impara a leggere con altri occhi. 

inoltre, sin dall’inizio stephen king ti fa capire che questi personaggi non sono del tutto padroni delle scelte che prendono e delle azioni che compiono, proprio come se ci fosse questa forza sovrannaturale ad unirli, e tenerli uniti. una sorta di bolla di magia, che solo loro 7 potevano creare. 

effettivamente, se ci pensate, tutti loro riconoscono che al momento dell’incontro di ciascuno, è come se fosse giusto. non c’è bisogno di domande. basta sapere che è giusto così. 

e 27 anni dopo, una volta che la promessa è stata mantenuta, una volta che IT è morto e che la tartaruga non c’è più, è ovvio che anche questa magia stia svanendo. e onestamente dovevo anche aspettarmelo che finisse così, con questi oramai adulti che si dimenticano (o quasi) l’uno dell’altro, perché è esattamente il messaggio che stephen king vuole trasmetterci, questo sentimento di perdita, questa consapevolezza che le amicizie e l’amore dell’infanzia non sempre possono durare. lui vuole farci guardare con gli occhi di un adulto. questi personaggi crescono con te, ma anche tu cresci con loro. 

poi effettivamente già da piccoli, per quanto mi faccia male accettarlo, nella scena del combattimento con IT, una volta credutolo morto, stavano già iniziando a sfaldarsi … a perdere quella magia appunto … 

e con questo ovviamente non voglio pensare che fosse solo quella a tenerli così uniti, perché la cosa che più mi ha fatta affezionare a questo libro è proprio il bellissimo rapporto di unione che c’è tra loro. 

e quindi è per questo che mi sto odiando e definendo egoista. è in realtà un bellissimo finale, soprattutto coerente, ma siccome mi sta facendo così male, sto facendo tanta fatica ad accettarlo. 

a parte questo, sono dell’idea che rileggendolo (tra tanto tempo) sicuro mi piacerebbe di più, perché è un libro talmente tanto carico di sentimento, che leggerlo una sola volta probabilmente sfuggono molte piccole cose … 

concludo solo col dire che Eddie e Richie si confermano miei personaggi preferiti (avevo potuto constatarlo già con la vecchia miniserie e ovviamente poi con i due recenti film), ma una grande aggiunta a questa lista è sicuramente Bill. 

Bill per me è stata una piacevole scoperta, perché nelle due trasposizioni spesso e volentieri mi faceva arrabbiare. è più che altro caratterizzato come un’enorme testa di cazzo che non vuole ascoltare gli altri, e soprattutto come un capo che prende decisioni da solo. qui invece è molto più sfaccettato. 

sin dall’inizio lui esplicita che mai avrebbe voluto quella posizione, ma che per un modo o per l’altro ci era finito, perché gli altri hanno da subito riposto tanta fiducia in lui. ma poi … quanto dolore a leggere quanto quest’uomo è avvolto dai sensi di colpa … ho sottolineato alcune parti inerenti a questa cosa che sono troppo strazianti (in generale, mi piace sottolineare le parti che più mi colpiscono).

Bill è così diventato assolutamente un mio protetto e mi viene anche da dire che lui e Eddie sono sicuramente i due che sento anche proprio più vicini a me come tipo di persona. 

infine, voglio solo mandare un grande bacio a questi personaggi, e a Stephen King che, sebbene in maniera diversa, è riuscito a descriverli così tanto nel dettaglio e a farmici affezionare su tutto un altro livello. 

è sempre bello trovare personaggi così diversi tra loro ma allo stesso tempo così tanto amabili <3 

mi scuso in caso di errori, ma questa recensione è proprio una gettata di sentimenti vivi.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Racial slurs, Racism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Death of parent, Bullying, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Child death, Misogyny, Murder, Homophobia, Medical trauma, and Toxic relationship

laird_br0wn3's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.25

The only King book (so far) to actually creep me out! Taking 3/4 a star off due to... that one scene. If you know, you know.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Bullying, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Child death, Cursing, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Violence, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Suicide

Moderate: Body shaming, Incest, Grief, Antisemitism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Religious bigotry

snarkandspark's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Death, Cursing, Child death, Bullying, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Bullying, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racism, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Infidelity, Grief, and Gore

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, and Gun violence

oops_i_read_it_again's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

1.75

Stephen King really pretended that children having an orgy in a drain pipe is integral to the plot 😫 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Racial slurs, Slavery, Death of parent, Suicide, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Violence, Pedophilia, and Racism

Beverly, a young girl, is descriped sexually multiple times throughout the book. Every male character wants to have Sex with her.

danicampbell0506's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Cursing, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual harassment, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Animal death, Child death, Ableism, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Stalking, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Sexism, Antisemitism, Gore, Pedophilia, Violence, and Rape

Minor: Infertility, Self harm, and Terminal illness

rachelditty's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

The second time reading this was super fun, especially since the first time I read it was around 2018 when the movies were very popular. I didn't remember much of the book since I read it so long ago (not to mention it took almost a year to read it because I knew my favorite character was going to die). Hated That Part toward the end when they're getting out of the tunnels, and also hated all the bigoted language/thought surrounding marginalized characters. Love the main seven, though, they've always had a special place in my heart.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Gore, Vomit, Antisemitism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical content, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, and Violence

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

mousey's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

5.0

It is a book that has captivated me for years. I fell in love with the characters the first time I read It and never fell out of it. They’re relatable, well written, lovable characters that I laughed with, cried with, and cried *over*. The plot is interesting, of course, but the main draw of this book to me is the characters.

This book is fundamentally about trauma, about growing up, about self-hatred. But it’s also about love, about family, about childhood, about unlearning your deepest self-loathing. This book is devastating, it’s a tragedy at its heart, but that’s what makes it so good. The characters are so loved and none of them know it and all of them suffer and that is the tragedy that draws me in. 

I love the stupid clown book. I love it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death of parent, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Alcohol, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Vomit, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, and Toxic relationship

m0usey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? No

5.0

I love this book. I am a sucker for found family and the Losers embody that for me. I love their individual characters as well as their dynamics with each other, and I love the exploration of where their bonds lead them. I laughed and I cried over them, I could write essays about them, they’re really, really good characters and they draw me into the book in a way very few other characters have.

Not only are the characters phenomenal, but the horror is amazing as well. The dread and confusion surrounding Pennywise is amazing, and the individual traumas of the losers (home lives, bullying, homophobia, etc) really add to that horror. At its heart, this book is about trauma and about love and about pain and about hope, and Pennywise is just the facilitator of some of that trauma. 

Now I’m going to rant about this book with spoilers:

Spoiler

The losers club are a group of people who all thought they were unloveable until they found each other. All of them felt like mistakes, like burdens, like they were disgusting or wrong or gross, but all of them looked at each other and accepted all that pain and loved each other anyway. And ya know what? That love? It lasted for one. Summer. They were never all together again, not ever. And they forgot that they were ever loved because of it.

They grew up and forgot their friends and their hometown and forgot that they could be loved, that they were loved, and most of them self destructed for their entire adult life. And even after defeating Pennywise, even after killing It, they forgot again. All that love, all that hope, it was all washed away again. They forgot Eddie existed, they forgot they ever had anyone to grieve and remember for who he really was. They never got to meet adult Stan, and they never got to grieve that lack of knowing. Literally how am I supposed to deal with that.

This book is so fucking sad it’s insane. The losers were so, so loved, and they couldn’t remember any of that at all. And thats what make this book stand out to me, what makes it stick with me. It’s a tragedy and it hurts so much and I love it.

Anyway I love the stupid clown book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, and Vomit