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It by Stephen King

52 reviews

bomenvernietiger's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious slow-paced

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

4.25

Stephen are you ok

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Islamophobia, Car accident, and Death of parent

rtthalia's review against another edition

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

danimacuk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

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

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

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

snarkandspark's review against another edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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