It

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Summary: My favorite King novel
Review: I read this book when I was ten years old. For weeks, I was petrified of being in the bathroom alone... those damn drains freaked me out. Just to show that this is the kind of book that stays with you for a long time - after I finished it the first time, I read it five or six more times. And although I haven't picked it up since 1997, I still remember all of the characters' names. I think I may be babbling. Sorry. Anyway, READ THIS BOOK. It might take forever to finish, but it's worth it.

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Summary: Swell, but I didn't like the ending.
Review: This book was good, but I didn't like the ending so I wrote my own. I think it's better.
It takes what is closest to it's true form. It is PAT! They all scream.
So Bill tries to fight it, but he isn't doing a very good job and he is pushed aside by some real experts. The carebears! Noble Heart and True Heart Bear.
Bill says "Uh, c-c-can I a-a-ask you a q-q-uestion, w-wh-hich one of you is s-s-supposed to be the m-m-m-ale?"
They don't answer though because they're too busy feeding caring rays into Pat from the charms on their stomachs. Pat writhes in agony.
"Hey, why are they shooting lucky charms from their stomachs?" Richie asks with genuine curiosity. IT pauses in confusion.
The care bears don't answer. IT goes back to writhing violently.
Finally IT is overcome by the caring rays and IT breaks down and weeps. " I'm sorry for everything. I was a catholic school boy."
Beverly turns away from Bill and winks at the care bears. "Hey, I think I know how to get us out of here".
She walks away holding both their hands. They hear a zipper somewhere in the darkness.

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Summary: It is great!
Review: I've already read several King's books, amongst them Christine, Nightmares and Dreamscapes and The Stand, but in my opinion It is far the best. It's a thrilling book from the begining to the end. The characters are so real that it's impossible not to find some resemblances between them and someone from our own childhood. Of course, for Christ sake, the similarities end at this point. This is a very enjoyable book and it has some really scary passages. Past and present are perfectly knitted togehter in a saga which started in Derry, Maine at former times and ends around 1985. To make it short, last weekend I was wandering downtown just few days after having finished the book when I absently look at a drain and amused myself thinking: Yes, it was just a story, but what if...
Who knows what really runs in all those dark, dripping and moldering galleries of pipes under the city?

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Summary: Austin's Off da Heezzy Gadizzle
Review: This book is so out of the box, it goes all the way around the world and back in the box. "It" brings a new level to horror novels. This book has more action than you can shake a can of Cambells Chicken Noodle soup at. "It" is even able to bring a little story of children remaining friends, and a great team, to save a city. They have to fight various town bullies and even a killer clown known to the city as "It". This book is the best written book and deserves the award that goes to the best written book. If you do have this book you might as well stop reading because nothing will ever measure up to "It".

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Summary: What a book!
Review: One of Stephen King's best works!! The characters are seem real, and even the town seems real!!King has a way of making you feel what these seven kids felt. A good read for a rainy weekend.

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Summary: One of the Best
Review: I am a fan of Stephen King, I simply love horror books. That is why King's book "It" is one of my favorite books. The book builds a strong plot pitting good against evil. Every charcter in the book plays a vital role, they are all powerful and realistic. King demonstrates a grat understanding of young people and thier relationships throughout the book. Although the book is a very long (1000+ pages), it is very interesting. I believe that "It" is one of King's scarier creations, it will capture your interest to the full extent.

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Summary: Links
Review: Anyone that does not understand what IT is, in the book IT, is has to read other Stephen King books. His books are linked around the Dark Tower series, in which King takes H.P. Lovecraft's monsters and other worlds to the limit. The sexual situation at the end of the book has to do with "Ka" (read/learn about it from his other books), and the demon in Dark Tower #3 who rapes Mrs.Walker. I recommend these as a person's first Stephen King books:
1.Carrie
2.'Salem's Lot
3.The Shining

4.Night Shift(collection)
5.The Gunslinger
6.It
&.The Stand

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Summary: An Unusual, Yet Frightening Story...
Review: One of King's longer novels, I was both impressed, yet confused with this story of childhood fears manifesting themselves into a reality of death. I enjoyed the flashbacks to the "gang's" childhood memories, yet King mixed the memories up too much. The jumping from one character's life to another's, then back to the previous character was confusing. It was hard to keep the facts straight in my mind. I will admit, Pennywise "IT", is the most horrifying monster King has cooked up. He made the amusing notion that, "All kids love clowns," when in fact it's the opposite. Most kids, whom I've talked to, are terrified of clowns, or any creature in costume. They appear so huge before their eyes and they are frightened. There's something not trustworthy about that forever smile on those faces. I loved the book up until the end. I was disgusted [by what the boys did to that girl.] That was unneccessary!

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Summary: Easily Stephen King's best!
Review: I first read Stephen King's "IT" when I was 13 years old. I had been on a camping trip with my fellow Brownies, and they were giggling about the graphic language he used. 12 years later, it is still my favorite book, and I am about to buy my second copy; for the first is all but torn in half from the many readings.

When I first read it, it was my first "BIG book." I had read books that were around 500 pages, but this one was closer to 1100! I read "IT" in under three days, I LITERALLY could not put it down.

King tells the tale of 7 childhood friends from (where else?) Maine. These 7 friends are known as the "Loser's Club." However, it is not their social status as children that holds them together as adults, but a pact. A pact that they made promising they'd come back if IT came back.

King divides his attentions between the Loser's Club then and now. We learn their deepest fears and desires. We feel like the invisible 8th member.

If I would have any complaint with "IT," it would be that it's not 5000 pages. ;Þ

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Summary: A surprisingly quick read in spite of its massive length
Review: This is a pretty good book, though I wouldn't rate it among King's best. He seems to lose me a little with his super long books, like this and "The Stand". I would have preferred 300 or 400 pages instead, as this would have improved the pace considerably. Surprisingly, though, I found this to be a pretty quick read in spite of the 1000+ page length. I'd say the strongest point of the book is character development, as King manages to bring these folks vividly to life, and I felt like I was friends with them by the end of the book. Another strong point of the book is the creepiness of the monster- the "it"- if you will. I felt this was one of King's scarier creations. Overall, definitely worth a read, especially if you're a King fan. Avery Z. Conner, author of "Fevers of the Mind".