It

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Summary: Holy ____!
Review: Wow. That is the first word that comes to mind when you're finished reading this book. This, my friends, is a classic. I'm not going to sit here and just tell you it's a good book over and over again. It IS a good book. Whether you like the book or not, you can't deny that it is a killer book.

Yes, there are some scenes that the book could have done without, and the ending isn't the best. I'm not talking about the spider guy, I'm talking about HOW the end was written (as well as most of the book)...jumping back and forth between 1958 and 1985. Like, one minute you're in 1985, and the book will suddenly jump back to 1958. A little confusing at first, but you get used to it.

Now on to the good stuff. Alot of people complain this book being "over-bloated" or "too long"...but, answer this: Could you do any better? I think not! I mean, I don't believe there is anyone on the face of the earth that can make an 1000+ page book, and get all the praise the Steve has. I really doubt it.

The characters in this book are the best I've read in a book. Ever. Not even The Stands' characters come close. There is so much depth in this book it's amazing. You really feel, and I mean REALLY feel every emotion they do. I don't mean: "The characters are lovable. They're great!" I mean, you REALLY relate to them. Even if you hate the character, you REALLY feel what they feel. Simply amazing.

There is just something in this book that makes it special. I can't describe it. It just has this feeling to it...sometimes it makes you feel good and happy, sometimes sad and depressed. It has THAT much depth that it actually can change your mood in a second.

"It" is a great book...'nuff said. Yes, it could have done without the kid sex scene, and the jumping from 1958 to 1985, but one has got to be crazy to say this book is bad. Far from it

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Summary: One of the best!
Review: This story simply grabs you and refuses to let go. You laugh, cry, rejoice, and mourn. You will not want to finish it. I didn't!

What makes this book a true masterpiece is King's characterization. These characters are more real, honest, and genuine then any other character I have read. When you meet Bill, Ben, Beverly, Richie, Mike, Eddie, and Stan, you cannot help but feel like they are old friends and you are spending time with them after a long absence. Even the bad guys are genuine. You cannot help but feel like your running from Henry Bowers and his gang, just like the Loser's Club.

The character make this novel truly interesting and enjoyable. King has always had a gift for writing believable character; he is at the top of his form with "It".

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Summary: One of King's better works
Review: It's a long one, but well worth. Great characters, reminds me a bit of Stand By Me. The suspense about the evil is well done, and I personally found the ending satisfying enough. This is definitely a book worth reading more than once, as any good story with lots of depth should be. This definitely is King at his best.

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Summary: The best book by Stephen King
Review: This book was a thriller of a life time. It is a killer clown who lives in the sewer. Now all these people remember it and it comes back to haunt them. It was very scary. I will never lie to you. This killer thriller was my type of Stephen King book. I predict the same for a lot of people.

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Summary: good, but awful ending
Review: I first tried to read this book when I was ten, and had to stop after a quarter of the way through it scared me so bad. I just read it again now that I'm a little older and I found that I could handle the book a little better. The first 200 pages were still pretty freaky, but after that, it becomes more suspenseful than scary. It has very fleshed out characters, and a great plot, so why did I give it three stars? Well, the ending. I don't know what Stephen King was on when he wrote that ending, but it didn't help his writing any. For the last hundred pages or so (out of more than a thousand) he sinks into an incoherent ramble, complete with a oddly disjointed and vaguely disturbing scene of adolesent(sp?) group sex. A big let down considering the quality of the rest of the book. Read it, but don't expect a masterpiece.

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Summary: IT- King's Best Work
Review: I rented the movie from a local movie rental store and it was the best movie I had ever seen (and that's saying a WHOLE LOT!). But, the movie pales in comparison with the book. There's so much more detail and background information about the people and the town (Derry, Maine) in the book. I feel like I am close friends with The Lucky 7. Bill Denbrough (stuttered terribly when he was a kid and is a horror novelist in adulthood), Eddie Kaspbrak (had "asthma" when he was a kid and co- owns a limousine company in adulthood), Ben Hanscom (was fat when he was a kid and is an award winning architect in adulthood), Beverly Marsh (was abused by her father when she was a kid and co- owns a designer company in adulthood), Richie Tozier (loved to do funny voices when he was a kid and is a comedian/impressionist in adulthood), Stan Uris (a Jew who was a boy scout when he was a kid and an accountant in adulthood), and Mike Hanlon (a black man who was an expert on Derry's history as a kid and the Derry Librarian as an adult). It also allows you to know a great deal about the bullies of their childhood: Victor Criss, Belch Huggins, and their leader, Henry Bowers (Commited to an insane asylum in adulthood). The Lucky 7 encounter an evil when they are children that takes the form of Bob Gray (better known as Pennywise The Dancin' Clown). They battle IT but they don't get the job done. IT returns 30 years later and Mike (the only one of The Lucky 7 who was still in Derry) called the other 6 and asked them to hold true to a promise (to come back if IT ever returned) that they made when they were kids. To come back and face IT one last time. I commend Stephen King and the job that he did on this novel. I HIGHLY recommend this book. ENJOY!

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Summary: Great book to read over and over
Review: To start off I do have to say that most of the people who don't like this book are taking it for something it's not. What it is, is a horror novel and a damn good one at that. It's designed to scare the hell out of you. It certainly did that to me, I was afraid of sewers for about 2 months after I first read this book. The horror aspect is enough to have made me read it the first time but what Stephen King added with the Lucky Seven is what makes me keep reading it again and again every 6 months or so. I will just remember a really good part to the story and will have to read it over again. It's almost like it's part of your own past and you want to relive it. Now for the bad part, the only thing I didn't like about this book was the ending. It didn't seem to fit in with the rest of the book. The other King book I read that seemed to have to same problem to me was Bag of Bones. One last note, everyone who said the movie was better then the book either is too young or too ignorant to really enjoy the depth of the book, but I suppose a book is like a song, it's never the same to 2 different people. In summary, definatly give this book at least one read, if you can handle the 1000+ pages that is. Oh and don't see the movie before you read the book, it will ruin a few good plot twists in the book.

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Summary: How a Horror Novel Should Be
Review: I first saw It in school as a movie. I was in 7th grade orchestra class and we began watching it because it was the very end of the school year and had no more music to play. School ended before we could finish it and so I rented it two months later from Blockbuster and finished it. I was hooked. I immediately bought the book just to see the differences from the movie. I was astounded. The book was so much better. It had so much more detail, more details to hook you into the plot of the lucky seven. It is the kind of book that will play with your mind and scare the living daylights out of you without having gore. The characters were thought out so well, Bev with her abusing father and, later in life, her abusing husband. Ben, the overweight outcast. Bill, the stutterer. Eddie, the boy who couldn't go a day without his aspirator. Mike, the black boy. Stan, who always thought everything had a resonable explanation. And Wisecracking Richie, who never could keep his mouth shut.

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Summary: A Major Disappointment
Review: The Movie version is superior to this in my opinion. The book is too long, and some parts are unnecessary. I liked how they handled the confrontation scenes in the movie more than those in the book, because nothing beats the movie's sewers. For much better Stephen King, read Bag of Bones, The Shining, Christine, and Salem's Lot. Skip out on Cujo, The Running Man, and It.

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Summary: Amazing
Review: Stephen King has a way of writing so that you constantly see the book playing in youre head. Its like watching a movies, his description are so vivid you actually feel like a character in the book. It was the third Steven King book I've read, It wasnt the scariest, but it was certainly the best. I recommend this to anyone who has even read a book.