It

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Summary: Great book
Review: What a great book. First and foremost I would like to say that I was and still am all of the characters in this book. The characters are so real that you feel that you've known them and still know some of them. It's really incredible. The realism of the book makes TO KILL A MOCKING BIRD look dis-honest and too fantasized. I loved the pchycic space confrontation and the end was beautiful and moving. Man the turtle was cool but he was weird wasn't he? Now this book was in no way perfect, Patty Uris' biography was REALLY TOO LONG and some parts felt a bit UN-neccesary. It's not perfect but it's as perfect as it get's. Nothing feels better than reading the last page of SUCH A LONG GOOD book.

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Summary: My favorite King book so far. The kids made the book.
Review: I bought this book after the first time I'd seen the movie, back in its ABC showing in 1990. I didn't actually bother to read this one until recently; I dreaded doing so because anyone who has seen the page number knows this book is no lightweight.

Boy, I really should have started sooner. This book is great! It made a King fan out of me, and I went on to read three more of his books. The Stand may be longer and may have more characters. The Shining may be scarier. The Tommyknockers may have been more to-the-point. This, though... was a masterpiece! I couldn't get enough of the seven main characters: Bill, Eddie, Ben, Stan, Richie, Bev, and Mike. If King had to make this book three times as long, I wouldn't have minded a bit, provided that extra space was devoted to the kids. Like in the movie, the kids made this book worth a read. I didn't find the adults to be as entertaining, although they were certainly interesting in their own right.

I'll admit that this book had its flaws (Bev's little menage with the others; an ending that pales in comparison to the rest of the book; I didn't like that only five of the seven were part of the final confrontation, and then one died; sporadic typos; an unnecessarily long biography of Patty Uris), but I'd never dock the book any stars for that stuff. It's definitely the perfect part of any Stephen King fan's library!

As far as the movie that followed this book, it was good for getting a mental picture of the children (all of whom were impressively well-acted, especially Brandis, Green--the two who went on to become more famous--Heller, and Taylor--neither of whom got so lucky; Faizel, Crane, and Perkins were exceptional too), but it was generally far inferior to the book.

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Summary: 10 STARS!
Review: Wow, this is such a great book! A quick-page turner that starts of a bit slow, but lures you in, hook line & sinker! Great characters! I'm 13, and I recommend this book for mature readers :)

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Summary: The Horrors of Imagination and Reality Meet
Review: A group of unlikely teenagers band together to fight a force of evil that manifests as your own personal nightmare. I found this story completely engrossing and very moving. As usual, King doesn't just send chills up your spine; he gives you something to think about. This book addresses realistic issues of horror: racism, child abuse, religious prejudice, and teenage hate crimes. However, the book is never preachy. It's King at his best, sharing heartfelt insight and a generous serving of scares!

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Summary: His Best
Review: "It" is greater than everything else that he has done combined. How could he keep up that intensity for more than thousand pages?

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Summary: It is not a clown
Review: 'It' all started when George Denborough saw something in the sewer. It was a clown, actually It was a monster. "It" is a story of seven friends that grew up in a haunted town. They were haunted by a monster, by It. These seven friends must go into the lair of It, and kill it. But can they survive? To find out read "It" by Stephen King.

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Summary: All that for an ending that falls flat!
Review: I am a huge fan of Stephen King, but as far as I'm concerned, he dropped the ball on this one. Don't get me wrong; this book is as scary and atmospheric as anything he has written. Most of it is very good, and the length did not bother me until I got to the end. The payoff, where what "IT" is is revealed, was so lame and unconvincing (I won't say what it turned out to be, but it was an old, tired horror-movie cliche) that I was completely turned off. I couldn't help feeling that King spent most of the time he was writing this book with absolutely no idea what the mysterious monster was going to be. That's why the book starts out so well; as long as the mystery remains, it is a gripping, scary story. But when the time came to reveal the monster, I can't help but feel that King just couldn't come up with anything, so he threw together a slapdash ending and stuck it on the book to meet his deadline. a MAJOR disappointment.

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Summary: This is my favorite book in existence
Review: This has been my favorite book since I was 9 years old and you can never re-read this book too many times.

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Summary: Wonderful Writing
Review: Great Book! This was a chilling and scary tale. It's great to read at night, but I was unable to put it down. I almost couldnt get to sleep, and when I did, I had nightmares. Just a great book. I love it!

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Summary: THE BEST KING EVER!
Review: Having read all of King's books, I say with total confidence that this is the best book he has ever written. Portraying 7 children we all wish we were, they battle evil and become fully fleshed out adults. One thing you can never say about a King novel - no cardboard characters here. I was all of them all at once while reading the novel. And no one scares the bejeesus out of you like Stephen does. All hail the King!