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Summary: PENNYWISE AND WRITTEN BY THE POUND
Review: This King Sized novel is highly entertaining. You may never look at a clown the same way again. Seven kids (typical King cartoon characters) confront a force of evil being fronted by Pennywise the Dancing Clown in small town "Derry" in 1958. They win the first round, but are back in 1985 for the final showdown between IT, and six of the seven kids all grown up. (One of the seven shaved his veins a little too closely). Unfortunately, King puts on the heavy padding, and no editor with an eye towards job security, would dare cut the master earner of all times. But this ton of tome should have been shorn by half. Wanna have an even better time--watch the DVD and enjoy Tim Curry as the coolest clown from either side of Hell. The film version is an improvement over the novel--it's shorter.
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Summary: DUMB!,OVERLONG!,OVERWROUGHT!
Review: The first novel I ever read was Carrie it was flawless! unfortunately things went down from there. For some reason Mr. King thought that by adding 500 to 600 pages to a story would make it better. WRONG! "It" the book is long winded, no exaggeration. He might as well put in the history of his characters first booger they ever picked all the way up to adulthood. King's trademark stock characters also lack believability (they're almost cartoonish) and they're in almost every book he's ever written. I'm going to write this to every King fan out there, GOD DAMN! I wish I was as easily entertained... it doesn't take much for you obviously!!! His writing's not scary it's overwrought, over long, hoplessly entangled plots, immature and blue collar, with rehashed formula's, with lousy endings, incondite dialogue!, just plain corny. If you don't believe me just watch one of the lousy film adaptions they've made out of his books and you'll know that his awful writing doesn't translate to film.
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Summary: Sewers and Clowns will never be the same...
Review: IT is a very scary book, the kind of book that makes you notice the noises your home makes when you're trying to sleep...The book showcases characterization, especially with the bad guys. Tom Rogan, Henry Bowers, and several of the 7 main characters' parents are no exception. They are real evil, in human form, and provide a powerful tangible foil to the creepy, mysterious IT and it's various forms. The 7 kids (kids in 1958, adults in 1985) are also richly developed. By the end, the reader is deeply connected to these "losers". While I recommend this book to any and all non-sqeamish readers, it is not without its flaws. The book's principal flaw is that it could stand some trimming. At 1100 pages, IT is certainly a daunting challenge. Some repetition could have been avoided, and perhaps there are just a few too many characters. But the thing that bothered me the most is the same thing that always gets me with Harry Potter... At the end of the first Harry Potter book, we learn that all his power against Voldemort is because of HIS MOTHER'S LOVE... Gag, gag. IT uses the power of a child's imagination in a similar way, and it deflated much of the horror for me. This book is very creepy and scary, but that terror could have been maintained throughout the entire book with a little less about imagination. Instead, the book hits a lull in the 800s and then gets on a full head of steam again in the 900s. Overall, an enjoyable (is that really the word when you're freaked out?) read, and highly recommended.
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Summary: It. Excellent but not perfect.
Review: I really enjoyed the book. The powerful construction of the characters makes it one of the best in-depth books I've ever read that really explores the human nature. Unless you were a "loser" when you were a kid, you wouldn't be able to identify with the characters. Fortunately, King caters for all by including several types of losers -- a fat kid, one who has an obscene and vulgar father, one with an overprotective mother, a stutterer, and one who can't keep his mouth shut and wears glasses. The character development on its own is utterly stunning and for that and the plot of the story (which I wont bore you with since most people here have already described it), earn the title 3 stars. Two stars were deducted for the simple fact that the story dragged on and on for over 1100 pages in the edition I read. Contrary to most readers, I thoroughly enjoyed Mike's interludes, but this does NOT remove the notion that this book should have been greatly edited, since I feel several pages of the book could have been removed without much overall harm to the storyline.
Also, the ending was a disappointment. The "final battle" is not really satisfying, and is overall disappointing, though finishing the story left me feeling empty for a couple of days, missing the characters. But the continuity of the story really suffered because its structure was so disorganized, that I sometimes I stayed away from the book for a while every now and then because I got a bit bored.
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Summary: Stephen Kings It
Review: This book is about a series of seven people and how they're lives are effected by a hallucination which is a "clown," who haunts them by scaring them with they're fears. The seven people (who are best friends) promise that if "It" came back to Derry they would go back and kill it. The book tells how they all reacted to the thought of having to face they're fears and trying to overcome it again. This story is told by several points of views, because each chapter of Part One is about that one person and their reactions and lives of when they were a kid and now as an adult. I think this book is a very good horror book, I think this book's ending could have been better that it was, because I feel like it didn't really flow with the rest of the book. However the book was very good, and if I had to I would read it again. I liked the book because, I like reading any type of book, but scary books are my favorite. I recommend this book to horror readers, it is a very graphic book. If you don't like reading books about death and clowns, then I don't recommend this book to you. But for everyone who are going to throw up every time you read something with blood in it, than this book is for you, this book isn't very gory, however the book isn't all about blood and killing. Its about how friendship stayed strong to overcome their worst nightmares and try to stand up to "It" again. Patricia F.
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Summary: Best Book by Stephen King I've ever read
Review: I read this a long time ago and still remember most of the details. This book, as I recall, was around 1,000 pages and I could barely put it down. I was reading it, when I was 17, when my family moved from Oregon to Wisconsin. We drove. My father was the type of person that when he went to bed, we all went to bed. We were all in the same hotel room and I couldn't sleep because I kept wanting to get back to the book. I wanted to read it so bad that I grabbed a blanket and laid it down on the bathroom floor of the hotel room. I look back at that now and I think, GROSS! But that's how good the book was. Scarry! If you love a thriller, this book is definetely for you. It will keep you going until the very last page.
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Summary: Simply the best
Review: I will keep this pretty short. There has been great deal that has been said about this novel already. It is horrifying, touching, insightful etc. Indeed it is all of those things. But in my opinion it doesn't get the credit it deserves by the more academic critics. "It" is rarely featured reading in colleges, or high schools. And I think that is something of a travesty. This is one of the great American novels. This book is the kind of thing a writer dreams their whole life to create. That is all.
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Summary: The Horror of the IT from Derrie
Review: A bunch of kids who get scared about a monster who comes arround every 30 yrs to feed on the innocent childern for nurishment. This book is a great thriller for anyone who enjoys a good screacher."IT" really brings to life the story being read.
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Summary: Those Damn Clowns
Review: This book was phenomenal for Stephen King. He uses so much detail and visual effects, so you are able to actually see everything he discribes as you read it. I would deffinatly recommend this book.
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Summary: It's all story, baby; a way to get lost in the dark.
Review: I can't say much about It. I read the novel about two years ago, and I think it's a testament to Stephen King's mastery of character that I still remember much of what happened, and much about many of the characters. Some of the book is forgettable, and it could probably have used one more revision, but there's so much STORY, so much to see and hear and feel, that I don't know if that revision would have been a good idea. It is by turns dark, funny, thoughtful, and scary, and few books in the pantheon can claim that. Highly recommended if you're looking for a way to get lost in the shadows for a while.
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