So… I read my biggest book ever! 1067 pages of pure talent. Yes it was a little dragged out in parts, but theres reasons for it.
Well I almost want to read this again before reviewing it! So much to take in! Really feels like iv been living the nightmare with the losers. Before reading IT, I believed I knew the basic story. I didn’t.
So an evil force shows its ugly head every 27yrs in the town of Derry. The story begins in present day (sometime in the 80s) and it begins with a twisted murder down on the canal. Mike Hanlon (one from the Losers club) catches wind of this and fears that the evil that he now knows as pennywise has returned. And IT is killing kids and teens every chance it gets.
Mike deliberates whether to contact the rest of the Losers.. but deep down knows that he must! Now in their late 30’s, all 7 of them appart from mike have moved on and out of Derry, and the horrors of what they witnessed deep down in the sewers have long been wiped from their memories.
Back in the 50s, Mike, Bev, Ben, Bill, Richie, Eddie and Stan are about to live through their worst and most nightmarish summer. IT will tare their lives to pieces, bit will bring them closer together – in so many weird and wonderful ways.
I loved many parts of this book, my highlights being the beginning when the first murder occurs, and the very first encounter with pennywise the clown sent chills down me. Then the phonecalls… although there was a lot of detail within some of these chapters and quite unnecessary- I actualy enjoyed getting the extra info. And found myself going back to them as a reminder of each character.
For me, the scariest parts were at the house on neibolt st, when Eddie comes face to face with the rotting lepper! And when Bev visits her farther but meets Mrs Kersh instead! I felt the writing in them parts were brilliant and I was put right into the scene and felt my skin crawl.
Im a bit scared to admit.. but…… scarred to admit.. but I liked the character of Henry. Yes, he was a bully and really just awful. But thats all he had ever known. He was damaged from the moment he got into the world and had no hope. Him and the other bullies were well portrayed and Id even like to read a little more about their back stories.
Favorite character Is Bev I think. She stood out for me, and her child like thoughts about all the adult stuff was endearing. Appart from that one bit that I wont get into here. In fact Iv decided it doesn’t happen.
But I can’t leave my review without mentioning Ben. The sweetheart. Brilliant from the 1st page he appears on.
I don’t have a character I didn’t enjoy reading about. Iv seen many talk abouthow annoying Richie is, but he’s lovely and the losers needed him.
So yeah… Iv fallen in love with this book really. I did feel its lengthy pace and some parts really did drag out. But I found out that in these bits, Im likely to find characters from other books lurking… and I love this idea. I can now understand why so many king fans re read his books. And am wondering if I now qualify as a constant reader…. as IT is about 7 books in one right?? Haha.
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