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It by Stephen King

19 reviews

keywork1331's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

This is one of my favorite books I’ve read in a long time. I didn’t expect to be such a fan, given I’ve not read King before. Of any film of television I had consumed associated with his writing (which also was not much), the characters and stories presented felt flat and a little lifeless. His writing is so much richer in context and visuals. It’s a pleasure to read. You really come to understand the place, Derry, and love the brave kids who choose to confront a seemingly eternal and invincible evil. 

I’d rate higher if not for the disturbing treatment of the female protagonist in the group. I think King could have achieved his thematic point without having all the boys lose their virginity gang banging her. Yes, the kids battle an evil and are thrust into adulthood. We get it without taking this unnecesary, pervie step. Just because it’s horror, doesn’t make it okay. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, Misogyny, Suicide, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Violence, Antisemitism, Child death, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Blood, Hate crime, Child abuse, Gore, Incest, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Racism

demartinodoc's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I’ve surprisingly never read this book in it’s entirety, let alone listen the audiobook, but this is a gem of work from a madman. My overall impression is you have to have some serious screws loose to write this. Makes the movies feel like a preview of the actual story you get here!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Death, Colonisation, Murder, Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Racism, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Blood, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Homophobia, Gore, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, and Police brutality

sommarborne's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Racism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Cursing, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Incest, Infidelity, Cultural appropriation, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Classism, Homophobia, Drug use, and Rape

theshonz0705's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

If I could pick apart the central plot of this book from its infuriatingly problematic elements, it would be a 5. But I can’t, and It is spoiled by too much that is irredeemable. Take a look at some of the content warnings to see what I mean. I’m the first person to go to bat for King, but this isn’t a case of challenging writing that’s simply hard to read. The author just got this one really wrong. A lot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Child death, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Murder, Suicide, Cultural appropriation, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Sexism, Violence, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Racism, Self harm, Grief, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Antisemitism and Incest

sav_22's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, Gun violence, Gore, Gaslighting, Excrement, Death of parent, Alcohol, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Torture, Misogyny, Mental illness, Infidelity, Hate crime, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Body shaming, Body horror, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racism, Rape, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Death, Confinement, Bullying, Blood, Violence, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Medical trauma, Incest, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Forced institutionalization, Dysphoria, Drug abuse, Cursing, and Alcoholism

bomenvernietiger's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

Stephen are you ok

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Medical trauma, Stalking, Vomit, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Blood, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Xenophobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Excrement, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Antisemitism, Gore, Hate crime, Sexual harassment, and Suicide

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, Ableism, Cancer, and Islamophobia

rtthalia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Suicide, Alcohol, Drug use, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Abandonment, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Grief, Homophobia, Incest, Rape, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Violence

fatymahsy's review

dark tense slow-paced

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Child abuse, Sexual content, Murder, Child death, Pedophilia, and Gore

gamefroggit's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

A strange one. IT was certainly a journey, a long one, quite slow and quite deliberate - perhaps too deliberate in places for its own good. 

Derry feels tremendously alive even beyond the creature that dwells there, the goings on and its people often feel quite real amidst the fantastical and bizarre events that call Derry home. To benefit and break the story however, the town and its people are so assured that the creature that stalks them falls back from monster status, as some of the human inhabitants of Derry, and the world itself, are far more terrifying in a far more real manner. The great antagonist, almost akin to its presence in the book, is more on the sidelines, poking ITs head in far too often to make sure we know it's there rather than pulling strings in more meaningful ways in the background. For a being that boasts to cement fear for a day job, ITs sorely lacking. 

The people though and the realities the kids of Derry face, now that sure is unsettling. There is an uncomfortable reality in Derry, not one that a scary clown had anything to do with. Ignorance, abuse, misfortune, are all too abundant with many victims to suffer and those to inflict it. The reality of not ever really knowing beyond the surface of someone, or something, and all the strange ways we come about them stands clear, backed up by our cast of abusers, victims and spectators. This is where the horror of IT truly shines. 

The characters feel quite pulled along, points are elaborated too much in cases, and the true scale of the events of IT feel a bit at odd with the perspective forced upon the people who witness them on one side of the coin. The other is a solid world, one that has a heartbeat and all the horrors that accompany it, and some poor souls trying to find their way through it. It doesn't all quite add up into one clean adventure into the dark, but there are some satisfying, and uncomfortable stories to pull from IT and its playthings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Pedophilia, Murder, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Suicide, and Sexual content

hanreadin's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Fatphobia, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Antisemitism, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, and Death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Mental illness, and Incest

Minor: Vomit