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"Long but definitely worth it."

"I want to say that it is amazing how much was left out of the story in the movies! I know we always say that books are better than movies and given this book is 1138 pages long HOWEVER so much of the storyline is lost in the movie both in the kids version of themselves and the adult. This book was absolutely amazing and I loved it from start to finish. First picking up this book and realizing the size was a bit daunting but it has been my dream to read this book so I finally did it. This book has a lot of underlying messages about trauma, friendship, and trust. It makes you really think about how those traumas that affected us as children we still carry with us into our adult lives. The book talks about how the group of Losers became this group of seven, what struggles came to make them so tight and how they handled their bullies, which are a lot more devilish than the movie led on. It was interesting to see just how evil Henry Bowers and his friends were from start to finish and how the Losers banded together to stop both a tangible and intangible villain. The book goes further to flush out each of the characters, why they make the decisions they make, what they provide to the group, and why It finds them to be such a threat. The book even explains smaller characters like the kids that It got to, the spouses of the seven, other strange things that happen in Derry from the beginning. I like that it goes further into the history of Derry, it’s not just about the killing of kids but also about a lot of other evil instances that were covered up by Derry. It’s interesting because the book also has an entire other worldly entity that is a combatant to It, a power of underlying balance that pulls the Losers back together. This is completely missed in the movies but as things start to transpire in the book, it is a big part of the story. Above all this is probably now a top read for me. It kept me thinking and analyzing the entire time I was reading it."

"I'd rate it higher if it weren't for *that* scene in the sewers. "

"Literally my love. A masterpiece. I’ll love it forever."

"I had to read it because I never had, although I had seen the movies a hundred times. I wasn't disappointed but there are parts in the book that I thought should have been incorporated into the movies. I know to fit 1000 pages into a movie or two doesn't work that way, but there were major points that could have been put into the films. I hated that Beverly and the boys had to "gain closeness" while fighting IT. It was unnecessary and had no meaning to the overall story plot. Well written, Stephen King just knows how to do it right, but not the classic I expected. "

"Holy s.hit is this long like I enjoy Steven King but this dude could wrote a chapter about a tree anyway it was a nice story the characters were well written it was effectively horrifying (don’t read at night trust) but the end was actually f.ucking repulsive. in no way shape or form would someone think that a CHILD ORGY would be a good closer like what the actual f.uck dude "

"Great coming of age story. Where the villain is not just the monster it is the humans as well. I dove in and couldn’t put it down finished in 3 weeks."

"I read this at least 30 years ago and it still holds a special place in my heart."

"So fkn long. Kinda gross but not in the way that I like, slow pacing"

"DNF. Entirely too long. I made it through maybe 15% before I gave up because they hadn’t even started fighting or interacting with Pennywise yet. I might circle back to it though."