Derek Aceves

Warren G, Adina Howard and Jackie Chan.

IT by Stephen King

Stephen King’s IT is an epic in every sense of the word. It’s gargantuan in length, absolutely packed in terms of themes, events and world/character-building, and overflowing with everything King excels at as an author.

Damn, that Last Interlude was heartbreaking.

IT’s about childhood, fear, memory, and how the concepts of all three shift as one enters adulthood. IT’s overlong, sure, but just like most of King’s gargantuan efforts, it’s damn-near impossible to put a finger on what exactly should have been cut. Everything works in its own way, especially in hindsight.

I don’t really have much else to say on this one that hasn’t been said by thousands of others, really.

IT is an exhaustingly satisfying read that’ll scare you one moment and break your heart the next, all while making you nostalgic for a childhood you don’t remember (at least, not really). In other words, IT is King doing what King does best.

SPOILERS!!

Some Random Thoughts: -Seriously, that Last Interlude. All of the forgetting? Absolutely tore my heart out. -The macroverse and the mythology surrounding IT, the Turtle and the Other was perfectly realized and yet still left me needing more. -Ben & Bev ending up together made me so damn happy, despite the rest of that chapter breaking my damn heart. -Another King book, another impossibly well-realized depiction of small-town America. -Richie feels like such a universal character. -If this was half the length that it is, it would likely have just become a new all-time favorite. -Where it stands, it’s pretty much head-to-head with ‘Salem’s Lot as my favorite King. (Carrie hanging out nearby, ready to jump into the fight, though.)

“hey bitch, you’re never too old to rock and roll”

9.5/10

Don’t you know that a man being rich is like a girl being pretty? You might not marry a girl just because she’s pretty, but, my goodness, doesn’t it help?

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- Say something. - I don’t know what to say. - Anything from the heart. Even something sad. I’ll take it to the end of the world.