It: A Novel

This is my first Stephen King novel and I was constantly shocked at the depth King went to on character-to-character interactions.

Hard to imagine this book was written in the 1980's.

The word journey best describes this book. If you are buying this novel because of a killer clown, you have no idea what your getting into.

This is a wonderful book that everyone should read at least once.

This book will creep you out.

This edition is missing 40 pages at page 312. It jumps to page 1129 and returns at page 360. DON’T BUY THIS EDITION if you want to read this book. I’m on vacation and beyond pissed a good chunk of the story is missing... unbelievable!

Classic book. Purchased this book as a gift for my girlfriend who is a fan of Stephen King. With the announcement of the movie being remade she was eager to reread the book prior to the movie coming out. The book came and it was paper book. The corner was bent but it does not effect the readability of the book itself.

This Christmas gift was fairly priced and in great condition!

Well I finally did it. I finished Stephen King's 1,473 page book It! I've been reading this since May! I think the main reason is because I've realized I'm a slow reader. I like to take in and imagine the scene of the book, thats one of the reasons why I love books! It makes you think of what you are reading on the page! Anyway so it is written but the legendary Stephen King and I've posted about this for long enough for you guys to get the idea of It. The book can be a bit of a mixed bag of scares. Some of them are a bit ridicules and over the top. So what about pennywise, in my opinion he is the most scary monster there is! Physiologically he is terrifying. Like when the losers club are under the house, you get a sense of claustrophobia and it makes you feel uncomfortable! Stuff like that is amazing! The members of the Losers club is amazing! Also the love triangle between Beverly, Ben and Bill (I just noticed that all of the names starts with B's), is very engaging! You are so curious to where it's going to go! Also I love Richie he is just amazing! He makes these smart ass comments that are just perfect! Mike is alright and same with Stan. On the subject of the characters the bullies are the worst! But after reading the book and watching the movie Patrick Hockstetter is criminally underused! The things that he does is so damn disturbing, that he might be worse than Henry Bowers! Then there is stuff like the three or two pages with the baseball field which are just weird. But of course there is a scene that I can't avoid which is a really awkward scene. I feel like that part doesn't really affect the plot or the characters at all. But I think the most interesting part of the book is the stuff! Especially his back story and the stuff with the turtle. I do hope that in the next It movie they really delve into the Turtle and Pennywise thing. Also the Ritual of Chud is interesting! That psychic battle is so interesting that they gotta keep it in the sequel for the movie. Now what do I think about the book in total. I enjoy the book. There are some brilliant scary things in the book that get you thinking if you were in the losers club's position! I would definitely recommend reading the book if you haven't seen any of the adaptations, then watch the movies and compare them. At least thats what I would do!

Great epic. Great character introduction and description. But like another I can think of, good read, but if yyouve seen the movie you've read the book. Within reason of course. There's naturally details that are different. But the movie's (the original one) is good enough.

Clear and simple, an amazing classic. Read this several times, and the new movie brought it to my attention again, so I just had to buy it and read it again.

It is no wonder it took 4 years to write it since it almost takes that long to read it. But if you can hold steady it's worth the time! I've always been a fan of King but avoided this book because you know, clowns. It is so creepy and disturbing and sad and excellent. Before you watch an adaptation on TV do yourself a favor and read this first. It does get long winded in places and sometimes it seemed disjointed but if you hang in King brings it back together. The book does date itself a bit switching from the 1950s to the 1980s with some of the cultural references younger readers wouldn't get. However, still an epic book (about 1,500 pages) and one that now has me worried about clowns when I drive over bridges.

Daughter was thrilled to receive it and it arrived right on time!

Was nervous about purchasing this soft cover book after reading other reviews of it falling apart but this book is great quality, same as you would get from the bookstore & im pretty rough on books, constantly setting them down in the middle of reading & always falling asleep reading them and they drop on the floor.