DustPebbles
12-08-2009, 10:54 PM
I would be posting book and short story reviews here.
Ascended told me to post them here until he makes a forum for books. :)
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It
By: Stephen King
First Published: 1986
Genre: Horror
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Summary:
In the spring of 1985, It has returned. Every twenty-seven years since the dawn of time, It--an unearthly creature who lives in the unmapped labyrinth of sewers beneath Derry--comes back to murder and mutilate small children and adults. Only seven people have faced It and lived to tell the tale: horror novelist Bill Denbrough, architect Ben Hanscom, Derry librarian Mike Hanlon, radio disc jockey Richie Tozier, limousine driver Eddie Kasbrak, fashion designer Beverly Rogan, and accountant Stan Uris. Twenty-seven years ago they formed the Losers Club, bonded by their physical and social differences and by their terrifying encounters with the many different forms It can take.
The book tells two parallel stories: what happened in 1958 when the children first faced It in its true form (that of a fifteen-foot-long spider) and nearly killed the monster, and of their reunion in 1985 when they band together once again finally to vanquish It from the face of the earth. Although each character is well-drawn and there is background aplenty on Derry and its history of horror and tragedy, the reader is some four hundred pages into this massive novel before all of the lumbering exposition is out of the way and the story really gets moving. Only then do King’s sprawling themes of childhood, adulthood, good, evil, and eternity come together to form the type of gripping narrative that has made the author so famous.
My thoughts:
This book is probably one of my favourites amongst King’s books. The story is just so intense and you feel like you’re with them. That you’re in the book. Every fight and battle scenes can make you grip the edge of your seat. I literally cannot put the book down when I first read it and I sometimes find myself sitting bolt upright when it comes to suspense moments and anticipation will give you the will to finish it right to the very end.
Firstly, what amazes me is how fear was deeply explored in this story. Fears of young children; whether it’s a clown, blood, a werewolf from a film, a leper, a deceased brother or spiders. Sex was also involved because most pubescent children are both curious and scared of it at the same time. King cleverly created his antagonist, “It”, as a shape-shifting creature that feeds on the fears. The name “It” is, again, clever because we normally refer to our fears as ‘it’. Same with sex. It.
The characters are flawless. They’re so real that it makes you think about how you were as a child, how you had, and maybe still do, have those fears. Even the extra characters, Audra and Tom are spotless.
I cannot think of any downside from this book, apart from the length of it, 900 pages of small writing(Hodder and Stoughton hardbound copy), and some boring bits. I can’t really talk much about this book without spoiling the fun for those who has yet to read it. There’s so much more to it than just the clown scaring young kids, so yes, I recommend that you read it.
Ascended told me to post them here until he makes a forum for books. :)
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It
By: Stephen King
First Published: 1986
Genre: Horror
Rating: http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy306/dustpebbles/AF/Star.pnghttp://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy306/dustpebbles/AF/Star.pnghttp://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy306/dustpebbles/AF/Star.pnghttp://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy306/dustpebbles/AF/Star.pnghttp://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy306/dustpebbles/AF/Star.png
Summary:
In the spring of 1985, It has returned. Every twenty-seven years since the dawn of time, It--an unearthly creature who lives in the unmapped labyrinth of sewers beneath Derry--comes back to murder and mutilate small children and adults. Only seven people have faced It and lived to tell the tale: horror novelist Bill Denbrough, architect Ben Hanscom, Derry librarian Mike Hanlon, radio disc jockey Richie Tozier, limousine driver Eddie Kasbrak, fashion designer Beverly Rogan, and accountant Stan Uris. Twenty-seven years ago they formed the Losers Club, bonded by their physical and social differences and by their terrifying encounters with the many different forms It can take.
The book tells two parallel stories: what happened in 1958 when the children first faced It in its true form (that of a fifteen-foot-long spider) and nearly killed the monster, and of their reunion in 1985 when they band together once again finally to vanquish It from the face of the earth. Although each character is well-drawn and there is background aplenty on Derry and its history of horror and tragedy, the reader is some four hundred pages into this massive novel before all of the lumbering exposition is out of the way and the story really gets moving. Only then do King’s sprawling themes of childhood, adulthood, good, evil, and eternity come together to form the type of gripping narrative that has made the author so famous.
My thoughts:
This book is probably one of my favourites amongst King’s books. The story is just so intense and you feel like you’re with them. That you’re in the book. Every fight and battle scenes can make you grip the edge of your seat. I literally cannot put the book down when I first read it and I sometimes find myself sitting bolt upright when it comes to suspense moments and anticipation will give you the will to finish it right to the very end.
Firstly, what amazes me is how fear was deeply explored in this story. Fears of young children; whether it’s a clown, blood, a werewolf from a film, a leper, a deceased brother or spiders. Sex was also involved because most pubescent children are both curious and scared of it at the same time. King cleverly created his antagonist, “It”, as a shape-shifting creature that feeds on the fears. The name “It” is, again, clever because we normally refer to our fears as ‘it’. Same with sex. It.
The characters are flawless. They’re so real that it makes you think about how you were as a child, how you had, and maybe still do, have those fears. Even the extra characters, Audra and Tom are spotless.
I cannot think of any downside from this book, apart from the length of it, 900 pages of small writing(Hodder and Stoughton hardbound copy), and some boring bits. I can’t really talk much about this book without spoiling the fun for those who has yet to read it. There’s so much more to it than just the clown scaring young kids, so yes, I recommend that you read it.