A Review of the Book "It" by Stephen King

Title: It

Author: Stephen King

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Inc

Year: 1986

1153 pages

From the Back: To the children, the town was their whole world. To the adults, knowing better, Derry, Maine, was just their home town: familiar, well-ordered, a good place to live. It was the children who saw - and felt - what made Derry so horribly different. In the storm drains, in the sewers, It lurked, taking on the shape of every nightmare, each person's deepest dread. Sometimes It reached up, seizing, tearing, killing...

    The adults, knowing better, knew nothing. Time passed and the children grew up, moved away. The horror of It was deep-buried, wrapped in forgetfulness. Until the grown-up children were called back, once more to confront It as it stirred and coiled in the sullen depths of their memories, reaching up again to make their past nightmares a terrible present reality.

Personal Thoughts: This is one of those books I've always wanted to read but never thought I'd get around to it or make it through it. First, it's the longest book, by far, that I have ever read. It's also the scariest. But it sure was good! My adventure through King's works has been daunting but has yet to disappoint. This was a very entertaining book, so much so that I often forgot how big it was! Well, except when I tried to hold it. I'm glad that I took on the challenge of reading It because it was well worth the read. I just hope it doesn't take me 3 months to read all of King's book, otherwise I may never make it through his writings!