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A review by nerdyprettythings
It by Stephen King
2.0
I’m free! I did it!
Very thankful for the spooky contingent of the Book Babes who chose this as a book club pick - I would never have finished it without them. This book is a no. There is a good story in there though, and you can find it in the 1990 miniseries version of the story (plus that version has Tim Curry).
I can’t believe Stephen King hasn’t had to issue some kind of “I was on really bad drugs” apology for a lot of the stuff in this one. The racial slurs and POV abusers etc throughout the book felt gratuitous and gross. I’ll rarely say it, but skip the book, you’ll get all you need from the 1990 movie and also you won’t have to scream “whyyyyy Steve?!” from the rafters like I did.
Very thankful for the spooky contingent of the Book Babes who chose this as a book club pick - I would never have finished it without them. This book is a no. There is a good story in there though, and you can find it in the 1990 miniseries version of the story (plus that version has Tim Curry).
I can’t believe Stephen King hasn’t had to issue some kind of “I was on really bad drugs” apology for a lot of the stuff in this one. The racial slurs and POV abusers etc throughout the book felt gratuitous and gross. I’ll rarely say it, but skip the book, you’ll get all you need from the 1990 movie and also you won’t have to scream “whyyyyy Steve?!” from the rafters like I did.