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Written by: Stephen King
Magical, maniacal, exhilarating. King at his absolute finest. If you are looking to sink your teeth into a good book, this is the one. It isn’t a quick book, standing at over a thousand pages, it requires a little commitment. It didn’t feel like a thousand plus pages for me. In some instances, fifty pages passed by in what felt like the blink of an eye.
It is perhaps the best villain of all time. Pennywise, the dancing clown, is terrifying. His psychological games are amusing and horrific. Perhaps one of the best things about the mysterious clown is the backstory, left to the kid’s speculation. It takes many shapes and forms, leaving you on the edge of your seat. There is always something to be looking out for, anything the loser’s club’s imagination can conjure could be an object of Pennywise’s devious plan.
Although part horror, this book is also a little “chuckalicious” as Richie Tozier (a character in the book) might say. There is no better love story in fiction than the loser’s club’s undying honor, gratitude, and conviction. The fact that the kids in this book are willing to die for each other is tear-jerking in itself.
I knew how I was going to rate this book within the first fifty pages, and I never second-guessed it. The perfect score, 10/10. Don’t judge the book based off any of the film adaptations. They were good, but you miss out on so much of the actual story.
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