Soon to be a major motion picture—from master storyteller Stephen King comes his classic #1 New York Times bestseller!
Can an entire city be haunted? The Losers’ Club of 1958 seems to think so. After all, when they were teenagers back then, these seven friends who called the small New England metropolis of Derry their home had first-hand experience with what made this place so horribly different. Every twenty-seven years, something that has existed here for a very long time comes back to terrorize Derry, lurking in the city storm drains and sewers, taking the shape of every nightmare and deepest dread. And yet, time passed and the children grew up, moved away…the horror of what they all experienced buried deep, wrapped in forgetfulness. Now nearly thirty years later, they’re all being called back to Derry for a final life-or-death confrontation with a primordial evil that stirs and coils in the sullen depths of their memories. For the Losers’ Club and the thing known only as “It” have some unfinished business with each other….
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Sexual Content - 5/5
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Violence - 5/5
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Language - 5/5
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Drugs and Alcohol - 4/5
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Summary
This is my 75th book review for More Than A Review, and I have read hundreds of books before this that have not been reviewed. And yet, never before have I read a book so disconcerting, vividly obscene, and graphically violent as Stephen King's "IT".
For all of King's exceptional talent and experience, there is one technique he seems to ignore, or simply doesn't even know exists, and that is censorship. In his autobiography, King pressures the use of honesty for young writers, which is indeed a fine thing. However, there comes a time when honesty becomes overkill. Let's be honest for a moment—if it's true that your mother's ugly, does that mean it's good to tell her so? Same applies with King's novels. He exercises his blunt and frequently overkill point of view of honesty while completely ignoring the fact that he could say so much without saying anything at all.
There's no denying that IT is a masterfully weaved odyssey full of terrifying sequences and well-developed, richly drawn characters. And it is also true that IT tackles some good questions about fear and how we can deal with such things, and it even leaves open for discussion the existence of God and the divine power he has over our fear. But, nevertheless, IT is the most sexually graphic, violently disturbing, unsettlingly profane, and morally disgusting book I've ever read, which is why I will not torment you with a description of the content. If you are on this website, you most likely have concerns about needless content in your literature. Therefore, I beg of you, as a favor to me and yourself: don't read this book!
Cleanliness:: 0.0/5
| NC-17 | Grisly horror violence including bloody depictions, disturbing descriptions of graphic sexuality/nudity, and pervasive language throughout—all also involving minors