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This week’s recommendation is:
IT | Stephen King
Goodreads Synopsis
To the children, the town was their whole world. To the adults, knowing better, Derry, Maine was just their home town: familiar, well-ordered for the most part. 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 one’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 they 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.
I hate clowns with a burning passion. I really do. I was basically like this:
the entire time I was at Horror Nights this year. The theme was clowns and my first defense against this threat was to first put on some fake bravado and then offer up my friends as sacrifice so I could get away.
I never said I was a hero.
The reason I’m so afraid of clowns? This book.
I was first introduced to Stephen King through the movie The Shining, and then the other film, Misery. But the first (and only) book I read by King was IT. And IT was more than enough for me.
IT has left me scarred, but in a good way. It’s a horror/thriller, and for this book to leave such a mark proves how strong of a story it is. If you love to be scared, then this is the book for you. If you want to reassure yourself why clowns are evil, then this is the book for you. If you’re going to read only one King book in your lifetime, I highly recommend this be the one. It’ll have you looking at storm drains differently for the rest of your life.
Agree completely, Azia! Loved this one of his books the best. Every childhood fear is represented. I read the last 400 pages all in one night and kept checking to make sure my apartment door was locked. 😕
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Yeah, IT had a way of playing on all your fears, which makes it all the more brilliant and creepy. This book took me FOREVER to get through, but I was completely invested in it from beginning to end 😀 Now I’m also scared of storm drains haha
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Ooooh! This one’s been on my list for a while, but clowns scare the life out of me (no one thinks they’re funny. Why are they still a thing??), so I’ve been putting it off. I think I’m going to have to give it a shot now though!
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I agree. Why ARE they still a thing haha. But please, give it a try. I thought I wouldn’t like it, but I’ve determined it’s definitely one of King’s best! 🙂
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It’s now officially on my TBR list! Bring on the nightmare fuel!
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I have a fear of my clowns myself… because of this movie. I’ve never read the book but I know a lot of people who love it! I may have to try it someday. Maybe… Lol!
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So many ppl are afraid of clowns. I’m so glad I’m not alone in my (somewhat irrational) fears LOL. But yes! I highly recommend it. It may take a while to get through, but at least the first half of the book is extremely compelling 😀
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I’ve heard it’s super huge!
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It’s massive. The copy I have is 1090 pages. But it’s the short paperback, so who knows how long it actually is 😂 Maybe about 200 pgs less
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Still! That’s pretty massive either way! I’d still like to read it someday soon, though!!
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I never read the book, I saw the movie and that did it for me. I wouldn’t say I am afraid of clowns, becsuse I know its just makeup, but they sure are creepy. Not to mention the famed serial killer, John Wayne Gacy’s day job was as a clown so there ya go.
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I saw the movie, too. It just helped my fears haha. It’s so strange how unsettling clowns can be, though LOL
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Ha ha I know right. Something about them just creeps me out
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