IT

IT

By Stephen King

IT is the 22nd book written by Stephen King, and it's probably considered the most famous one, with Misery, Shining and Carrie.

The novel is divided in two periods and is based on the experiences of seven children that are being terrorized by an entity called IT that primarly appears as "Pennywise the Dancing Clown". It exploits the fears and phobias of the kids to disguise itself while hunting the prey.

The book starts in 1957 - 1958 in Derry (a small town in Maine) with the "disappearance" of the six years old George "Georgie" Denbrough because of "Mr. Bob Gray" aka Pennywise.

Georgie was Bill's brother, one of the seven children of this book. 

The novel goes through the fears of these kids as you can see since IT can take the shape of what frighten them: clowns, mummies, giant and scary birds, blood and so on.

During this period the "Loser Club", formed by: Bill (Georgie's brother), Ben Hanscom, Eddie Kaspbrak, Richie Tozier, Stan Uris, Beverly Marsh and Mike Hanlon; is being haunted by Pennywise and the group of bullies led by Henry Bowers. 

At the end of the summer they "manage" to fight IT and swear a blood oath to return to Derry if IT would have returned.

«Your hair is winter fire, January embers. My heart burns there, too.»

The second period is set in 1984 - 1985. The Loser Club is now adult and most of them are now successful in life. Everyone, except Mike, who still lives in Derry and works as a librarian. 

He calls everyone from the group because he suspects that Pennywise might be back since a lot of weird events as the disappearance of children and the death of an adult.

They all return there because of their blood oath. 

Their return to the town they grew up in, will reopen old wounds that seemed forgotten.

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Is Pennywise really back? Was he ever gone?

In the book, you will discover all the little secrets about it. It's a really big book, but it's worth it, as you will never get bored with it. If you like horror and want to experience some thrills of fear, then you really can't miss it :)

This month's recommended books

Hey y'all!!

The books I recommend you for this month are:

«The Lovely Bones» by Alice Sebold

This book isn't the usual story about a girl being murdered by a psychotic. It offers us another point of view of what happened, the point of view of Susie, the victim.
Susie Salmon, yes, like the fish, talks to us from her personal "Heaven" and watches as her family and friends struggle to find peace and to move on with their lives when they have to face the fact that she is dead, that she isn't there with them anymore.
The only ones who seem to want to know the truth about what happened to her, are her father, Jack, and her younger sister, Lindsey.
The title comes from a quotation that Susie said at the end of the book, when her friends and family finds the strenght to go on.
If you haven't checked it out yet go and read it.

Spoiler alert: prepare the tissues

«Misery» by Stephen King

If you like the genre then you can't really miss to read it.
The book is a psychological horror thriller, focused on Paul Sheldon, a writer famous for books about Victorian-era romance, that talk about the character Misery Chastain.
One day, because of a car crash, due to a snow storm, he is rescued by a fan of him, Annie Wilkes, who then transports him to her house and once she finds out what he did to her favourite character, Misery, forces him to write another story, no matter what it takes.
Annie will turns out to be a completely psychopath, and this book describes it very well, making you feel the same feelings of Paul, the same fear of her.
Her character is scary and amazing at the same time and you're going love it.

Spoiler alert: get ready for a plot twist.

«Harry Potter» by J. K. Rowling

I couldn't obviously not include what is one of the best sagas ever written and one of the most loved too.
Harry Potter with his seven books has conquered lot of readers, and some of them have grown up with him. Like me for example.
The books are full of wonderful meaning about love, friendship, fighting for your beloved ones and many more.
I would recommened to read all the seven books, not including the 8th one, "The Cursed Child", because honestly, it's not worth it.
Sorry Queen J.K.
But seriously they're really amazing because they're not only about magic and wizards, there's more of it.
So go check them out.

Spoiler alert: prepare the tissues