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 :)