It: Book Review

By Allison Zamora

“It” by the king of horror; Stephen King, is a nail-biting fiction-tale that is filled with sinister plots, nostalgic scenes, and eye-shedding passage. The setting of this horrific book takes off in a fictional town called Derry, where the main characters (Ben Hanscom, Beverly Marsh, Bill Denbrough, Richie Tozier, Eddie Kaspbrak, Mike Hanlon, and Stanley Uris) come back after 28 years just to kill the shape-shifting nightmare called Pennywise. The audience is first started to a flashback of the horrors of 1957 on Witcham St. We are introduced to a Bill’s younger brother; Georgie who is chasing paper boat when he meets Pennywise the Dancing Clown, Pennywise who successfully tries to lure poor little impleaded Georgie to grab his paper boat, when Georgie grabs the boat Pennywise gruesomely rips Georgie arms as he dies. In 1985, when the audience is introduced to another character called Adrian Mellow who is thrown off the bridge and into the water, he dies by a sinister shape-shifting clown.  

In Chapter Three, we see the main character(s) in their mid-thirties; showing us how successful they have been, and seeing how they deal with the unexpected phone call about Pennywise coming back to Derry. 

According to Google, the rating of “It” by Stephen King is a four point five out of five, since it points out that some friendships do last forever, keeps you up at night with the covers up to your face, and makes you appreciate your childhood. But like all books this book has some flaws like it being too “long”, too mature for young audience, and how it wasn’t that scary. In my opinion, the book is interesting, and has a good message to spread out. But the major flaw is that it is very mature for kids. My personal rating is five out of five.