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Elisa C.

•August 30, 2023 at 10:46 am

I've read this book for the second time, and like most second readings, I discovered a new layer of depth beneath the familiar story. It presents a profound exploration of the true horrors that some children experience while growing up. The primary monster in this tale is the everyday neglect and abuse suffered by all the children. Even as they leave their childhood traumas behind, they must confront them as adults within the boundaries of reality. Children have the ability to dream, create illusions, escape into magical worlds, and erase memories of events they cannot handle. They possess an incredible imagination and survival skills that adults often forget or choose to forget. Stephen King skillfully portrays this recurring trauma with sensitivity and a deep understanding of innocence. He gives voice to the fears of children and brings these fears to life in forms that we can comprehend, or perhaps I should say, forms that we want to understand as monstrous rather than the everyday fears of our own children. If people had known that this book is about child abuse, it may not have achieved the success it did. It is much easier to sell a story about a killer clown. Who wants to hear about a young girl who is abused by her father and then her husband? Or a chubby, hypochondriac boy who carries his mother's fears along with an Oedipal complex the size of Maine? Or a boy who endures biting and abuse until he transforms into a monster? But "It" is indeed about all of this and so much more. The clown is merely a manifestation, a tool used by a brilliant author to remind us that we could have been or perhaps were these children. They possess magic within them, and it is up to us to care for them, otherwise it becomes a cycle of horror. I highly recommend reading "It," but be prepared to uncover the horror that Stephen King subtly hides where we least expect it.

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Vito Loadholt
•August 31, 2023 at 1:36 am
I've gone through this book several times, yet this rendition took it to a whole new level that exceeded all my expectations.
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Elisa C.
•August 30, 2023 at 10:46 am
I've read this book for the second time, and like most second readings, I discovered a new layer of depth beneath the familiar story. It presents a profound exploration of the true horrors that some children experience while growing up. The primary monster in this tale is the everyday neglect and abuse suffered by all the children. Even as they leave their childhood traumas behind, they must confront them as adults within the boundaries of reality. Children have the ability to dream, create illusions, escape into magical worlds, and erase memories of events they cannot handle. They possess an incredible imagination and survival skills that adults often forget or choose to forget. Stephen King skillfully portrays this recurring trauma with sensitivity and a deep understanding of innocence. He gives voice to the fears of children and brings these fears to life in forms that we can comprehend, or perhaps I should say, forms that we want to understand as monstrous rather than the everyday fears of our own children. If people had known that this book is about child abuse, it may not have achieved the success it did. It is much easier to sell a story about a killer clown. Who wants to hear about a young girl who is abused by her father and then her husband? Or a chubby, hypochondriac boy who carries his mother's fears along with an Oedipal complex the size of Maine? Or a boy who endures biting and abuse until he transforms into a monster? But "It" is indeed about all of this and so much more. The clown is merely a manifestation, a tool used by a brilliant author to remind us that we could have been or perhaps were these children. They possess magic within them, and it is up to us to care for them, otherwise it becomes a cycle of horror. I highly recommend reading "It," but be prepared to uncover the horror that Stephen King subtly hides where we least expect it.
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Dillon Ansbacher
•August 29, 2023 at 10:24 pm
This book delves into the evolution of friendship, beautifully portrayed through the remarkable development of its characters.
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It Audiobook [Free Download by Trial]

It by Stephen King

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