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mae
03-15-2010, 08:09 AM
It, 1986
http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/510/medium/It_face.jpg

Please vote for It (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_(novel)) using the following scale:

5: I loved it
4: It was good
3: Average
2: Only so-so
1: I didn't like it

If you haven't read this book yet, please vote Never Read. Feel free to discuss your votes in this thread.
Tito_Villa
03-15-2010, 08:44 AM
I need to make myself read this i think.
Jean
03-15-2010, 11:30 AM
bears' absolute favorite by King
Kronz
03-15-2010, 11:37 AM
I agree with bears.
Jean
03-15-2010, 11:39 AM
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Heather19
03-15-2010, 01:46 PM
My absolute favorite book. :wub:
DoctorDodge
03-15-2010, 02:49 PM
Not my absolute favourite, but awesome nonetheless. Took me a long time to read the big bastard, though!

Another 5 from me, I think!
Daghain
03-15-2010, 03:39 PM
I gave it a two. I'm not a big fan. I'm planning on doing a reread eventually, so maybe next year my opinion will improve. I doubt it, though.
divemaster
03-15-2010, 03:40 PM
I'm not quite as enamored with It as most King fans but a good solid 4 from me. Loved the characters and especially the parts when they are kids. The plot, well, to me the basic premise was fascinating but there were parts I felt that King was pulling stuff right out of his ass ("making it up as you go"). Hard to put my finger on it, but something was just a little off. And the ending. Not a fan. But still I've read it several times to revisit the characters (as opposed to the plot).
BROWNINGS CHILDE
03-15-2010, 03:41 PM
5. In short, my favorite book......by anyone.
Heather19
03-15-2010, 04:25 PM
I gave it a two. I'm not a big fan. I'm planning on doing a reread eventually, so maybe next year my opinion will improve. I doubt it, though.

:o Really? :cry:
I really do hope you enjoy more on your second read.
Sam
03-15-2010, 04:54 PM
Gave it a 5.
Canada
03-15-2010, 06:14 PM
My dad gave me this book to read when I was 14, and it was (and still is) the scariest book I have ever read. Conversely, it was turned into the worst movie adaptation of any book I've ever seen.
cody44
03-15-2010, 07:57 PM
This is by far my favorite King book. I freaking adore all of the characters and miss them.
Jon
03-16-2010, 12:45 AM
It just didn't do "it" for me.
BROWNINGS CHILDE
03-16-2010, 12:46 AM
Thats because you were too busy doing "It" on your own.:P
Calla_Wolf
03-16-2010, 03:23 AM
My very first hardback. I was 13 or 14 and mum bought it for my birthday.

I read IT in 2 days - devoured IT, loved IT
Mrs. Underwood
03-16-2010, 06:08 AM
This is one of those books that if you didn't like it, I assume you're INSANE. :scared: 5!
Jean
03-16-2010, 06:13 AM
This is one of those books that if you didn't like it, I assume you're INSANE. :scared: 5!
wait, wait, Daghain isn't insane, she is one of the sanest people known to bears!

...though, Irish Dawn, bears have yet to hear your argumentation.........
Mrs. Underwood
03-16-2010, 06:15 AM
Well, considering I basically just screamed "5", I may be insane myself. :D
Jean
03-16-2010, 06:18 AM
yes love, we all float down here http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bearheart.gif
Kronz
03-16-2010, 07:07 AM
Last night I thought I might enjoy seeing the TV version of It again, not having seen it since it was basically new, and having read the book three times or more since seeing it. Well, I couldn't stand it. The cast is just unbearable, long before they even all appear I turned it off. The thought of my memory of the book being colored by the film is enough to keep me away from it for the rest of my life.
LadyHitchhiker
03-16-2010, 03:29 PM
What? Jonathan Brandis was in there!! :wub: I miss him so much :(
Solar
03-18-2010, 08:45 AM
The best of the best. Right up there with Salem's Lot as my favorite King book.
pathoftheturtle
03-18-2010, 09:51 AM
For me, the continual deadlock is between It and The Waste Lands.
Anyway, It is a true masterpiece; a huge benchmark in the career of SK, and in the course of American literaure.
*5*
mae
03-22-2010, 08:21 AM
The poll has closed. It has earned a FAS (final average score) of 4.715789474 or 94.32%, placing 1st (winner) in this bracket. It will be moving on to Round 2. In 2009, It also placed 1st with a FAS of 4.695652174, so it gained 0.020137300 (+0.43%) this time.