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mae
05-19-2010, 07:36 AM
It, 1986
http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/510/medium/It_face.jpg

Please grade It (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_(novel)) in the following three areas using the grades A, B, or C:


Strength of Plot
Character Development
Quality of the Story's Ending


If you haven't read this book yet, please vote Never Read. Feel free to discuss your votes in this thread.

IMPORTANT: Please make sure to select only one grade in each grading area. For complete instructions, see this post (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=314275&postcount=1).
Tito_Villa
05-19-2010, 07:41 AM
As im reading this at the moment im going to have to vote not read, but what i have read so far im ver impressed!
John_and_Yoko
05-19-2010, 09:07 AM
First one I've given all A's to! :D
Heather19
05-19-2010, 02:05 PM
AAA :wub:
JRM
05-19-2010, 02:52 PM
AAB. Great book.
mae
05-19-2010, 03:30 PM
AAB. Great book.

Same here. The ending, while fast and furious, was somewhat of a letdown. The whole gangbang thing, I didn't get it.
Daghain
05-19-2010, 03:38 PM
All B's. I just can't get in on the love for this book.
pathoftheturtle
05-19-2010, 04:07 PM
AAB. Great book.

Same here. The ending, while fast and furious, was somewhat of a letdown. The whole gangbang thing, I didn't get it.What I didn't get was why the ending wasn't being graded so well here, until you said that. I guess it is somewhat unclear to me in most cases what exactly is included in "the ending" of some given book. That, I would have called a minor event near the ending... but it's always so hard to tell.
Sam
05-19-2010, 04:57 PM
A's. In my top ten for sure.
Riostar
05-19-2010, 05:59 PM
AAB. I agree with Pablo the gangbang thing was just weird.
BROWNINGS CHILDE
05-19-2010, 06:50 PM
All A's. A can't believe that anyone would give this book a B for character development. Really? This book has better character development than ANY other book I can think of.
JRM
05-19-2010, 10:11 PM
AAB. Great book.

Same here. The ending, while fast and furious, was somewhat of a letdown. The whole gangbang thing, I didn't get it.

Completely agree. I actually include the climax when I rate a book's ending. And this one, yeah...the gangbang and the final form and the egg situation. It just didn't work for me.
John_and_Yoko
05-19-2010, 10:45 PM
I gave this an A for an ending (one of only two that I did) because of how I felt when it was over. I didn't want it to BE over (and not because I thought it was incomplete, I just didn't want to not be reading it anymore).
C~Dog
05-20-2010, 12:47 AM
AAA.

One of his best works, if not his best.
NicNac
05-20-2010, 12:54 PM
AAC

Definitely one of my favorites, and I'm always having to reread it just to revisit the characters, but I think I've only read all the way to the end a couple of times. The ending is just...I don't have words. I don't think it's TERRIBLE, it just does nothing for me. Pretty disappointing compared to the rest (not that I know how I would have preferred it to end).
Heather19
05-20-2010, 02:15 PM
All A's. A can't believe that anyone would give this book a B for character development. Really? This book has better character development than ANY other book I can think of.

I completely agree :couple:
John_and_Yoko
05-20-2010, 02:56 PM
All A's. A can't believe that anyone would give this book a B for character development. Really? This book has better character development than ANY other book I can think of.

I completely agree :couple:

I would hope so, since Stephen King meant it to be a coming of age tale....
C~Dog
05-21-2010, 06:27 AM
You can have character developement without a coming of age component...
pathoftheturtle
05-21-2010, 09:05 AM
...The ending is just...I don't have words. I don't think it's TERRIBLE, it just does nothing for me. Pretty disappointing compared to the rest...:arg:
...I actually include the climax when I rate a book's ending. ...Well, that would be The Ritual of Chüd-- the final showdown between It and Bill (with Richie).Some of the greatest writing ever!
mae
05-21-2010, 09:19 AM
I thought the entire final part of the novel was too deus-ex-machiney. The preceding action was superb, though. I do not, however, rate this book as my Top 5 (or even 10, probably).
John_and_Yoko
05-21-2010, 10:05 AM
You can have character developement without a coming of age component...

True, but you can't have a coming of age component without character development....
Jean
05-23-2010, 09:08 PM
AAA
JRM
05-24-2010, 02:38 AM
...The ending is just...I don't have words. I don't think it's TERRIBLE, it just does nothing for me. Pretty disappointing compared to the rest...:arg:
...I actually include the climax when I rate a book's ending. ...Well, that would be The Ritual of Chüd-- the final showdown between It and Bill (with Richie).Some of the greatest writing ever!

Yeah, I'm including that. Lol. I didn't think it was terrible, but it left me surprisingly underwhelmed. :unsure:
mikeC
05-24-2010, 06:32 AM
I thought the ending was very very very sad. Brutal even.
The fact that you cant remember your best friends for the rest of your life is so very sad to me.
pathoftheturtle
05-25-2010, 12:11 PM
...The ending is just...I don't have words. I don't think it's TERRIBLE, it just does nothing for me. Pretty disappointing compared to the rest...:arg:
...I actually include the climax when I rate a book's ending. ...Well, that would be The Ritual of Chüd-- the final showdown between It and Bill (with Richie).Some of the greatest writing ever!

Yeah, I'm including that. Lol. I didn't think it was terrible, but it left me surprisingly underwhelmed. :unsure:http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s12/POTT2007/smileys/faint.gif
stone, rose, unfound door
05-25-2010, 12:32 PM
AAB
johnsmith87
05-25-2010, 05:32 PM
AAA
klio
05-26-2010, 02:17 AM
AAA. Love this book :)
pathoftheturtle
05-26-2010, 08:10 AM
One thing I hated most about the T.V. miniseries was how underwhelming the climax of it was compared to the novel. Of the latter, I repeat that it was some of the best writing of King's career and a true milestone in horror literature in general.
My rankings here:
A
A+
A+
mae
05-26-2010, 08:27 AM
The poll has closed. This round It has earned an OAG (overall average grade) of 2.726190476 or 90.87% in addition to its FAS (final average score), making it 7.441979950 or 93.02%. In 2009, It received an OAG of 2.792156863 for a FAS of 7.487809036, so it lost 0.045829086 (-0.61%) this time.

Grade breakdown:
Strength of Plot: 2.803571429 (93.45%)
Character Development: 2.910714286 (97.02%)
Quality of the Story's Ending: 2.464285714 (82.14%)