Strength of Plot: Graded "A"
Strength of Plot: Graded "B"
Strength of Plot: Graded "C"
Character Development: Graded "A"
Character Development: Graded "B"
Character Development: Graded "C"
Quality of the Story's Ending: Graded "A"
Quality of the Story's Ending: Graded "B"
Quality of the Story's Ending: Graded "C"
Never Read
Group 6: It
It, 1986
Please grade It 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.
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!
First one I've given all A's to!
AAA
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
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.Originally Posted by JRM
All B's. I just can't get in on the love for this book.
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
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.Same here. The ending, while fast and furious, was somewhat of a letdown. The whole gangbang thing, I didn't get it.
A's. In my top ten for sure.
Margaret Emmie Mackey Catoe, you are, have been, and always will be my soulmate, and I love you.
Con todo mi corazon, por todo de mis dias. And I always will, in this life and into the next.
August 2, 1947 - September 24, 2010
AAB. I agree with Pablo the gangbang thing was just weird.
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.
Sloth Love Chunk
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.Same here. The ending, while fast and furious, was somewhat of a letdown. The whole gangbang thing, I didn't get it.
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).
AAA.
One of his best works, if not his best.
All hail the King;
He of the Crimson Eye,
The Lord of Spiders.
Hail Discordia.
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).
Kill if you will, but command me nothing!
The Gunslinger
I completely agree
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
I would hope so, since Stephen King meant it to be a coming of age tale....I completely agree
You can have character developement without a coming of age component...
All hail the King;
He of the Crimson Eye,
The Lord of Spiders.
Hail Discordia.
Well, that would beSpoiler:Some of the greatest writing ever!
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).
True, but you can't have a coming of age component without character development....
AAA
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, I'm including that. Lol. I didn't think it was terrible, but it left me surprisingly underwhelmed.Well, that would beSpoiler:Spoiler:Some of the greatest writing ever!
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.
Yeah, I'm including that. Lol. I didn't think it was terrible, but it left me surprisingly underwhelmed.Well, that would beSpoiler:Spoiler:Some of the greatest writing ever!
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