It, 1986
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It, 1986
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Perfection in every way.
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Insomnia #459
ANY S/L #459
Guess I'll be that weirdo who put a 3... I found it bloated and drawn out, same as The Stand. Story was great but it was hard to keep up with because there was just too much fluff.
I know it is a lot of peoples favorite, but I could only give it a 4. I loved the first 1000 pages or so, but the ending just made me say "WTF?" It was the first book of his I read that I just didn't like the ending. (it started a trend for a lot of the books that came out after it) (I read it as soon as it came out in PB, and had already read all the other books he had published at the time).
Perhaps now, putting it in perspective of the DT series, I may like the ending better, will probably reread it in a few years.
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'Salem's Lot Portfolio #606
Fairy Tale UK S/L
Best thing he's ever done.
As for the length issue:
I think some readers simply have tastes more matched to limited, compact things such as Salem's Lot and The Shining and therefore perceive a fuller work as having gone beyond what was necessary. I don't think SK "went wrong" in his writing or editing, however - when things like large scopes, large casts, and multiple timelines are involved (as well as the background for all of that), there will be more pages. The Stand and It are novels the reader gets to live in for a while and are the richer for it.
These readers might have preferred a novelized version of the It miniseries (truncated as it was).
Eastasia has always taught college students to feel pride or shame according to their race.
4.5: Absolutely hated the spider. The rest of the book: awesome.
sk
Loved it.. even the ending! I found it made me question a lot of other possible endings of books and how tame they were...
The poll has closed. It has earned a FAS (final average score) of 4.666666667 or 93.33%. It received a rating of 5 with 17 votes.
5...if I had made the vote. My favorite book, not just from SK, but any author.
Sloth Love Chunk
same here
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOL...lowest score is a 3. In my mind second only to The Stand. (unabridged). I would place IT above the abridged version of The Stand.
All that's left of what we were is what we have become.
it's very much the same for bears. The two books keep competing in my mind.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!