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 3: 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.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A-A-C
sk
C for ending? A bit too harsh, isn't it?
AAA
of course
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe...
I first thought I'd give it a B, but I remember being quite unimpressed with the ending (way back in the mid-eighties), so...
C
sk
I went with a B myself.
Truthfully, I wasn't too impressed with the novel, maybe all the hype surrounding it led me to think I'd be constantly blown away. I wasn't, but it was a very very good novel, not in my Top 5, but Top 10 for sure.
it's not hype, it's love...
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I must say I wonder what sort of awesome drugs King was doing in the mid-eighties to churn out such amazing works of fiction in that time period (Pet Sematary, It, DT2, Misery). That really was his creative peak, I think, although I believe he's always been on a roll, never really sliding down much.
It's a little tricky to define the ending of this novel, even though it does have clearer resolution than much of SK's stuff; after all, the book's whole structure is quite complex.
I might go as low as "B+" on the climax, and even lower than that on SOME elements of the denouement, but "Bill Denbrough Beats the Devil" remains one of my favorite passages of fiction ever.
AAA! I only wish I could give it more
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
AAB for me.
AAA for sure, the only part that has ever stuck in my craw was the mighty turtle, but in light of DT, I'm ok with that too.
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Last chance to vote! The poll is closing!
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The poll has closed. This round It has earned an OAG (overall average grade) of 2.761904762 or 92.06% in addition to its FAS (final average score), making it 7.495238095 or 93.69%.
Grade breakdown:
Strength of Plot: A - 2.904761905 (96.83%)
Character Development: A - 2.952380952 (98.41%)
Quality of the Story's Ending: A - 2.428571429 (80.95%)
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