Hi there!
Welcome to our October Intermission for Stephen King's IT.
Trigger Warning: Everything. No seriously.
Overall
This book was, well, hard to get through so far. Congrats to the original editor for getting through it all, because we barely did, to be honest. We acknowledge that American books from the 80's that are meant to be horror are typically incredibly vulgar, but it was not refreshing to hear so many slurs so excessively touted. We believe that you an say something offensive, in a more sophisticated way. If there was a line, Stephen King has crossed it. We were both incredibly offended at the unnecessary use of the words. And we're not the only social groups offended by his words either.
You can say that a character is a certain way in their universe, but at the end of the day, they are still coming from one author, and each book and character that an author writes reflects certain aspects of said author.
Additionally, we didn't appreciate how much shit was in this book. Like seriously, it was a lot of shit. It was so incredibly full of characters, events, fictional history, and tone-setting that may not be entirely necessary to even have a story somewhere buried in it. Like, we appreciate that there were fanciful scenes regarding kids and their dreams and their imaginations, but seeing kids doing normal kid things is not necessarily interesting for us as readers.
Characters as Children
Well, they're definitely kids. They're just hanging out and being children. It was kinda cute. We appreciated that and that each kid faced his or her own monster, and came out swinging like the tenacious outcasts they are.
Watching them become friends as children was really lovely too. We liked that they found their way to friendship with each other through adversity, and therefore formed a bond strong enough to kick the clown's ass. We support them!
Characters as Adults
Adults are more boring than ever, in this book, and they're all quite pitiful, except for maybe Ben who is an engineer. When we realized they all had forgotten their entire crazy childhoods, we in turn also realized that they were even more super boring. Then, seeing them meet Pennywise a second time, and them being terrified again, was, for some reason, less scary for us, probably because the movie was so much better. Oops.
We found Michael Hanlon profoundly interesting. It seems like the book is not about Mike Hanlon specifically, but he seems like the protagonist and the savior even thought he is not written as such. Let him be the hero! Mike Hanlon saves the day!
Pennywise
He's one of the most interesting characters because he's the least tangible character in the book, leaving much to the imagination. Which is also why he is so scary, and coincidentally, so incredibly fucked up.
We want to learn more about him and hope there is more of him as well as scary scenes in the second half of the book. Fingers crossed.
Where We Are Now
The adults have just encountered Pennywise each in their own way after returning to Derry. They intend to face their fears for the final time. We stopped just before the Third Interlude about Derry, and so far know nothing else.
Where We Go From Here
Hopefully somewhere.
Conclusion
Is there an abridged version of this book? Dear god. Please. We need it. Maybe we'll publish it.
With love, see you soon!
Ceraya & Brieanna
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