It
Seven children face a shapeshifting evil in small-town Maine -- and must return to face it again as adults.
Mood Dark & Gritty
Pacing Slow Burn
Complexity Moderately Complex
Pages 1168
Reading Time
~39–58 hrs
Seven children face a shapeshifting evil in small-town Maine -- and must return to face it again as adults.
About This Book
Stephen King's classic #1 New York Times bestseller and the basis for the massively successful films It: Chapter One and It: Chapter Two as well as inspiration for HBO Max’s upcoming Welcome to Derry—about seven adults who return to their hometown to confront a nightmare they had first stumbled upon as teenagers...an evil without a name: It. Welcome to Derry, Maine. It’s a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real.
Who This Is For
Best for readers who want something unflinching: morally complex, heavy, and honest about the worst of things. The writing rewards attention without being demanding, a good balance of depth and readability. It takes its time, and that's the point. Patience is rewarded. Not the right choice if you're after something comforting or redemptive.
Best Read When
Best read when you're in the mood for something dark and uncompromising, and a read that's slow and deeply immersive.
What It Explores
It explores friendship and what it genuinely asks of us, growing up and what gets lost in the process, and survival and what extreme circumstances ask of people.
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