After seeing this listed in a book called "501 Must Read Books" I decided it just had to be awesome. I was disappointed. I didn't even find it scary.
This book is huge, because it is ridden with details that no one cares about (what the prize in the Wheaties box is, what the cigarette sign on a door of a store says, the full title of the magazine someone no one knows is reading in a waiting room) as well as similes all over the place. This one should have been half the size of what it is.
There is a whole lot of buildup and I was anticipating a killer ending. I was expecting something shocking, twisted, something you never saw coming, but it was a total letdown.
The characters are interesting and there is definitely some good character development. You really feel like a part of their club, you're rooting for them and you're into it but then the story totally falls apart. The encounters with IT are too far and few in between.
Also, there is a scene near the end which had absolutely no place in this story, which I thought to be repulsive.
If anyone reading this could tell me who is speaking in the opening line, I've been wondering. I guess it must be the omniscient narrator, but if it is, the whole line does not really make sense.
This book is huge, because it is ridden with details that no one cares about (what the prize in the Wheaties box is, what the cigarette sign on a door of a store says, the full title of the magazine someone no one knows is reading in a waiting room) as well as similes all over the place. This one should have been half the size of what it is.
There is a whole lot of buildup and I was anticipating a killer ending. I was expecting something shocking, twisted, something you never saw coming, but it was a total letdown.
The characters are interesting and there is definitely some good character development. You really feel like a part of their club, you're rooting for them and you're into it but then the story totally falls apart. The encounters with IT are too far and few in between.
Also, there is a scene near the end which had absolutely no place in this story, which I thought to be repulsive.
If anyone reading this could tell me who is speaking in the opening line, I've been wondering. I guess it must be the omniscient narrator, but if it is, the whole line does not really make sense.
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