I finished IT last night!

**vivazebool** · May 27th, 2009

I just finished reading IT. This took me about a month. To close the cover on the last page felt like saying goodbye to a bunch of good friends. What I love so much about King's books are the characters he creates---you get so emotionally involved because he creates characters that feel so real. Even though I read The Stand last winter, Frannie and Stu don't seem like imaginary people to me. They're in my memory as though they were real. It's amazing how King does that!

I wasn't as sad about death as I was by . What a beautiful bond between people. Someone told me they thought Stephen King is twisted...I replied by telling them that yes, there are monsters and death and creepy feelings, but there is also love, friendship, camaraderie, and thoughtful insights into human nature.

Though King is a world famous writer, he is also a very underappreciated writer by the majority. He's written off as a horror writer with nothing to offer in a literary sense. It reminds me of a song by Dick Gaughan (a Scottish singer), who said about Scotland, ''You hide your beauty behind your thunder.'' The beauty of King's writing hides behind his thunder (all his monsters and other horror elements).

If you have seen the movie, and are tentative about reading the novel, worrying that you already know the plot, don't worry---the book is an entirely different story. The movie is very loosely based on the novel. So go ahead, invest the time. You won't regret IT.

**BDenbrough** · May 27th, 2009

I just recently finished IT myself....after trying to read it since I was younger. Finally I picked it up a couple of weeks ago, and read it in 2 and a half. I know what you mean about you know who's death.....and I know what you mean about the forgetting. I had the same feeling.

The movie left a hell of a lot out....which is the what I grew up watching. So reading the book was a whole different experience. A Better one.

I am still kind of confused about the turtle though....

**vivazebool** · May 27th, 2009

Originally Posted by BDenbrough

I am still kind of confused about the turtle though....

About the Turtle...The Dark Tower series will explain all of that.

**Bryan James** · May 27th, 2009

Originally Posted by vivazebool

About the Turtle...The Dark Tower series will explain all of that.

Wiki or Google 'Native American Folklore Turtle Bear' or something like that. I think there's a Hindu turtle god that brings even more to the table...Karma, or Kurma...

Those who dig deep into King's books hit both rocks and golden boulders.

BJS

**Robert Gray** · May 27th, 2009

Heh. I don't think the Dark Tower series explains the Turtle from "It." The series allows you to come up with lots of theories but none of them seem to fit exactly. The entity encountered in "It" is a cosmic being of such vast power and scope that trying to fit it into the confines of the one referenced in the Dark Tower series is comical at best. It would be more accurate to say that the references to the turtle in the Dark Tower books are failing echoes of such a being, and the being behind it as well.

All that being said, I do not claim to be the source of knowledge on this subject. I am curious to hear your interpretation of the Turtle that you gleaned from the Dark Tower books. You could post it here with the important stuff protected as "spoilers." This seems an interesting topic to me at least.

**SixPins** · May 27th, 2009

Beautiful post for a beautiful book. I absolutely love IT. That novel is one of them most powerful pieces of literature I have ever read. I hold it on the same level as The Grapes of Wrath.

**JRLauer** · May 27th, 2009

It's been a while since I read this book. It's among my favorite books of all time, I'm going to have to go back and re-read it.

**JSinn1018** · May 27th, 2009

It is one of my favorites. It's just a masterpeice of horror! Took me a week to finish but back then I didn't have a job so it was easy. I remember reading until I'd doze off. Saying it is just good or great or whatever just kind of undermines it. It's a work of art, disgustingly beautiful.

The chapter about Ricky Hockenstetter(I know I spelled that wrong) is just disturbing filled with lighted farts,animal mutilations,and young gay expeirinmentation. Probably the sickest of all the chapters in my opinion I'll never forget that. I know alot of readers were saying "eww" to themselves as they read that one

**michal** · May 28th, 2009

If you've finished It last night, I'm guessing you'll be do quite a lot of dreaming in the nights to follow...

**~Ally~** · May 28th, 2009

Well done on finishing It, i am currently re-reading this (again)!!

I am sure you will find yourself drawn back to the story over the coming years, I know I always am..each time i truly do feel like I am viewing it for the first time again, definitely an amazing story.