It, by Stephen King, is a book one cannot forget. I remember reading this book a long time ago, and a lot of things have sailed over my head since I read the book at the tender age of fourteen. I decided to give it a read, and here’s my review, spoiler-free.
The infamous Losers Club met as children back in the late 1950s after the death of Bill Denbrough’s little brother, Georgie. From there, Eddie, Ritchie, Beverly, Ben, Stan, and Mike all come together to defeat it, the shape-shifter clown. Every twenty-seven to thirty years or so, odd occurrences happen in the town of Derry, Maine. Seven kids had the guts to get rid of the clown, only for the clown to show up again years later, as an adult.
They’ve returned to Derry to put an end to the shapeshifter. The flashback goes that when the kids defeated the clown, they wanted to forget about what happened in the sewer, and Beverly, in her adolescent wisdom, has a bright idea involving a train. Enough said.
As adults, after they defeated the shapeshifter for the second time, the memories begin to fade, and they move on with their lives. Derry is but a lifetime ago for the members of the Losers Club.
It, by Stephen King, deserves a reread, especially on a dark, rainy day. I’ll see you all tomorrow!
