My favorite part was when Eddie tells off his mother in the hospital. Chilling and amazing scene
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Mike Hanlon and Richie Tozier.My favorite part in IT is when those two boys- I don't remember which ones they were - after sitting in The Losers' little underground lair, breathing the smoke from that fire, go back to a prehistoric time right before the spaceship carrying IT starts landing in the jungle.It was written so beautifully, the imagery was intense and compelling, and the action was truly scary.
I found a place out driving today that reminded me of the barrens and made me think about my childhood. I grew up in northern Maine & there weren't a lot of kids close to my or my brother's age, so we mostly just had each other or ourselves, our imaginations keeping us company. I guess why I like this book so much, reminds me of the vivid imagination I had when I was little!...the Barrens...I too was a lonely wanderer as a child, and that placed called to me...only without the balloons and clown suit...
...I am fortunate to have never lost that sense of wonder and imagination...it's dulled at times by life's grinding wheel...but never sheared away...I found a place out driving today that reminded me of the barrens and made me think about my childhood. I grew up in northern Maine & there weren't a lot of kids close to my or my brother's age, so we mostly just had each other or ourselves, our imaginations keeping us company. I guess why I like this book so much, reminds me of the vivid imagination I had when I was little!
That's wonderful. Mine is still there, although I stopped talking to fairies a long time ago haha...I am fortunate to have never lost that sense of wonder and imagination...it's dulled at times by life's grinding wheel...but never sheared away...
I liked when Bev was packing up her stuff. She got her bad self back again.
That's wonderful. Mine is still there, although I stopped talking to fairies a long time ago haha
I would be hard pressed to pick any particular part as my absolute favorite. If my back was to a wall I guess I might choose Ben's flashback to the last day of school where we follow him through town and eventually into the Barrens where he falls with Bowers in hot pursuit. That short story within a larger story introduces so many of the key characters and in a way where you truly know them in the most fundamental way. I think our look into how Ben thinks, his loves, his fears, and his weaknesses is one of the best depictions of a child that exists in fiction. That whole section of the book could be taken out and given its own binding and people could read it from start to finish and feel they have read a successful short story.