Month 3 Discussion: IT by Stephen King

Serena and I are hosting a read-along of Stephen King’s IT once a month through December.  Click here for the complete reading schedule.  This month’s discussion on Part 3 and the Third Interlude are being held on Serena’s blog, and I hope you’ll jump over there and join in the discussion if you’re participating in the read-along or have read the book in the past.

While I found Part 2 to be a little rambling and harder to get through, Part 3 read very quickly for me, mainly because we’re back to the main characters in the present (1985) as they face off with It to finish what they hoped they’d stopped for good back in 1958.  At this point, we almost know these characters better than we know ourselves, which is no small accomplishment by King given the fact that there are about 7 characters in the forefront.

There’s more action and even some terror as Pennywise the Clown makes numerous appearances in various forms and more of what happened in the previous killing cycles is revealed.  (Let me just tell you, I don’t think I’ll ever set foot in a library again without thinking of Pennywise!)  King does a great job giving you enough information to feel somewhat satisfied while making you yearn for more details.

The first discussion on Part 1 and the First Interlude was held on Serena’s blog, and the discussion on Part 2 and the Second Interlude was held here.

I will be hosting the next discussion on Part 4 and the Fourth Interlude here on Diary of an Eccentric on November 30, and I hope you’ll join us!

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