This is not the first time I have addressed Stephen King’s 1986 novel IT on LitStack. A great tale about seven awkward preteens who are brought together by chance (or ARE they?) to form a “Loser’s Club” in the summer of 1958. Said Loser’s Club finds itself facing down an unimaginable evil, both in 1958 and then again twenty-six years later, a creature whose most effective weapon is its ability to see into your deepest, darkest fears and take their shape…right before it eats you. IT feeds on your fear almost as desperately as it feeds on your flesh. The characters are dynamic, the story is spellbinding, the horror curdles the blood (stay away from any local McDonald’s as you read). IT is as captivating as it is terrifying. Until the end that is. Battling a GIANT SPIDER in a dimly lit cave? Really? The end is as BAD as the first ninety percent of the book is GOOD.
Tee received a Master of Arts in English in 2008 from Southeastern Louisiana University. She has studied under Edgar nominee Tim Gautreaux, Booksense Pick novelist Bev Marshall and Clarion West graduate and World Fantasy nominee, Cat Rambo. She has more than ten years of documentation and editing experience and is currently the Editor-in-Chief at LitStack.com.
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In addition, she is working on several creative projects, including her second novel and various short stories. Her flash fiction, “Street Noises,” was included in the Pill Hill Press anthology “Daily Frights 2012: 366 Days of Dark Flash Fiction (Leap Year Edition)” and her short “Til Hunt Be Done,” was included in the Winter Wonders anthology from Compass Press.
A diehard New Orleans Saints fan, Tee lives with her family in Southeast Louisiana.
I think that for me, it would be The Time Traveler's Wife. In case someone hasn't read it, I won't say what I would change…but I suspect most who've read it know what I would change.
I would change that one too, aliceisforever.
And I totally agree with "IT". I was GLUED to that book (except that night a friend decided to raise a balloon right outside my bedroom window) and when I came to the end, I was poised for something equally dramatic and spellbinding and I got — a spider???? Pah-lu-heeze.
On Friday Night Knitting Club–It was a total letdown when the protagonist kicked the bucket. Didn't even bother to read the others in the series.
I think that for me, it would be The Time Traveler's Wife. In case someone hasn't read it, I won't say what I would change…but I suspect most who've read it know what I would change.
I would change that one too, aliceisforever.
And I totally agree with "IT". I was GLUED to that book (except that night a friend decided to raise a balloon right outside my bedroom window) and when I came to the end, I was poised for something equally dramatic and spellbinding and I got — a spider???? Pah-lu-heeze.
On Friday Night Knitting Club–It was a total letdown when the protagonist kicked the bucket. Didn't even bother to read the others in the series.