Quote:King is hit or miss. IT still sticks with me decades later.

I remember watching an online book review of "It" and the guy said that it was one of the most emotional books that he's ever read. One minute reading It will make you feel scared, laugh, happy, sad, and then scared again. All in one chapter and maybe a few pages too. From what I heard the book is very long though. But a lot of people said that the book was even scarier then the made for TV movie back in the early 90's.

 

 

I'm surprised that nobody's mentioned H.P. Lovecraft and his Call of Cthulhu series. I think that while King's earlier books were scary, H.P. Lovecraft espouses a feeling of deep fear and hopelessness in the face of divine, or cosmic entities.

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