So, after 41 entries, I'm finally closing the IT rereading series. Thanks for sticking with me all this time. I mean, it's been going since 4/20/17. Wow, that is one loooooong reread.
The destruction above ground continues, with earthquakes and a glass corridor between the kid and adult library sections exploding for no reason. Well, no reason that the town knows of. As for the kids, we read as they escape and make their blood oath. Stan looks away, knowing even then he couldn't face IT again. I can't exactly blame him.
We read one last interlude with Mike, as he realizes that not only are all of them forgetting what happened, the words of the notebook are fading away. He makes peace with it, understanding this means IT is really dead. He spends some time lamenting the loss of his friends and the memories off his childhood, but he's wiser than to dwell on it.
Bill stays in Derry for a while, while Audra is still catatonic. He doesn't remember what caused her to be that way any longer, but knows how to restore her; for one last time, Bill rides Silver, rides to beat the devil. And he wins. They lost Eddie and Stan, but he wins Audra.
The novel closes detailing a dream Bill has of leaving Derry, even when he no longer can remember what it is, or why. He thinks of the immortality of childhood, of how he will write about the "sweet secrets" and morality of childhood; about how it's good to be young, but good to be an adult and ponder youth; about writing and stories and childhood and goodness.
'Or so Bill Denbrough sometimes thinks on those early mornings after dreaming, when he almost remembers his childhood, and the friends with whom he shared it.'
I've never read a final line that was so perfect, and stuck with me so well.
I don't think I can write anymore about the books themes, characters, or interpretations than I've already written. I'm still looking forward to the film in a few days, but it'll never capture the experience of reading this as a child the same age as the protagonists, or as an adult looking back almost as far as they did.
I hope you've enjoyed it.
The destruction above ground continues, with earthquakes and a glass corridor between the kid and adult library sections exploding for no reason. Well, no reason that the town knows of. As for the kids, we read as they escape and make their blood oath. Stan looks away, knowing even then he couldn't face IT again. I can't exactly blame him.
We read one last interlude with Mike, as he realizes that not only are all of them forgetting what happened, the words of the notebook are fading away. He makes peace with it, understanding this means IT is really dead. He spends some time lamenting the loss of his friends and the memories off his childhood, but he's wiser than to dwell on it.
Bill stays in Derry for a while, while Audra is still catatonic. He doesn't remember what caused her to be that way any longer, but knows how to restore her; for one last time, Bill rides Silver, rides to beat the devil. And he wins. They lost Eddie and Stan, but he wins Audra.
The novel closes detailing a dream Bill has of leaving Derry, even when he no longer can remember what it is, or why. He thinks of the immortality of childhood, of how he will write about the "sweet secrets" and morality of childhood; about how it's good to be young, but good to be an adult and ponder youth; about writing and stories and childhood and goodness.
'Or so Bill Denbrough sometimes thinks on those early mornings after dreaming, when he almost remembers his childhood, and the friends with whom he shared it.'
I've never read a final line that was so perfect, and stuck with me so well.
I don't think I can write anymore about the books themes, characters, or interpretations than I've already written. I'm still looking forward to the film in a few days, but it'll never capture the experience of reading this as a child the same age as the protagonists, or as an adult looking back almost as far as they did.
I hope you've enjoyed it.
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