Each interlude on the town’s history or the various lives of its protagonists unearths more of the horror small towns engender, from whitewashing its bloody past history to the trigger warning-worthy content no one ever speaks up on, from racism to homophobia and all stops in between. While It‘s twisted fairytale plot about children and monsters might be the main attraction, the book brutally tears down every suburban myth and nostalgic reminiscence along the way. But those going into this expecting a story about an evil clown and King’s usual clash between pleasant suburbia and monstrous acts are doing themselves a disservice. King’s occasionally daunting 1,138 page epic portrait of a town and the irrevocable power of maturity follows six young friends as they become aware of a dark secret lurking underneath the cheerful suburban facade of Derry, Maine, and again years later when they are forced to finish what they started as kids. Read our interview with Jeremy Robert Johnson here.Īpple | | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | IndieBound It also has a good deconstruction of the kind of power fantasy most “survive the evil teenagers” or “chased through the night” stories have, as Lucy has to wrestle with her trauma and the loss of friends and allies during the desperate struggle against the murderous, alien kids from the Butte, all of which brings a lot more heart, color, and tension to underpin the slick, apocalyptic horror plot. Robinson’s always been great at finding the empathy at the heart of his horror stories, but the way he blends modern tech with a “rich teens are evil” plotline and contrasts the aimlessness and boredom of suburban life with the high-octane violence of a “chased through the night” flick makes this some next-level suburban terror. When a bonfire party full of infected teens suddenly turns homicidal, it’s up to Lucy and her friends Bucket and Brewer to survive the night and escape town all while being stalked and hunted by the insane, twitching hivemind of popular kids. In the small town of Turner Falls, OR, the children of a medical tech conglomerate’s employees come down with a mysterious illness that makes them turn murderous and start speaking to people who aren’t there.
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