IT (Stephen King) - November 4/17

Jesus H. Christ, Steve. I think I've been working on this one off and on for like three months and honestly it felt endless. The bones of the story are good - centuries-old evil torments small town, how could it not be awesome? - but damn does King ruin it by dragging it out beyond any reasonable measure. Far worse is his tendency to offer up completely dull, momentum-killing interludes involving one-and-done characters. Who cares? I glazed over a lot of this, especially the action heavy final stretch, and I'm shocked this was a well-received novel. * out of ****