Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
X, I finished it, then went right back and read it again. I had to, because there was just so MUCH. The visit back to Derry, seeing Bev and Richie again, Harry's family and his sister who was like Lucille Ball, the bookie in Florida, moving to Texas, meeting Sadie, the plays, just all of it, and then Oswald and Marina, the other Russians, I couldn't absorb it all in one read. I had to go back and look at it again. And of COURSE I cried at the end!


I've gone back and started reading it again. It's a story that is absolutely rich in detail and characters. King has a unique ability of painting a picture with his words, and I find myself yearning to get lost in the worlds he creates, especially in this book.


"Growing up my dad was like 'You have a great last name, Galifianakis. Galifianakis...begins with a gal...and ends with a kiss...' I'm like that's great dad, can we get it changed to 'Galifianafuck' please?" -- Zach Galifianakis