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Book • 1986 • Horror
ReportThis book contains 80 potentially triggering events.
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aftermathsos
There is a drawn-out, graphic, and brutal death of a dog. Could be considered animal torture, very upsetting.
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bylerisreddie
It’s described that Patrick puts pets in a refrigerator until they die it’s pretty brutal
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aftermathsos
Yes, very brutal poisoning of a dog.
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KayleeEe
Sheep are shown being slaughtered
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PeterBrittingham
Patrick Hofstetter takes pets, including cats, from his neighbors yards and puts them in an abandoned refrigerator during winter to freeze/starve.
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Werezolft
Several pets are killed, notably Mike’s dog
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invadermac
It’s real physical form is a giant spider
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text
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lillianm
Beverly is gaslighted by her father
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lillianm
Beverly's abusive husband follows her to Derry
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georgiaaaaaaaaa
Munchausen syndrome by proxy - Eddie's mother makes up his illnesses and gives him fake medication
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Its a bit iffy but bev’s dad demands that she pull down her pants so he can still make sure she is “pure” and bev’s mom asks if her dad touches her
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Pantalones
Not only beaten up, downright tortured. A bully cuts another child with a knife.
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Anonymous
One chapter features a character remembering a fire at a nightclub. King describes the burning of several victims in detail.
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byler_stan
One character's fears are all about his eyes so there are some very gory eye scenes
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georgiaaaaaaaaa
character has asthma attacks and struggles to breathe often. there is a scene where main characters struggle to breathe in smoke
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BiblioAnon
Eddie breaks his arm twice.
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BridgetCraghill
Not physically but could be psychologically by the clown
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Jay_isnt_cool
Not really, but a character does die by getting his arm torn off
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BiblioAnon
Tom's teeth are damaged in the fight with Bev.
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No one falls to their death in the book
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TheDreammweaver
That is in the 2017 Movie, not the book
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BiblioAnon
There are brief mentions of town lynching victims in one of the interludes and another key figure is lynched by hanging after he has committed murder.
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EllaDrawswell
There is a scene in which the characters perform intercourse??
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LFAF1
Pennywise’s main food is eating children.
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skyleighkitty666
Yes! One of the kids kill their own parent.
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Pantalones
A boy's younger brother is brutally murdered by Pennywise.
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killjxy
Most of the time you can sort of tell in a book when a scare is coming up, but there are abrupt and disturbing scenes in the It novel.
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Jay_isnt_cool
There is a scene in a bath, but I don't know if that counts.
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coxj
Shockingly, there are clowns.
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Stanley kills himself by slitting his wrists
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Pennywise isn't a ghost
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HorrorLaughs
Obviously you can’t see it so if you are sensitive to the subject then skip over (even though it’s not graphic) the first couple of lines when Richie’s part starts on page 60 and also it may be done somewhere else in the book but the book is 1153 pages long and I’m not currently re-reading it so.... not that I remember. If there is, then it shouldn’t be too graphic because I would have probably been triggered by it. Uhhh yeah... Safe readings 😄
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MikeyRose
It's a book
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trashmouthtozier
The father of a major character dies from cancer; we see him in the hospital in flashback, clearly suffering.
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lillianm
It's implied that someone's asthma attacks may actually be anxiety attacks
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BridgetCraghill
There is references to shaming an overweight child
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BridgetCraghill
Kind of, they slice their hand in a way of creating a pact.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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alansmithee
It’s a book.
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Yes pennywise constantly watches the kids, especially when they’re playing in the barrens
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Anonymous
Yes, the first described victim is a gay man. A main character who is heavily coded to be gay also dies.
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jdpamv
The gay characters are misrepresented which is particularly homophobic since they get gay bashed and one of them is murdered. Given the time the book was written, they aren't horrifically misrepresented, but it's for sure a triggering read today.
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invadermac
The kids use antisemitic jokes on Stan, but it’s note hateful
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Alexhazlett
Gay couple is berated and killed
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alansmithee
Young Ben is bullied for his weight by the secondary antagonist
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BiblioAnon
There are many instances of the n-word and other related slurs. They appear in multiple chapters and are used heavily by one of the main antagonists.
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alansmithee
Survives the entire book.
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Pantalones
Putting it very bluntly, there is a child orgy. All characters involved are minors about the same age, 12 or so years old. Multiple boys have sex with one girl.
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Eslyea
There is a child orgie scene
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Maktopus
It is implied that Bev's father is a pedophile and has molested her.
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byler_stan
the ending is sad
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IsabelSaunders
It is mentioned that bill was hit by a car when he was 3
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TrashKat
There is a flashback scene that involves a shoot out between a gang and the police/citizens of Derry
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