Steven Weber gives every character their own unique voice and once you get past his version of stuttering Bill, which can be a bit annoying, you start to appreciate his acting skills vastly. What I loved about this book… First off, the audio is just perfect. Seamlessly weaving between their lives as children and lives as adults, King tells the story of the children who It has killed and the children who tried to stop It and their efforts to stop It completely as adults. It begins by introducing the characters as adults being told that they need to return to Derry because It has returned, and they promised that they would come back if things ‘started up again’.

The most popular form It takes is that of Pennywise the dancing clown, which was capitalised on in the popular movie adaptations. However, Derry is only haunted for children, by ‘It’, which appears in many different forms depending on your fears. Obviously no book is perfect, but this is an epic horror novel worth reading/listening to! The story For those who don’t know, It by Stephen King follows the lives of Bill Denbrough, Ben Hanscom, Richie Tozier, Beverly Marsh, Eddie Kaspbrak, Mike Hanlon, and Stanley Uris as adults and children growing up in the haunted town of Derry. The story is just brilliant, with excellent setting, plotting and characterisation.

Would I recommend listening to this as an audiobook rather than reading it? YES! With incredible narration and long chapters, this is the perfect listen for a long plane journey, while you’re inputting data at work, or to accompany you when you’re doing mundane every day tasks by yourself. I have just finished listening to the entire 44 hour, 53 minute long audiobook of It by Stephen King and loved nearly every second.

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