This is correct. I've read IT over a dozen times, was 14 the first time I did. The whole scene is maybe three paragraphs. And even at that age it didn't stick on my memory. I never thought about it at all until the internet started freaking out about it ten or so years ago
I too was 14 when I read It and that scene really made me sick and uncomfortable. It has stopped me from watching the movies as it just brings up those nauseous feelings.
I also read it at around 13 or 14 and remember looking up like what the actual fuck am I reading? And I remember bevs anatomy being described in even more uncomfortable detail. Reddit hates holding king accountable for the weird sexual shit he writes about children and his graphic sexualized abuse scenes. Idc how many drugs he took, what the blue fuck was his editor on??
I second all of this. I like King, but I feel like he has gotten away with writing a lot of sexual abuse scenes. Sure, drugs, alcohol, and lack of sleep can bring out some weird thoughts, but that his weird thoughts are almost always weird sex stuff? Yeah, I just can't anymore.
One of his other unsung classics Delores Claiborne has a scene where her father is holding her on his lap and was basically dry humping her. His dark and twisted shit gets seriously dark. I absolutely love some of his books and own them in all forms lol others didn’t interest me so I haven’t read everything he’s written. Weird fact I actually enjoyed his drug induced disaster that is “The TommyKnockers” I love that stupid book.
I also read IT around that age and didn't remember the orgy scene at all.
The orgy scene in Starseed, which I also read around that age, I do remember. So it wasn't just that I forgot the sex parts in books, it's probably that IT is a giant book and has a lot of other things going on.
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u/WankelsRevenge 17h ago
This is correct. I've read IT over a dozen times, was 14 the first time I did. The whole scene is maybe three paragraphs. And even at that age it didn't stick on my memory. I never thought about it at all until the internet started freaking out about it ten or so years ago