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Now a major TV series from JJ Abrams and Stephen King, starring James Franco (Hulu US, Fox UK and Europe, Stan Australia, SKY New Zealand).

WHAT IF you could go back in time and change the course of history? WHAT IF the watershed moment you could change was the JFK assassination? 11.22.63, the date that Kennedy was shot - unless . . .

King takes his protagonist Jake Epping, a high school English teacher from Lisbon Falls, Maine, 2011, on a fascinating journey back to 1958 - from a world of mobile phones and iPods to a new world of Elvis and JFK, of Plymouth Fury cars and Lindy Hopping, of a troubled loner named Lee Harvey Oswald and a beautiful high school librarian named Sadie Dunhill, who becomes the love of Jake's life - a life that transgresses all the normal rules of time.

With extraordinary imaginative power, King weaves the social, political and popular culture of his baby-boom American generation into a devastating exercise in escalating suspense.

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King weaves the social, political and popular culture of his baby-boom American generation into a devastating exercise in escalating suspense. Daily Liberal

A fascinating journey. Armidale Express Extra

America's greatest living novelist. Lee Child

Mammoth but entertaining, this is part sci-fi, part suspense and part travelogue of a long-ago America. Who Weekly

'King's most purely entertaining novel in years . . . utterly compelling.' John Connolly on UNDER THE DOME

...This is the American of Stephen King's childhood and it's one that he re-creates in vivid and loving detail... This is a truly compulsive, addictive novel not just about time-travel or the Kennedy assassination but about recent American history and its might-have-beens, about love, and about how life 'turns on a dime'. It's a thunking 700-pager which left me only wanting more. The master storyteller in truly masterful form. Daily Mail

Fine stories to take with us into the night. -- Neil Gaiman on FULL DARK, NO STARS in the Guardian

King swiftly moves beyond vintage Americana to unfold a stunningly panoramic portrait of the era. His [King's] fascination with evil...arranges characters among clear mortal frontiers that fell meaningful rather than simplistic. King commands an inordinately fat space on the bookshelf with 11.22.63 but it's hard to begrudge when his vast imagination is working across such an epic canvas. Seven, The Sunday Telegraph

Stephen King is a remarkable and wonderful storyteller who never loosens his grip on the reader throughout the 750-page book. Woman's Day

Delivers a lot of praise and enjoy. The story comes off the blocks with almost alarming speed ... he tells a story like a pro .... 11.22.63 kept me up all night.' Daily Telegraph

Stephen King's new novel, 11.22.63, combines a variety of genres, being a JFK assassination, a story of time travel, a variation on the grail quest, a novel of voyeurism, a love story, a historical novel, a counter-factual historical novel and the chilling tale of a sinister animate universe, a form which can be traced back to the ghost stories of MR James. London Review of Books

One of the strengths of the book is King's at once nostalgic and honest view of the end of the Eisenhower era. King manages to avoid both sentimentalizing the past and treating it with massive condescension; his role as the poet of American brand-names serves him well here. Independent

King's gift of storytelling is unrivalled. His ferocious imagination is unlimited. George Pelecanos

'The pedal is indeed to the metal.' Guardian on UNDER THE DOME

The details of Fifties America, the cars, the clothes, the food, the televisions with wonky horizontal hold, are so vivid that you begin to wonder whether the author himself hasn't had access to a time machine.
...But as you worry at the paradoxes and the brilliantly explained pseudo science there is no denying that this monster yearn is blindingly impressive. Manly writers run out of steam as they get older. King, though, writes books that are ever longer and more demanding. I can't wait to see what he will tackle next. Daily Express

'Tight and energetic from start to finish.' New York Times on UNDER THE DOME

People often complain there are no writers of the stature of Dickens anymore. I think that for pure energy and invention missed with compassion, King stands in that writer's direct line. Dickens' heir is alive and well and living in Maine. Eureka Street

Not just an accomplished time-travel yarn but an action-heavy meditation on chance, choice and fate. Independent Books of the Year

Perhaps only seasoned storyteller Stephen King could accomplish changing the course of history in his vast time-travelling masterpiece whilst effortlessly weaving political and social details with abundant humour. King's intriguing new story structure will surely catapult the author to another best-seller. The Australian Women's Weekly

The most remarkable story-teller in modern American literature. Guardian, Mark Lawson

Stephen King at his epic, pedal-to-metal best. Sunday Times, Culture, Alison Flood

The novel is big, ambitious and haunting. King has probably absorbed the social, political, and popular culture of his baby-boom American generation as thoroughly and imaginatively as any other writer. Mildura Midweek

The master of the pen has written yet another extraordinary novel. Independent

A delightful blend of history and fantasy by a man who has always had a soft spot for an America where men wore fedoras, drove big Fords and could do the foxtrot. A thriller by a genius writer. The Courier Mail

You have to take a leap of faith with time-travel novels, but if there's one writer who can pull it off, it's Stephen King. ... Captivating, surprisingly pacy and free from sci-fi cliché, it's no wonder the film version is already being planned. Shortlist

11.22.63 marks a definite maturing of literary command and ambition. The key to any novel set in an alternate reality is credible world building, the steady accumulation of detail - preferably lightly distributed - that brings the story alive. King succeeds in this, partly drawing from his own memories. Adam LeBor, FT Weekend

This is Stephen King in top and chilling form. Take Five

A powerful love story. Mirror

'Staggeringly addictive.' USA Today

These early sections of the novel are almost irresistible entertaining, enlivened not just by King's supreme control of the form but by his sardonic wit and usual generosity of spirit and expansiveness. Yet as Jack/George moves closer to his goal, other, darker notes intrude, as time itself begins to resist his attempts to change its course, and as he begins to identify with his quarry.... Beneath the reassuring glow of King's portrait of an earlier, simpler time moves a darker and less comfortable vision, a glimpse of the terrifying machinery that moves below the surface of human history, and which stands as a stark, chilling rejoinder to the fantasies of escape embodied in so many time travel stories. The Weekend Australia

From the Back Cover

WHAT IF you could go back in time and change the course of history? WHAT IF the watershed moment you could change was the JFK assassination? 11.22.63, the date that Kennedy was shot - unless ...King takes his protagonist Jake Epping, a high school English teacher from Lisbon Falls, Maine, 2011, on a fascinating journey back to 1958 - from a world of mobile phones and iPods to a new world of Elvis and JFK, of Plymouth Fury cars and Lindy Hopping, of a troubled loner named Lee Harvey Oswald and a beautiful high school librarian named Sadie Dunhill, who becomes the love of Jake's life - a life that transgresses all the normal rules of time. With extraordinary imaginative power, King weaves the social, political and popular culture of his baby-boom American generation into a devastating exercise in escalating suspense.
--This text refers to the kindle_edition_av edition.

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The reader feels the benefit of 40 years of narrative craftsmanship and reflection on his nation's history. Going backwards proves to be another step forward for the most remarkable storyteller in modern American literature. ― Mark Lawson, Guardian

The pages of 11.22.63 fly by, filled with immediacy, pathos and suspense. It takes great brazenness to go anywhere near this subject matter. But it takes great skill to make this story even remotely credible. Mr. King makes it all look easy, which is surely his book's fanciest trick. ― New York Times

Stephen King at his epic, pedal-to-metal best ― Alison Flood, Sunday Times

not just an accomplished time-travel yarn but an action-heavy meditation on chance, choice and fate. ― Independent Books of the Year

The details of Fifties America, the cars, the clothes, the food, the televisions with wonky horizontal hold, are so vivid that you begin to wonder whether the author himself hasn't had access to a time machine.
...But as you worry at the paradoxes and the brilliantly explained pseudo science there is no denying that this monster yearn is blindingly impressive. Manly writers run out of steam as they get older. King, though, writes books that are ever longer and more demanding. I can't wait to see what he will tackle next.
― Daily Express

Stephen King's new novel, 11.22.63, combines a variety of genres, being a JFK assassination, a story of time travel, a variation on the grail quest, a novel of voyeurism, a love story, a historical novel, a counter-factual historical novel and the chilling tale of a sinister animate universe, a form which can be traced back to the ghost stories of MR James. ― London Review of Books

The master of the pen has written yet another extraordinary novel. ― Independent

The story comes off the blocks with almost alarming speed ... he tells a story like a pro .... 11.22.63 kept me up all night. ― Daily Telegraph

Stephen King at his epic, pedal-to-metal best ― Alison Flood, Sunday Times, Culture

Not just an accomplished time-travel yarn but an action-heavy meditation on chance, choice and fate. ― Independent Books of the Year

The details of Fifties America, the cars, the clothes, the food, the televisions with wonky horizontal hold, are so vivid that you begin to wonder whether the author himself hasn't had access to a time machine ... But as you worry at the paradoxes and the brilliantly explained pseudo science there is no denying that this monster yearn is blindingly impressive. ― Daily Express

You have to take a leap of faith with time-travel novels, but if there's one writer who can pull it off, it's Stephen King ... Captivating, surprisingly pacy and free from sci-fi cliché, it's no wonder the film version is already being planned. ― Shortlist

This is the American of Stephen King's childhood and it's one that he re-creates in vivid and loving detail ... This is a truly compulsive, addictive novel not just about time-travel or the Kennedy assassination but about recent American history and its might-have-beens, about love, and about how life 'turns on a dime'. It's a thunking 700-pager which left me only wanting more. The master storyteller in truly masterful form. ― Daily Mail

King swiftly moves beyond vintage Americana to unfold a stunningly panoramic portrait of the era. His [King's] fascination with evil ... arranges characters among clear mortal frontiers that fell meaningful rather than simplistic. King commands an inordinately fat space on the bookshelf with 11.22.63 but it's hard to begrudge when his vast imagination is working across such an epic canvas. ― Seven, The Sunday Telegraph

Stephen King is up there with the best. It's a thriller, a meditation on late Fifties and early Sixties America and a love story. It creates a world you can lose yourself in. ― Peter Robinson in the Sunday Express

Time travel and an incredible talent for storytelling combine to produce a unique tour de force. ― Sun

One of the strengths of the book is King's at once nostalgic and honest view of the end of the Eisenhower era. King manages to avoid both sentimentalizing the past and treating it with massive condescension; his role as the poet of American brand-names serves him well here. ― Independent

11.22.63 marks a definite maturing of literary command and ambition. The key to any novel set in an alternate reality is credible world building, the steady accumulation of detail - preferably lightly distributed - that brings the story alive. King succeeds in this, partly drawing from his own memories. ― Adam LeBor FT Weekend

King's mastery of plot and his ability to create characters and situations both homespun and far-fetched means that this is the book you dream of getting stuck on the train home with. ― Independent on Sunday --This text refers to the kindle_edition_av edition.

About the Author

Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, and Doctor Sleep are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King. --This text refers to the kindle_edition_av edition.

Book Description

A riveting, high-stakes political story like UNDER THE DOME, a love story like BAG OF BONES, a 1950s community like IT, Stephen King's incredibly ambitious, heartstoppingly dramatic time travel novel, 11.22.63 is a WHAT IF? novel like no one's ever read before - a one thousand page tour de force. --This text refers to the kindle_edition_av edition.

From the Inside Flap

WHAT IF you could go back in time and change the course of history? WHAT IF the watershed moment you could change was the JFK assassination? 11.22.63, the date that Kennedy was shot - unless ...King takes his protagonist Jake Epping, a high school English teacher from Lisbon Falls, Maine, 2011, on a fascinating journey back to 1958 - from a world of mobile phones and iPods to a new world of Elvis and JFK, of Plymouth Fury cars and Lindy Hopping, of a troubled loner named Lee Harvey Oswald and a beautiful high school librarian named Sadie Dunhill, who becomes the love of Jake's life - a life that transgresses all the normal rules of time. With extraordinary imaginative power, King weaves the social, political and popular culture of his baby-boom American generation into a devastating exercise in escalating suspense.
--This text refers to the kindle_edition_av edition.

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8

On Monday, March 25, Lee came walking up Neely Street carrying a long package wrapped in brown paper. Peering through a tiny crack in the curtains, I could see the words REGISTERED and INSURED stamped on it in big red letters. For the first time I thought he seemed furtive and nervous, actually looking around at his exterior surroundings instead of at the spooky furniture deep in his head. I knew what was in the package: a 6.5mm Carcano rifle'also known as a Mannlicher-Carcano'complete with scope, purchased from Klein's Sporting Goods in Chicago. Five minutes after he climbed the outside stairs to the second floor, the gun Lee would use to change history was in a closet above my head. Marina took the famous pictures of him holding it just outside my living room window six days later, but I didn't see it. That was a Sunday, and I was in Jodie. As the tenth grew closer, those weekends with Sadie had become the most important, the dearest, things in my life.

9

I came awake with a jerk, hearing someone mutter 'still not too late' under his breath. I realized it was me and shut up.

Sadie murmured some thick protest and turned over in bed. The familiar squeak of the springs locked me in place and time: the Candlewood Bungalows, April 5, 1963. I fumbled my watch from the nightstand and peered at the luminous numbers. It was quarter past two in the morning, which meant it was actually the sixth of April.

Still not too late.

Not too late for what? To back off, to let well enough alone? Or bad enough, come to that? The idea of backing off was attractive, God knew. If I went ahead and things went wrong, this could be my last night with Sadie. Ever.

Even if you do have to kill him, you don't have to do it right away.

True enough. Oswald was going to relocate to New Orleans for awhile after the attempt on the general's life'another shitty apartment, one I'd already visited'but not for two weeks. That would give me plenty of time to stop his clock. But I sensed it would be a mistake to wait very long. I might find reasons to keep on waiting. The best one was beside me in this bed: long, lovely, and smoothly naked. Maybe she was just another trap laid by the obdurate past, but that didn't matter, because I loved her. And I could envision a scenario'all too clearly'where I'd have to run after killing Oswald. Run where? Back to Maine, of course. Hoping I could stay ahead of the cops just long enough to get to the rabbit-hole and escape into a future where Sadie Dunhill would be . . . well . . . about eighty years old. If she were alive at all. Given her cigarette habit, that would be like rolling six the hard way.

I got up and went to the window. Only a few of the bungalows were occupied on this early-spring weekend. There was a mud- or manure-splattered pickup truck with a trailer full of what looked like farm implements behind it. An Indian motorcycle with a sidecar. A couple of station wagons. And a two-tone Plymouth Fury. The moon was sliding in and out of thin clouds and it wasn't possible to make out the color of the car's lower half by that stuttery light, but I was pretty sure I knew what it was, anyway.

I pulled on my pants, undershirt, and shoes. Then I slipped out of the cabin and walked across the courtyard. The chilly air bit at my bed-warm skin, but I barely felt it. Yes, the car was a Fury, and yes, it was white over red, but this one wasn't from Maine or Arkansas; the plate was Oklahoma, and the decal in the rear window read GO, SOONERS. I peeked in and saw a scatter of textbooks. Some student, maybe headed south to visit his folks on spring break. Or a couple of horny teachers taking advantage of the Candlewood's liberal guest policy.

Just another not-quite-on-key chime as the past harmonized with itself. I touched the trunk, as I had back in Lisbon Falls, then returned to the bungalow. Sadie had pushed the sheet down to her waist, and when I came in, the draft of cool air woke her up. She sat, holding the sheet over her breasts, then let it drop when she saw it was me.

"Can't sleep, honey?'

"I had a bad dream and went out for some air.'

"What was it?'

I unbuttoned my jeans, kicked off my loafers. "Can't remember.'

'try. My mother always used to say if you tell your dreams, they won't come true.'

I got into bed with her wearing nothing but my undershirt. "My mother used to say if you kiss your honey, they won't come true.'

"Did she actually say that?'

"No.'

"Well," she said thoughtfully, 'it sounds possible. Let's try it.'

We tried it.

One thing led to another.

10

Afterward, she lit a cigarette. I lay watching the smoke drift up and turn blue in the occasional moonlight coming through the half-drawn curtains. I'd never leave the curtains that way at Neely Street, I thought. At Neely Street, in my other life, I'm always alone but still careful to close them all the way. Except when I'm peeking, that is. Lurking.

Just then I didn't like myself very much.

"George?'

I sighed. 'that's not my name.'

"I know.'

I looked at her. She inhaled deeply, enjoying her cigarette guiltlessly, as people do in the Land of Ago. "I don't have any inside information, if that's what you're thinking. But it stands to reason. The rest of your past is made up, after all. And I'm glad. I don't like George all that much. It's kind of . . . what's that word you use sometimes? . . . kind of dorky.'

"How does Jake suit you?'

"As in Jacob?'

"Yes.'

"I like it.' She turned to me. "In the Bible, Jacob wrestled an angel. And you're wrestling, too. Aren't you?'

"I suppose I am, but not with an angel.' Although Lee Oswald didn't make much of a devil, either. I liked George de Mohren--schildt better for the devil role. In the Bible, Satan's a tempter who makes the offer and then stands aside. I hoped de Mohrenschildt was like that.

Sadie snubbed her cigarette. Her voice was calm, but her eyes were dark. "Are you going to be hurt?'

"I don't know.'

"Are you going away? Because if you have to go away, I'm not sure I can stand it. I would have died before I said it when I was there, but Reno was a nightmare. Losing you for good . . .' She shook her head slowly. "No, I'm not sure I could stand that.'

"I want to marry you," I said.

'my God," she said softly. "Just when I'm ready to say it'll never happen, Jake-alias-George says right now.'

"Not right now, but if the next week goes the way I hope it does . . . will you?'

"Of course. But I do have to ask one teensy question.'

"Am I single? Legally single? Is that what you want to know?'

She nodded.

"I am," I said.

She let out a comic sigh and grinned like a kid. Then she sobered. "Can I help you? Let me help you.'

The thought turned me cold, and she must have seen it. Her lower lip crept into her mouth. She bit down on it with her teeth. 'that bad, then," she said musingly.

"Let's put it this way: I'm currently close to a big machine full of sharp teeth, and it's running full speed. I won't allow you next to me while I'm monkeying with it.'

"When is it?' she asked. "Your . . . I don't know . . . your date with destiny?'

'still to be determined.' I had a feeling that I'd said too much already, but since I'd come this far, I decided to go a little farther. 'something's going to happen this Wednesday night. Something I have to witness. Then I'll decide.'

"Is there no way I can help you?'

"I don't think so, honey.'

"If it turns out I can''

'thanks," I said. "I appreciate that. And you really will marry me?'

"Now that I know your name is Jake? Of course.' --This text refers to the kindle_edition_av edition.

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Stephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His first crime thriller featuring Bill Hodges, MR MERCEDES, won the Edgar Award for best novel and was shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award. Both MR MERCEDES and END OF WATCH received the Goodreads Choice Award for the Best Mystery and Thriller of 2014 and 2016 respectively.
King co-wrote the bestselling novel Sleeping Beauties with his son Owen King, and many of King's books have been turned into celebrated films and television series including The Shawshank Redemption, Gerald's Game and It.
King was the recipient of America's prestigious 2014 National Medal of Arts and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for distinguished contribution to American Letters. In 2007 he also won the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He lives with his wife Tabitha King in Maine.
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Cameo Roll
Bloated but Unbowed!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 December 2017
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Sorry to say, the worst enemy of Stephen King is - Stephen King! He is a hugely accomplished writer and story teller - as we all know - but his literary genius allows him a luxury which can sometimes be his undoing.

The work of any lesser author would be scrutinised at length by the Publisher and almost certainly reined back to a more concise and action-flowing narrative. However because Stephen is "the ultimate", his work cannot (or will not be subject to critical analysis before being published) and the result can be a bloated and overblown exercise in writing for writing sake. No-one can deny that he is able to write/create on a stupendous level with incredible skill, but when this genius is used to pad out what would otherwise be a very exciting and pacey thriller, it lapses into pure self indulgence. In other words because he can do it doesn't mean that he has to!

The beginning of the book is intriguing and gripping, and the end of it is also quite mind boggling, but the middle is a gigantic 50s and 60s pastiche like a monstrous cloying cream cake of everything that SK can pack in about life at those times - dancing, music, sport, politics, and more dancing -
most of which is completely irrelevant to the plot. I struggled to the end - part of which is quite reminiscent of the Back to the Future plots - and just wished SK had cut about 250 - 300 pages out of the middle of his book. Like a surgeon removing an unused and unnecessary appendix.

Why can't he take a tip from his younger self and return to the non stop action and intrigue of his earlier stories? Go away Stephen King - and come back Stephen King!
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A long journey to become totally immersed in.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 July 2018
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I agree with a lot of the reviews here that state the book could be shorter. Of course it could be shorter and as a result would be faster paced. But you could say that about all of Kings novels, couldn't you? And to me, if you don't like long books, why pick up a Stephen King in the first place? As books are getting shorter and shorter these days, I'm personally glad that King continues to buck the trend and do his own thing. I love a long book if it is well written with engaging characters, and I know I'm in safe hands with Stephen King on both counts. I find it comforting to be totally immersed in a world of his creation for a week or so, or however long it takes to read it! The length of this book allows you to be part of every stage of the journey Jake Epping goes on, both physically and emotionally and also through time. It's a fascinating read on so many levels. I was never bored, just excited and intrigued. A very nostalgic look at the America of the 1950's and 60's, this novel examines the possibilities and consequences of time travel. If you could change history, would you? And if you did, what would the consequences be? Jake Epping is encouraged to go down the mysterious 'rabbit hole' by a dying man, who has desperately been trying to prevent JFK from being assassinated. I loved the way the past world was 'reset' every time Jake came back from it. I loved Jake and Sadie and now I've read this is a TV series, I'm going to have to watch it!
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I couldn't put this book down.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 April 2018
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Has to be one of the best books I've read in a long time. Fascinating, gripping, moving, scary. I am a fan of time travel novels but this was special. I've been a fan on and off, of King for over 40 years. And now I intend to read those novels of his that passed me by. I had considered Replay as the finest time slip novel, but it's been eclipsed by King. I also found it nostalgic to read about places in Dallas, having been a Brit working there for several months in 1982, and recognising many of those place and road names.
I hear there's a tv series which I will need to watch.
I considered slowing down towards the end, to make it last longer. But I just couldn't.
A remarkable book.
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jelicalcat
Not the usual Stephen King
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 August 2018
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This was a good story but it was more of a thriller than the usual horror I love Stephen King for. As a child I hated reading then at 18 years old I was in a serious car accident which put me in hospital for a month. A friend brought me a bag of books and out of sheer boredom one day I looked through them. The only one that seemed remotely interesting was Fire Starter. And that's when I fell in love. Not only with Stephen King but also with reading. However the last one I managed to get. And I do have a bookcase full of SK, was Lissys game as life took over and I can only read free books now and this is his only free one I've ever found. Good but not quite what I was looking forward to. Although I did like the references to some of the characters form IT
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FloridaDino
Can you change the past? Should you?
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 May 2017
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This was a near 5 star book for me, but ultimately I just felt it lost a little focus at times and a stodgy part in the middle slowed things down a little too much. All that being said, I thought the first 300 pages were superb, and couldn't put the book down. I actually enjoyed the book the most before Jake met Sadie, as he came to grips with late 50's/ early 60's America, and the crossover of sorts with a certain Fifities clown.
Although the books selling point is the Kennedy assassination, that actually features very little. Sure, we have the preparation with Oswald, but ultimately the themes are those of the relationship with Sadie, is the past really better than the present, can things be changed and should they? The human themes are the real hook the story hangs upon, as the ending shows.
It's a very good book, packed with a ton of detail as well as a great narrative, but just lacking a little focus at times and probably 50 pages too long. This is not a deal breaker by any means though.
Very highly recommended
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