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Mar 06, 2024Melogramatic rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I find it very difficult to absorb myself in later (or as I like to call them, "modern") Stephen King novels, because in my opinion they lack the magic that stemmed from the author's need to hook the reader. As an international rock star…
Dec 11, 2023LongRyder rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Has Stephen King ever written a bad book? 11/22/63 provides an interesting take on potential alternate history, namely just what would the world look like if JFK had never been assassinated?
Sep 23, 2023ScorchingSun rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This is a long book stuffed full of minute details, much of which is entertaining nostalgia. Basically a time travel story of lost causes and lost love. SPOILER : it's puzzling why the main character seems obsessed with stopping Oswald…
Sep 22, 2023
This little known author (wink wink) has the ability to spin a yarn, and at 849 pages, there's a lot here to unspool. Thankfully, King makes it all effortless in this time-travelling work of suspense.
Aug 30, 2023BillKaspbrak rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
I really wanted to like this book and just couldn't. It started off promising, and we got a nice little fan service from a little town called Derry. But it wasn't enough to make me like this book. 'Sighs' the main character was bland, and…
Jun 02, 2023parmmi rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Went in for the sci-fi, stayed for the feels.
Apr 17, 2023JCLCatherineG rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This was far from King’s usual horror novels and was such a fascinating story that I was sad to leave it at the end.
Feb 22, 2023DCPL_Lynn rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This was my first Stephen King book since I am not a big fan of horror. This story of time travel is quite interesting. It's also a history lesson specifically about JFK and LHO, but also the late 50's and early 60's. It's long so be…
Dec 29, 2022Donna_R rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I read this over lunchbreaks for months and months, then a bigger read at the end of the year. Stephen King does time travel and alternate history with as much aplomb as he does horror.
Nov 28, 2022roadhockey rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This book is amazing. Just FYI the mini series kind of stinks. Read the book.
Oct 28, 2022alj62477 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This one is a little different that the typical Stephen King. It’s gripping and you quickly find yourself cheering for the main character. It’s a literal trip back into time and King does an excellent job writing a story that’s easy to get…
Sep 30, 2022Book_reader_2022 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
loved it! it was so good and i liked that it has so many different parts that were all so perfect together. i would definitely recommend this to a friend.
Sep 11, 2022jimbo_yosemite rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Not a Stephen King fan but I really liked this book. Its a combo of Sci-Fi, twisted history, and a love story.
Feb 21, 2022GremJet rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Good story, way too long. Could easily edit off 300 pages and still been a good read.
Nov 26, 2021SunnyGreen99 rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
Terrible premiss to save JFK - who was not one of the better presidents - and the book is in desperate need of an editor with huge shears to cut out at least half of it. The science fiction/time portion of the book seems hardly developed…
Nov 26, 2021paula_therese rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This is one of my favourite Stephen King books. It is a little long, and in true SK fashion, long-winded at times, but it's an interesting book about how one moment can change things.
Sep 01, 2021burgundy_snake_30 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
11/22/63 is a story that follows Jake Epping, a high school teacher. Jake's friend discovered a time hole and wants Jake to go down and change history by stopping the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Based on the language and maturity of…
Jun 17, 2021Ronaks06 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I'm a big King fan, but this book was okay. It had great transitions but book was to long. Seemed as if it was stretched out. The research involved was just amazing and the book was so detailed like all his others. I don't recommend this…
Apr 21, 2021
About 300 pages worth of story dragged out to over 800 pages. Lame!
Dec 29, 2020bbock291 rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Was a good idea about time travel, but thought the story about saving JFK got hijacked by the subplot. (Life in small town 'Jodie Texas' and Jack falling in love with the school librarian, Sadie.) I thought Jack wanting to stay in 1963…
Dec 01, 2020rally_is_rising rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
An absolute page turner. Readers can tell King really researched the hell out of the era and left no detail out. Even though I spent the entire time trying to guess or figure out what would happen next, King continued to surprise…
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Oct 12, 2020L_Sanga rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Wow, what a stonker. Over 1,000 pages in the larger print version. King's concept here is so expansive. It contains the King-isms and humor that you'd expect. But you actually feel his enjoyment while writing this, that makes it my…
Sep 16, 2020JCLCharlesH rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
In this time travel thriller novel, English teacher Jake Epping is given the chance to go back in time and stop the 1963 assassination of JFK. Violent and creepy as you would expect for a Stephen King story, the time travel rules are…
Sep 03, 2020
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Jun 22, 2020
The novel 11/22/63 by Stephen King is an excellent book that combines real-life history, with a few supernatural elements, while still creating a believable and vibrant world. The novel follows a high school teacher named Jake Epping who…