11/22/63
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11/22/63
Stephen King
Mystery & Suspense
James Mustich
Jul 28, 2018
Although its ramifications are intricate, the seed of 11/22/63 is quite simple: A man named Jake Epping, living in Maine in 2011, finds a portal into the past (to September 9, 1958, at 11:58 AM, to be exact) and decides to travel back in time to prevent the assassination of President John F. Kennedy by Lee Harvey Oswald. As Epping navigates the five years between his arrival at the end of the 1950s and the fateful day in Dallas that gives this novel its name, King applies his usual attention to detail to vividly portray the vanished world his protagonist has entered, playfully using Epping’s foreknowledge of events to enliven the narrative. Filled with vivid details and fascinating implications regarding the dependencies of time and the rippling effects of any attempt to intervene in its flow, 11/22/63 is both spine-tingling and thought-provoking, a page-turning thriller and an exhilarating attempt to fathom what fiction can grasp.
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Mary Balsano Colombini Morgan
Oct 30, 2018
Excellent, thought-provoking, page-turner.
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Miceal O Coileain
Dec 4, 2018
The only Stephen King book that I had the slightest interest in reading, and thank heavens I did!
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Alice Hutchinson
Jan 10, 2019
If you could travel back in time to change anything, what would be the consequences. More thought-provoking that most. I loved this book.
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Carol Smith
Feb 2, 2019
Amazing book!!
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Dustin Stewart
May 30, 2019
A great adventure that subtly includes bits of other stories from King and culminates with an alternate ending to the JFK assassination story.
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Jane Huttner
Oct 9, 2019
This is the only Stephen King book I've ever read as I really dislike horror. I'm glad I did. He is an excellent writer and I would have never have known that. He really drew me into this book; I couldn't stop reading it. Thanks for recommending it, Jim.
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