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Jess
Sep 17, 2012 rated it it was amazing
2019 re-read: I didn't love this as much as I did the first time (7 years ago, almost to the day, and just like now with a RAGING cold), but I also can't bring myself to remove a star from the rating.

2012: Stephen King, man. I've honestly never read any of his horror - which is what he's best known for, I guess - but this book?! I was crying so hard for the last five pages or so of it that I could barely read (so I guess I'm still a romantic at heart after all) ...which was also my reaction to
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gwen g
Apr 25, 2012 rated it it was ok
Good idea, mediocre writing, very mediocre characters, terrible pacing. Stephen King, there is no reason on earth that this book needed to be almost 900 pages long. Hire an editor, sir!
Talia
Dec 07, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: adult-fiction
Jake Epping is a high school english teacher, stagnant in his life and just "going through the motions". One day, his town's local diner owner confides in him several things: 1)He has a portal to the past, specifically 1958. 2)He wants to prevent the assassination of JFK. 3)He has laid a lot of the groundwork, but since he is dying of cancer, he wants Jake to do it.

I really *really* enjoyed this. I originally picked this up because a coworker said it was once of his favorite books, and also a go
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Abby Johnson
Jan 27, 2013 rated it liked it
Shelves: grownup_books
Um, I liked it but I could have done without about a third of it. I liked the parts about Jake/George finding his way in the brave new world of the 1950s and '60s and the relationships he develops with various people there. I did not care for the parts that examine Lee Harvey Oswald's squalid life and debate and redebate about whether he was the only killer or there was a conspiracy. People who are more interested in the history here might like the overall book better. ...more
Linda Parker
May 15, 2014 rated it really liked it
It is a long book and drags in a few small parts but overall it was absorbing and pretty fascinating to re-envision this story.
Jennifer Kronk
It will take me a few days to process reading this but I really loved this book! I might write a better review later but I am so glad I read this.
jen8998
Oct 08, 2012 rated it really liked it


Long read but worth it.
Michelle
Mar 05, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shelves: sf
Time travel with Jake Eppping/George Amperson back to the late 1950s and early 1960s to try to save JFK from being assassinated...and his student Harry Dunning from having his family slaughtered on Halloween. Falls in love with Sadie Dunhill, the school librarian in small town of Jodie, Texas.

Yellow card man, resets, Al's diner, teaching, Mike and Bobbie Jill, dancing.
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Alvin
May 03, 2012 rated it it was ok
If SK didn't write this, I'd rate it 2 stars. The premise got me hooked. The first third of the book kept me going. The rest was just fits and starts. I can't say that it was boring, but I was often waiting for something better to happen.

(edit: I demoted the rating to two stars. It would have gotten 3 stars if the page count was cut by 75%)
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Jill
Feb 01, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: listened
I listened to this book and very much enjoyed the character development and the unique way the King dealt with time travel. It was a great book to listen to and saved me many days on my long commute.
Susanne Clower
I was really enjoying this up until the end, which felt rushed. But all in all a terrific read.
Julie
Jan 05, 2012 rated it really liked it
Dan
Jan 15, 2012 added it
Shelves: kindle
Heidi
Jan 26, 2012 rated it liked it
akaellen
Feb 23, 2012 marked it as to-read
Mary
Apr 22, 2012 marked it as to-read
Shannon
May 21, 2012 rated it liked it
Risa
Jun 22, 2012 rated it really liked it
alana
Jun 30, 2012 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Leah Fitzgerald
Aug 19, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shelves: kobo, 2012
Keagan
Aug 27, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Kelly Leonard
Sep 29, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Sarah
Jan 03, 2013 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 2012
vivike
Jun 29, 2013 marked it as to-read
Carrie
Sep 27, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Lorena
Feb 21, 2014 rated it really liked it
elise
Jun 16, 2014 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Becca
Jun 25, 2014 marked it as to-read
Kate
Jan 21, 2016 marked it as to-read