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Stephen King

Finish date: January 7, 2015

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Aug 14, 2023 Lucinda rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Wow. I am not usually a fan of Stephen King's writing but I really enjoyed this book. It was hard to put down, for the most part.
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Jun 27, 2012 Astrid Lim rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction, america, politics, twist, science

4,5 stars actually, and totally deserved it!! I think this is my first experience reading Stephen King's book, and whatta BOOK! Telling a time travel story is not an easy thing to do, but King succeeded to doing it effortlessly. Jake Epping is one of the most lovable characters I've ever encountered and I can't help but to root for him. The hypothetically story about "what if we can change one of the most important moment in history and make the earth a better place to live?" But is it really th ...more

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Apr 08, 2016 Susan rated it really liked it

Awesome right out of the gate and then lulled a bit in the middle. I liked the pace of the ending and the speculation that came from the events of the past. A good book all the way around.

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Jan 28, 2012 Melissa Wiebe rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction, fiction, fantasy, 2012

Originally reviewed at Jayne's Books.

For the most part I really enjoyed the book, but I felt that the end of book, basically the last 50 pages, kinda fell flat. I understand why King had to do what he had to do at the end, but it kinda seemed like a bit of a cop out, especially since he had spent so much of the book building towards the day of the shooting.

Enough of that. What I loved about the book was the fact was that clearly King had done his research not only on Oswald, but he clearly had d ...more

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Dec 27, 2011 Booktart rated it liked it

Probably between 3 and 4 stars. Some of the writing felt a little cliche, or at least written for a movie (I've never read a Stephen King book before so am guessing that his books are generally like that). However, he certainly knows how to write a thriller -- I could not put this book down. It went by so quickly and looked forward to reading it (then could not tear myself away). I didn't love the ending -- the repercussions of the main character's actions seemed a little drastic to me -- but ov ...more

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Jul 22, 2013 Megan rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction

Don't be scared of the length of the book, this story really keeps you going. The national geographic channel just made a movie called Killing Kennedy, and it was all stuff I was reading about in this novel...it's more historical fiction than it is sci/fi. I like the idea of time travel and how much of an impact each and every one of us has on the world. I'm told there are Easter eggs thrown in from Steven King's other novels - this is the first book I've read by this author and I didn't feel li ...more

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