11/22/63 in Overdue Podcast

Nov 21, 2017 Jason rated it really liked it

Shelves: own

ob·du·rate
ˈäbd(y)ərət/
adjective
stubbornly refusing to change.

*Special Note: I despise the above word for no discernibly rational reason. My irrational hatred for this particular word acted as a drag on the entire book for me, because the term 'obdurate past' was used as a repetitive devise or mantra throughout the 849 pages... it made me twitch with the discomfort of a million misfiring neurons.

Briefest synopsis possible: Jake Epping is struggling in modern (2011) America before he is approached ...more

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Aug 29, 2020 Sarina M rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: a

3.5 This was a marvelous idea. The whole story seemed intensely thought out (and the time travel rules were particularly interesting). I learned a lot about Kennedy and Oswald and the late 1950s/ early 1960s.

I liked Jake/George as a character, who was highly intelligent (which was very refreshing after spending countless books with total idiots for main characters). He thought deeply about every decision he made. My main question throughout the first half was why he didn't just find Oswald and ...more

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May 17, 2019 Jeni rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This was really good. I almost knocked it down to three stars though because it really dragged in the middle. I just could've have done with an editor getting rid of a lot of the romance arc as it didn't interest me much. Plus the Stephen King cliches of alcoholism and AA (seriously, you did drugs too, make someone a cocaine or heroin addict for once). But it was a really solid story when it was focused on that. ...more

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