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Stephen King

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Apr 26, 2018 Lesa Divine rated it really liked it

Shelves: favorite-list, 2018, read-it, library

I love a time traveling story that's not so science fiction.
Jake travels back in time to help a student of his. Then travels back to save JFK as dying wish from a man he barely knows. But Jake's life in the past is flipped numerous of times.

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Nov 15, 2014 Nancy rated it it was amazing

Shelves: historical-fiction, america, alternative-history, time-travel

What would happen to the world if JFK hadn't been assassinated? This was a question which Jake Epping was asked to face seriously when his friend Al admitted that he had discovered a way to step back in time, back to 1958. Al, dying of lung cancer, tasked Jake with going back and trying to stop Lee Harvey Oswald but it was no simple task. As Jake observed on multiple occasions, the past is obdurate. It doesn't want to be changed. Spending 5 years in the past preparing to stop that momentous even ...more

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Sep 12, 2020 Lee Simpson rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I am not usually a Stephen King fan, but this was an interesting story. Have you ever thought about the things of the past you would change if you could? Jake discovers a way that he can time travel and change things from the past. This story shows that things don't always turn out the way you think they will if you do change the past. ...more

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Oct 25, 2020 Erin rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: listened-to-it, prc-2020

I finally did it! I finished my first Stephen King novel! This was probably the least scary of his books and i am okay with that! It was way more descriptive than I was really expecting. I did really enjoy every minute of it. I don’t think I really got bored “per say” but I did have moments when I wished that he got to the point a little faster... and yes, Mr. King knows how to write a romantic scene! Highly recommend especially if you are also watching The Umbrella Academy season 2!

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