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11/22/63

Stephen King

Start date: June 18, 2012

Finish date: June 24, 2012

Why we're reading this: 11/22/63 was a riveting read. The time travel device was smooth and cleverly done. The contrast between 2…more
[close] 11/22/63 was a riveting read. The time travel device was smooth and cleverly done. The contrast between 2012 and the late 1950s was continually highlighted; Stephen King included soooooo many details of life from that other age. The characters were fascinating, and the action was fast-paced. I just could not put this door-stopper down!

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Oct 20, 2012 Julia rated it it was ok

Shelves: alternate-history, overhyped

I was very frustrated with this book. The premise is good: Jake Epping, a high school teacher whose wife has just left him, is introduced to a time portal which will take him back to September 1958. He can stay in the past as long as he likes (hours or years) but will always return two minutes later than he left. His friend Al, who owns the diner where the portal is located, has travelled to the past multiple times and assures Jake that each time he goes is a "reset" which will start over again ...more

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Mar 28, 2012 Sherrie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction, award-winners, audio-books, science-fiction

11/22/63 is Stephen King at his best! The length of the book was epic, 11/22/63 weighs in at 849 pages, but it was worth the trip. This book made me laugh, cry and cheer! Jake Epping a thirty something high school English teacher is tasked with stopping Kennedy's assassination by his friend Al who happens to be dying of lung cancer. Al's Diner has a "rabbit hole" to the past which Jake uses for this time travel. I loved that some of the characters from my favorite King book "It" make an appearan ...more

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Jan 23, 2018 Jennifer Bowers rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I saw the first two episodes of the mini-series on the plane and when I was following it up discovered that it's a book by Stephen King! It's very long, but goes fast b/c you can't put it down. I haven't seen the rest of the series but I suspect the book is better (they had already started changing things from the book in those first 2 episodes). ...more

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