11.22.63 by Stephen King (MOBI)

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Now a major TV series from JJ Abrams and Stephen King, starring James Franco (Hulu US, Fox UK and Europe, Stan Australia, SKY New Zealand).WHAT IF you could go back in time and change the course of history? WHAT IF the watershed moment you could change was the JFK assassination? 11.22.63, the date that Kennedy was shot – unless . . . King takes his protagonist Jake Epping, a high school English teacher from Lisbon Falls, Maine, 2011, on a fascinating journey back to 1958 – from a world of mobile phones and iPods to a new world of Elvis and JFK, of Plymouth Fury cars and Lindy Hopping, of a troubled loner named Lee Harvey Oswald and a beautiful high school librarian named Sadie Dunhill, who becomes the love of Jake’s life – a life that transgresses all the normal rules of time.With extraordinary imaginative power, King weaves the social, political and popular culture of his baby-boom American generation into a devastating exercise in escalating suspense.

User’s Reviews

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐This topic has bamboozled millions. Mr King takes it, and runs with it. I can only imagine the amount of research that came before….I was a babe when JFK was assassinated. Even so, for some reason, it affected me profoundly when I learned of it. Some men, some people, just have an intrinsic charisma that draws the crowd. It draws the ladies, the men, the sceptics and critics alike and in this case… The imagination.Who knows what the future (our present day) would have become, if JFK had lived.I have some (lots actually) favourite lines/scenes that I would love to share with you, but as I’m anti-spolier, I can only share a couple:”Certain empty houses that seemed to stare like the faces of people suffering from terrible mental illness”.I have certainly had this feeling. Curiosity draws you toward; common sense hurries you away.”… a smile lit her face. It did something of which I would have thought a smile incapable: it made her simultaneously younger and uglier.”Oh yes. We’ve all seen one of these smiles. Haven’t we? Makes my skin crawl just recalling.Enough. I think you get the point.Once again, SK “nailed it”.

⭐I loved this book. I couldn’t put it down (even though I had to, lol). This is a different take on time travel, I won’t go into detail so I don’t spoil it for other readers. It’s suspenseful with a few twists but at the same time you can see a few things coming. Going back in time, Stephen King does such a wonderful job of describing the environment, the prices of the products back in the land of ago, the music en fin, you actually feel like you are being transported to that place in time. It’s not without it’s crime, but the focus is not on that as much as on the steps the character has to take to get to stop something. The past is obdurate is a sentence used throughout the book, which means you cannot change things without some kind of invisible force trying to stop you. Very well-written, with a nice touch of romance and also nostalgic. Ironically / interestingly the ‘future’ in this book had Mrs. Clinton as president…..that’s all I will say without spoiling it too much for others. If you love the mix of facts with fiction – you will love this book as it uses historical information intertwined with the fiction of this book. It makes you indeed wonder what would’ve happened if president Kennedy hadn’t been assassinated. Highly recommended.

⭐”But”, I hear you say, “I read the synopsis. It IS about a guy who goes back in time to stop the Kennedy assassination!”Yes it is. And the story behind the assassination is somewhat interesting, and the description of the life and times of the late 50’s and early 60’s – not an entirely rose-tinted one either – is quite fascinating.But that’s not what it’s about.If one measure of good fiction writing is the ability to make the reader invest in the characters, believe in them, care about them, then in my opinion King succeeds beyond anything else I’ve read recently… or possibly at all. Judging from some of the message board and forum postings that I’ve read since finishing the book, I’m not the only one who holds that opinion. In my view a measure of even better writing is the ability to resist the temptation to give the audience an easy ride, with the events and outcomes that they would like to see. Some unpleasant things happened to a number of the characters, things which made for uncomfortable moments for any readers who had come to care about them. In addition the story ending was not a “happily ever after” one but somewhat bittersweet… and somewhat open ended as well.But I repeat; the story is the characters, not the Kennedy assassination, not the alternative timelines, not the time travel. And not just the principal ones, but many of the minor ones as well. Several days after reading it they’re still on my mind and again, from the aforementioned postings, I’m not the only one there either.I’m not going to go into specifics of who they are or what they do because I don’t want to be responsible for spoiling the story for future readers. (Even though with a book this popular this review is likely to be buried on page 10 within 24 hours and no-one will ever see it. The fact that I’m still taking the time to write it speaks of my opinion of the book.) You’d be far better off seeing for yourself.I did find that parts of the story lines sagged a little (for me, it was the ones relating to the assassination plan) but in the end I really didn’t care as it allowed me to spend perhaps a few more pages in the Land Of Ago with a group of people that I wanted to see more of.I’m not a Stephen King fan (horror is not my thing) and I would not normally give any book a five star rating since no book ever reaches perfection.(One of King’s romantic scenes was nominated for the Bad Sex Writing award, and while I wouldn’t have nominated it (If most people wrote honestly about their own erotic encounters, those would probably qualify for such an award as well since it’s just the nature of the act) I will admit that one aspect of the scene stretched credibility a bit. I can’t say what without giving away an important plot point but I’m not sure that “oh sugar” is quite that easy to achieve on someone’s very first attempt at it. However in a novel that runs to hundreds of pages, quibbling over one or two paragraphs is very petty, in my view.)For me this book is probably as close to ideal as any writer is likely to get, so on this occasion I’ll give it the full five.

⭐If you are sceptical of time travel being the premise for a riveting story, put your scepticism aside and read 11.22.63.It deals with the assassination of JFK in the most unique and intriguing manner, by sending its central character back in time to prevent history’s most infamous murder and by doing so, prevent some the global and national woes which ensued.You will not be disappointed with Stephen King’s portrayal of late 1950’s early 1960’s America, where much of the story is set. Add to that some rich characterisation and exciting storytelling which propels the reader towards a helter skelter finale and you will be rewarded with a memorable reading experience.

⭐I agree with a lot of the reviews here that state the book could be shorter. Of course it could be shorter and as a result would be faster paced. But you could say that about all of Kings novels, couldn’t you? And to me, if you don’t like long books, why pick up a Stephen King in the first place? As books are getting shorter and shorter these days, I’m personally glad that King continues to buck the trend and do his own thing. I love a long book if it is well written with engaging characters, and I know I’m in safe hands with Stephen King on both counts. I find it comforting to be totally immersed in a world of his creation for a week or so, or however long it takes to read it! The length of this book allows you to be part of every stage of the journey Jake Epping goes on, both physically and emotionally and also through time. It’s a fascinating read on so many levels. I was never bored, just excited and intrigued. A very nostalgic look at the America of the 1950’s and 60’s, this novel examines the possibilities and consequences of time travel. If you could change history, would you? And if you did, what would the consequences be? Jake Epping is encouraged to go down the mysterious ‘rabbit hole’ by a dying man, who has desperately been trying to prevent JFK from being assassinated. I loved the way the past world was ‘reset’ every time Jake came back from it. I loved Jake and Sadie and now I’ve read this is a TV series, I’m going to have to watch it!

⭐Has to be one of the best books I’ve read in a long time. Fascinating, gripping, moving, scary. I am a fan of time travel novels but this was special. I’ve been a fan on and off, of King for over 40 years. And now I intend to read those novels of his that passed me by. I had considered Replay as the finest time slip novel, but it’s been eclipsed by King. I also found it nostalgic to read about places in Dallas, having been a Brit working there for several months in 1982, and recognising many of those place and road names.I hear there’s a tv series which I will need to watch.I considered slowing down towards the end, to make it last longer. But I just couldn’t.A remarkable book.

⭐This was a good story but it was more of a thriller than the usual horror I love Stephen King for. As a child I hated reading then at 18 years old I was in a serious car accident which put me in hospital for a month. A friend brought me a bag of books and out of sheer boredom one day I looked through them. The only one that seemed remotely interesting was Fire Starter. And that’s when I fell in love. Not only with Stephen King but also with reading. However the last one I managed to get. And I do have a bookcase full of SK, was Lissys game as life took over and I can only read free books now and this is his only free one I’ve ever found. Good but not quite what I was looking forward to. Although I did like the references to some of the characters form IT

⭐And very boring, unusually for this author. There was a little of interest in the beginning, and at the end, but damn all in between. It seems no American of a certain age has ever gotten over the Kennedy assassination but King copes with it by writing a silly story in which JFK’s death was a good thing. Well, perhaps it was: who knows. But he doesn’t even try to explain what this time portal to a certain date ina certain year is, or where it came from, or anything else. Personally I think the fabric of space time, or reality, or whatever, is a bit tougher than that. It’s just bloated human ego and vanity to think that the life or death of one man could make any difference to the universe. A whole planet full of us might be messing up our planet’s climate but I think the fabric of reality is safe enough.

⭐One of the best books I’ve read in a long time. Unlike some other Stephen King books it was a bit of a slow starter, but once into second or third gear it really got going. Here’s a brief synopsis without spoiler alerts to give a sense:The year is 2011, and 36yo Jake Epping, a recently divorced high school teacher of English in Maine (which King was back in the day), discovers via a mate a time portal or wormhole that delivers you back to 28 Sep 1958. But unlike Groundhog Day, the 28 Sep doesn’t repeat, you live from that date. Each time you return to 2011 it’s only two mins on from when you left (no matter how long you spent on the other side), and each time you return to 28/09/58, it’s reset with the same scenes and people, starting again (which is a bit Groundhoggish…). So Jake and his mate Al (who’s about to die of cancer) agree that going back to kill Lee H Oswald and prevent the assassination of JFK would set the world to rights and there’d be no Vietnam; there’s never a question as to why that’s the right thing to do or any other consequences. But it also means that the event itself is 5 years and 2 months on from 28/09/58, so you need to live a life there for some time. Armed with all the useful sporting results of the time off the internet, Jake (and his mate Al before him) live by placing winning bets – which goes badly wrong at one point for Jake. Al lasted 4y there but was dying so had to get back. Hence him imploring Jake to go in his stead. There’s twists and turns, time travel conundrums, wonderful character portrayals, amazing descriptions of the US in 1958-1963 with fashions and music and so on. However, in living a life and getting around, Jake falls in love; King’s description of the love affair is so real and heart-rending, I was captivated (and I’m a bloke). The issue of course is can he kill Oswald and will the new history as a result be better as hoped? And if he comes back to 2011 and his girl doesn’t, she’ll be 80 in 2011…or does she come back with him? Or does he stay with her to live happily ever after in the 60’s, and what happens in 1975 when he’s due to be born..?Stephen King handles all this with alacrity; I couldn’t put the book down, and although I felt some sadness at the end, after considering I think he chose the best ending that made sense. Unquestionably a 5* rating – I cannot recommend this one enough. I also discovered that a TV series was made of the book in 2015 so I will now get that (apparently edited, but scores 8.2/10 in user reviews on imdb, so must be good…)

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