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11/22/63 by Stephen King

26 reviews

travisppe's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Though this book has a healthy dose of “things were better back in my day,” King kept me engaged from page 1. This book flies by. Fun read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Self harm, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol

boundforinfinity's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Stephen King's "11.22.63" was just not my cup of tea, really. I plodded on through the chapters in a dozy fashion and at the end of three days of the book, I can proudly say I'm done.

I will give King credit, the Kennedy Assassination is a complex and long-winded network of errors in the US police force and special forces, including the FBI. The concept was interesting, but the story just felt drawn out and intercepting moments did not need to happen. Unlike other King stories, I wasn't sold on the relationships between the protagonist and his beau. The leading man Jake Epping/George Amberson and the bonny young lass sidekick Sadie Dunhill spend most of the novel together and yet I did not feel the chemistry. 

I will argue, I prefer King's horrors to his other genre-branches, and thus I'm biased against King on this 740 page book that spent 500 pages setting up the actual "book" itself. 

I apologise, Mr. King, for such a harsh critique. I commend the interesting take on a time-travel story, quite a classic in the genre of sci-fi, and bringing it to its unique selling factor: Jake Epping himself. If it were not for the main character's 'I'm just a simple man here to kill the president's assassin' persona, I would not be sold. But Jake is the average American male, a respected teacher, a citizen concerned with maintaining friendships with the elderly. Just off to kill Lee Harvey Oswald.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry

amns22's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism

carolynlovesbooks's review against another edition

3.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Injury/Injury detail

cassandraxd's review against another edition

3.25

dark informative tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Stalking

Minor: Vomit

frillyflutee's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Terminal illness, Vomit, Grief

Minor: Racial slurs, Antisemitism