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11/22/63 by Stephen King

72 reviews

errie's review against another edition

5.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Car accident, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

funyuns_the_movie's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Excrement

Moderate: Suicide

newswoman's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 60%

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from the introduction of the love interest onwards i felt a gradual decline in my enjoyment of the book as i am not a fan of how the romance is written at all. i really liked the beginning a lot but the the main character is very hard to like in my opinion, which gets worse and worse as the story progresses. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

id2107089's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Injury/Injury detail

cryptofauna's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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i was WAY more into this than i thought i would be. i was thinking about this book at work and i made myself carsick reading it on a road trip.
 it’s got very strong male energy for reasons i cannot fully place but overall i don’t have very many criticisms besides the fact i didn’t really like the ending. i appreciated the sadness of it, but it didn’t hit me quite as hard as i feel like it could have
super interesting take on time travel, i loved the characters, it felt well informed and thought out in incredible depth.
very first steven king novel also!

update from later i think about this book all the time and i really struggled to pick what rating i wanted to give this one. its got 4.75 right now but im reallly teetering on the edge of 5 stars rn

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Medical content, Grief

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism

emilythebarwench's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This is the best Stephen King book by far. Historical fiction meets romance, loving it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Violence, Injury/Injury detail

kregs910's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional informative tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

richardw2024's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Stephen King is most known for his horror writing and, like many readers, because I don't tend to gravitate to that genre so I have always automaticallg dismissed reading Stephen King. Which I now feel is a mistake because he am incrediblely good author. This was a good introduction for me to Stephen King as this is not a horror story, but more of a speculative fiction/time travel story. I really enjoyed it. I found the time travel mechanic quite confusing as reading it - it gets explained at the end, but maybe that's the point because time travel is theoretically confusing. If you like these types of themes then you may well enjoy this book. I do think it's a bit long and meandering sometimes though,  but never felt particularly like it dragged. I'd definitely consider reading more (non horror) Stephen King. 

I edited my rating to 5* a few months after finishing because I heard someone talk about it and remembered how great this book was, so I feel that is worthy of a 5* rating. Few books can evoke that kind of reaction from me.

Also check the content warnings  - there are a few.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

minkkmuse's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous informative mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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craig wassan did not have to go that hard for this, but he absolutely did.

a really compelling premise, and king's dedication to the research and narrative intricacies is impressive. that being said, the protagonist is so endlessly irritating, to the point i was actively rooting against him. too much time spent on the romance plot. missed opportunities to play more with the time travel/harmonization of the past aspects that are the most interesting parts of the novel, and the result of the assassination

(that lho was in fact the lone gunman)

was disappointing, to say the least. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Murder

pwnyboy's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious relaxing slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Stalking, Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Xenophobia, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Toxic relationship, Car accident, War