onepageatatime210 's review for:

11/22/63 by Stephen King
5.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense 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: Yes

This is the best book I’ve ever read. Ever. 

I started this book the summer before I started law school (Summer 2020) and didn’t pick this book back up until June 2025. So this go around I read a little more than 500 pages. 

Where to begin with this book. You don’t feel its length at all. There’s always something or someone to focus on and the story moves so smoothly that it really does feel like you’re listening to someone tell you the story off the top of their head. I became engrossed with everything: the time period, the characters, the plot, EVERYTHING. I damn near cried at the end and I’ve never come close to crying over a book in my life. I legit did not want this to be over; I need this book injected into my veins. I’ve read some really really good books but I’m confident that I’ve never had a book pull so deeply into its story in this way before. You could give me the best multiple-part anthology and I’m sure it wouldn’t take me on the journey that this book did. I’m still thinking about the ending.