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A review by coralinejones
11/22/63 by Stephen King
4.0
A Stephen King book I actually enjoyed? Is it true?
I debated my rating while reading this book, ngl. The beginning was SO solid for me. Absolutely 5 stars. I adored the set up and thought I was in for a wild ride, and while the ride was crazy and interesting, it stalled and felt a little stale for a good chunk in the middle. It had everything I typically dislike about Stephen King novels. Bloat. A lot of people attribute this to his world building but, I personally, did not care for so much explanation of Jake's day-to-day knowing what the bigger plot of this novel was going to be.
I also wasn't expecting romance to be such a huge topic of discussion. If you know me, you know that romance tends to weigh down books for me. I don't necessarily mind romance when it's a minor subplot, but the romance here took over so much of the narrative I kind of didn't care.... But the fact that a Stephen King novel was able to capture my overall attention and cause me to read this at every given second because I HAD to finish... 4 stars
I debated my rating while reading this book, ngl. The beginning was SO solid for me. Absolutely 5 stars. I adored the set up and thought I was in for a wild ride, and while the ride was crazy and interesting, it stalled and felt a little stale for a good chunk in the middle. It had everything I typically dislike about Stephen King novels. Bloat. A lot of people attribute this to his world building but, I personally, did not care for so much explanation of Jake's day-to-day knowing what the bigger plot of this novel was going to be.
I also wasn't expecting romance to be such a huge topic of discussion. If you know me, you know that romance tends to weigh down books for me. I don't necessarily mind romance when it's a minor subplot, but the romance here took over so much of the narrative I kind of didn't care.... But the fact that a Stephen King novel was able to capture my overall attention and cause me to read this at every given second because I HAD to finish... 4 stars