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Kings was a behemoth of a work with more layers than a Chicagoan in December, The premise in itself was exhilarating, and the execution was near flawless, Another chefd'oeuvre from Ole Uncle Stevie, This one was a novel that absolutely could not have been tackled by just anyone and may have fallen flat on its face if handled by a less experienced craftsman.
The worlds on both sides of the timetravel line were utterly realistic, but where King really showed his masterful hand was with the threads throughout the novel that wove it all together, from the Yellow Card Man to the janitors father to JFK and Lee Harvey Oswald themselves.
No character was superfluous, and despite the massive word count on this one, there wasnt a single phrase that was either, Even characters who were fleeting left their mark, shocking me, tickling me, and provoking thought along the way,

The jargon that King used to color the various neighborhoods and scenes from Maine to Florida to Texas was deliciously realistiche has a knack for that, and it was on full display hereand I felt that I was fully immersed in the world that he painted.
This one gave me goosebumps in more than one place and food for thought in several others, And, refreshingly, King resisted painting thes as a happygolucky time of just sockhops and poodle skirts and gave thes the gritty air that it deserved.
He infused this glimpse at this time period with realistic strokes of segregation and poverty in his portrayaltruly showing us the world through Kingcolored glasses.


shifted voices between characters in an effortless way thats hard to execute, From backwoods Maine lingo to deep Southern vernacular, the voices were masterfully done and the characters were all fully realized, There are biblical references and historical factsand distortions of them that allowed for his own creative riff on the pastGothic elements galore and grit.
True, unflinching bloodanddirtinyournails grit.

This one came full circle in various parts of the novel, not just in the end in that formulaic way that we are all ohsofamiliar with, showing how all of the pieces connected handinhand to tell one larger story.
Quite the narrative tool for building suspense and tension, Ill admit that there were times when the fullcircle aspect of this one hit me too squarely on the head, when it was too dead on, towards the end, and that pulled me out of the world briefly while I wrestled with my annoyance at being dowsed with that unnecessary, cold splash of water.
But the sheer gravity of this novel and unimpeachable hand that resonated through to the very last page overrode those small annoyances, I resist giving this one½ to pay for that annoyance that I experienced, because the rest of the work was so phenomenally done that it would honestly border on being petty.
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Awesome story!! Wow! Stephen blows my mind.
His prose is so easy to follow and he is so clear what he is getting across to me, the reader, It knows how to set up a character,

There are a lot of bells and whistles in this story and its draw is Lee Oswald and the shooting of JFK.
Yet, this story is really a love story, King doesn't write many love stories, but at heart,

this book is a love story between Jake Epping/George Amberson and Sadie Dunhill, It's a beautiful relationship the two have and the love story holds the whole book together, in my opinion,

Jake goes back in time to stop the assassination of JFK, He lives inand he finds a strange timehole that goes toand he has to live life in the past before he can stop Lee.
He moves to the Dallas area to a little town called Jodie, TX where he substitute teaches and becomes a full time staff, The librarian is Sadie Dunhill and they quickly become friends, Half of the story almost is their story and about the kids at school,

Stephen is a master a character writing, If you want to know how to write a character, then Stephen is the master to follow, He uses that to build this community of Jodie and I was so pulled in, I almost didn't care about the rest, but it's so intricately woven together that it's all one thread,

As readers, especially someone like me who didn't know a whole lot about Oswald, Stephn has done his research and he packs this books with historical facts.
He plays here and there with timing and he lets us know in the afterward, but mostly, he sticks to the facts, I am amazed how much is known about the spouse abusing messed up man, King really brings the humanity to Marina, his wife and their child and he even shows the humanity of Lee at moments with his daughter.
Marina put up with a horror show,

The theme of this book is 'the past harmonizes' and Stephen drives this point home to good effect, It becomes it's own harmonic in the book and it helps to bring all the stories going on together, I'm telling you, this is a layered masterpiece from one of the most gifted writers of our time, He weaves historical fact with fiction with historical fiction with time travel with a love story for the ages,

The idea of time travel is also dealt with, What happens if time is changed What would that do to the world Would a good intention to change the past bring about the changes we want These are the questions explored in this book.


The time travel is unique to what I've seen and I love it, In a dinner in the town Jake lives in, there is a "rabbit hole" and this particular hole leads to, Everytime you go in, it's like a reset and anything you changed before is undone and it's always the exact same time you come out in.
It is a wonderful device Stephen came up with, Jake's friend hatches this plan to save JFK and Jake is the one who has to carry it out, It's fascinating and it makes you wonder if a "rabbit hole might be possible and how interesting to make that happen, It's a lovely device used in the story and all kinds of choices happen from it, You can go back and see the changes you made and then go back and tweek it,

This is now one of my TopFavorite Stephen King novels, I really think it's a masterpiece and he is at the top of his game here, I wish I had read it sooner, but I got it now, Also, I got my tome in this year, barely, It also makes me wonder how many more masterpieces Stephen has in him, He seems to have one or more a decade, I guessyears of writing daily does pay off in a big way, I also have a harmonic resonance with Stephen and his work, I was born inand he published Carrie in, I find that interesting.

I think my goal is to makea Stephen King year and I want to get caught up with his bibliography again.
I will see if I can do a book a month or so, There are some big ones left to read so that might be asking too much, "We did not ask for this room or this music, We were invited in. Therefore, because the dark surrounds us, let us turn our faces to the light, Let us endure hardship to be grateful for plenty, We have been given pain to be astounded by joy, We have been given life to deny death, We did not ask for this room or this music, But because we are here, let us dance, "

A school teacher, Jake Epping, travels back in time through a portal with the aim of preventing the assassination of JFK, often considered to be a huge watershed moment in American history.
But first, he must create a life for himself in the years leading up to the assassination as he has some research to do.
In doing so, he stumbles upon the town of Jodie and a beautiful librarian named Sadie Dunhill,

Let me preface this review by saying, . . prepare for a LOT of fangirling, When I first read this book it blew me away, and on my reread, it had the exact same effect, I would go so far as to say that this is one of the best books I've ever read, Usually I can find faults within all of King's works, but I'm sitting here trying to think of something I didn't like about this book and I've got nothing.
Zilch. Nada. On my first read I sometimes felt a bit bored by the JFK plot, but I think that was because I was so impatient to get back to Jake's life and relationship with Sadie.
Now on my reread, I already knew what was coming the same urgency wasn't there so I was able to appreciate that storyline a bit more and it's actually really piqued an interest in learning more about this moment in American history.
Sooo this time around, I ain't got any complaints,

King's writing is beautiful in this book, He evokes such a range of emotions in these pages, one minute I was laughing, the next I was crying, He makes me nostalgic for a time period and a country I didn't even live in! THAT in itself is a skill Lana Del Rey also does this for me.
A root beer never ever appealed to me until I read this book, His, or rather Jake's, reflections on life just really resonated with me, life CAN turn on a dime and this book is a constant reminder to just enjoy what you have when you have it because who knows what is around the corner

also two of my alltime favourite King characters Jake and Sadie.
I fell in love with Sadie as Jake did, Sadie is brave, headstrong, resilient, and given her past, her outlook on life is inspiring, As for Jake, some of the decisions he makes without giving away any spoilers proves that he is simply a good man, To take on such an arduous task, spanning years of your life, is admirable, And with these two amazing characters, King writes his greatest love story, It is beautiful and heartfelt and REAL, It shook me to my core,

If anyone ever tries to tell you that King can only write horror, slam this book in their face! Although that's not to say that there aren't moments of horror.
. . the events that occur in the Dunning household are truly terrifying, with some of the most graphic and unforgettable descriptions King has ever written.
Credit must also be given to the ridiculous amount of research that must have gone into this book, The attention to detail is staggering I personally cannot say how much of it is accurate as I don't know much about the JFK assassination but I'm guessing King left no stone unturned.


What's great aboutis that you don't need to be a fan of King or of horror in order to fall in love with this book.
I'm actually trying to convince my mum to read it as I think she'd love it, but she remains stubborn I WILL break her!! On a final note, I'm intrigued as to what King's initial ending was he says in the afternotes that Joe came up with a better ending than the one he had planned.
I wonder if it would have left me so dehydrated,

remains my second favourite King book, BUT it is the best King has written, in my opinion, Does that make sense It does to me, This book gets ALL THE STARS, Truly incredible. .