11/22/63

The best Stephen King in a decade, and even a coin toss for his best work yet. King takes a well-known historical event, the Assassination of JFK, and does something wonderful with it. It's a time travel story about an English teacher, Jake Epping, who stumbles onto a wormhole to the 50s. Armed with the knowledge of future events, Jake decides to change the course of history and prevent the assassination of John F. Kennedy. It's a creepy thriller, a love story, a science fiction tale, and any number of things. But what it sure as salt isn't is a boring read. This is a book that once you pick up, you won't be putting down anytime soon. Banish any thoughts that this is some old re-hashed time travel tale. It's fresh, invigorating, and totally captivating in a way that few books are. This is King at his best in a long, long time, maybe his best ever.It's thrilling how King gives the entire tale an ominous feel, a creepy feeling keeps a sense of suspense through the story our hero is only ever one mistake away from a fatal mistake because the past itself is his enemy and does not like to be changed.

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