Reviews for 11/22/63--Many contain spoilers

[bobledrew]

Here's a link to Janet Maslin's review, and here's her conclusion:

"The pages of “11/22/63” fly by, filled with immediacy, pathos and suspense. It takes great brazenness to go anywhere near this subject matter. But it takes great skill to make this story even remotely credible. Mr. King makes it all look easy, which is surely his book’s fanciest trick."

Excited yet?

[Moderator]

Bob, I changed the title of your thread as I'd wanted to have one devoted to official reviews and that seemed the simpler solution rather than starting another one.

[RichardX]

I knew SK was a smart guy! "By the way, he thinks it a near-certainty that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone."

[Karkie]

View some of the video taken of the assassination.....what were the Secret Service guys REALLY doing? Certainly not protecting the President!

[jarvi]

This was my first time reading a King book directly upon release and it was an absolutely wonderful experience. It's hard to say "one of his best" when he's always so good, but I loved being a part of the Jake and Sadie relationship, I loved having a chance to experience the late 50s in such a present-weighted way, I loved the experimentation with the timeline and the various consequences, and I particularly loved the author's obvious affection for his characters and his constant ability to drag every ounce of potential from the words "what if..." It was an amazing story filled with wonderfully human people capable of extraordinary things. It does the same thing every King book makes me want to do, pick up another King book right away. I loved it.

[JohnDalglish]

Hi,

Certainly am excited, Bob, thankee for the link.

Long days and pleasant nights

[randallFlaggfan1]

Fantastic review, BTW!


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[randallFlaggfan1]

Hi, Bob!

Excited, indeed. Many of us are ecstatic, actually.

Thank you for the thread and link.


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[Moderator]

From the Washington Post

[jchanic]

It should be noted that all these reviews contain major spoilers.

John