First let me confess to this, I haven’t read a Stephen King novel since The Shining scared the kittens out of me in high school. We won’t discuss how many years ago it was that the word “redrum” had me sleeping with my eyes open, but it was the first and last time I read a Stephen King novel. So, how is it I couldn’t wait for this book to be released? That the only thing that kept me from running out to buy it the day it was released was the knowledge that either a loving boyfriend or mother would buy it for me for Christmas. Yes, I was that excited to read 11/22/63 and I’m happy to report that my second venture into a Stephen King novel did not disappoint me (or scare the kittens out of me).
The premise of the book is intriguing even if not quite original in it's concept of time travel. What if you were able to go back in time and save JFK? How does that change the future as we know it. Will it also save Martin Luther King …..will it keep American troops out of Vietnam ….heck, will it keep the Beatles from breaking up? I won’t tell you how Stephen King envisions that future, but it gives one’s mind plenty to think about. Our hero in waiting, Jake/George, is living in the past for five years as he waits for time to catch up to that fateful day. The question is not just what will he change if he can stop Lee Harvey Oswald and save JFK, but how much is he changing every day just by being there in a place and time where he doesn’t belong. The question is what happens if forced to choose between a life he has fallen in love with and a future he is supposed to change.
This is only the second book I have read in 2012 and I have this feeling it will be the book I can't stop talking about!! It is already the book I am recommending to anyone who will listen ....even those who don't want to listen!
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