Stephen King 11 22 63 Book Review

11 22 63 is a supernatural quasi historical philosophical science fiction love story.

Stephen king 11 22 63 book review. In 11 22 63 jake epping a schoolteacher in maine a childhood reference point as recurrent in king s fiction as new jersey in philip roth s is summoned by the owner of al s diner a local. Stephen king does a magnificent job of setting the scene of the times and his excellent characters carry out the rest of the story. 11 22 63 takes the reader back to one of the most important times in american history. His newest effort though has loftier.

Harrowing heroic and heartbreaking 11 22 63 is a trip into the past you won t want to miss. His newest effort though has loftier ambitions. In 11 22 63 king has written a splendid combination of dark fantasy hold your breath thriller and sweetly moving romance. If you re avoiding it because you think stephen king only writes horror please reconsider.

Kennedy assassination with an epigraph from norman mailer s oswald s tale it is virtually. There s no horror here aside from a couple of mild gross out. Stephen king opens his novel 11 22 63 billed as an alternate universe reimagining of the john f. Reviewed in the united kingdom on october 15 2018.

In all of stephen king s work there is an admixture of the ordinary and the supernatural call it the weird quotidian. 1 2011 king under the dome 2009 etc adds counterfactual historian to his list of occupations. 11 22 63 by stephen king release date. His novel 11 22 63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by the new york times book review and won the los angeles times book prize for mystery thriller.

In his new novel 11 22 63 it is a rabbit hole into the past that pops up. 11 22 63 stephen king could probably turn a book about paint drying into a bestseller. 5 0 out of 5 stars stephen king 11 22 63 great read.