11/22/63 by Stephen King
I must admit that it crossed my mind that reading this
massive tome (849 pages) might make me fall critically behind in my 52 Books in
52 Weeks quest. But the premise was just too compelling to let that stop me. As
with so many of Stephen King’s books, once I got started reading, it was hard
to put down, so I ended up finishing it in little over a week.
All I will reveal about this book is that, in it, a man
travels back in time to try to prevent the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
From that seemingly “simple” concept, a convoluted tapestry is woven, one that
leaves the reader questioning the nature of time, space and reality itself. Not
to mention the impact each of us may have by performing even the simplest of
actions: the “butterfly effect.”
Ask yourself this question: If you had the chance to go back
in time and prevent some awful catastrophe from happening, wouldn’t you do it?
Of course you would! But I guarantee that after reading this book, you will want
to rethink that response.
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