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11.22.63 by Stephen King

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fanchera's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0


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bookishchaos's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging informative mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Four stars because for the most part, I did enjoy this but I was ready for it to be over by 60%.
This book is LONG, over 800 pages. For the first 400, I was actually quite liking the story, but it became very repetitive. And the love interest was boring and needed more development.ย 
if this is your first SK novel, I wouldn't recommend it.

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mailuss's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0


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travisppe's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Though this book has a healthy dose of โ€œthings were better back in my day,โ€ King kept me engaged from page 1. This book flies by. Fun read.ย 

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floppi23's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0


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ligiandbooks's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

ส€แด€แด›ษชษดษข: โญโญโญโญโญ
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โš ๏ธ๐๐จ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐จ๐š๐ซ๐ž!
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แด›ส€ษชษขษขแด‡ส€ แดกแด€ส€ษดษชษดษข๊œฑ:
โ€ข๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฅ๐™๐™ž๐™˜: ๐™ข๐™ช๐™ง๐™™๐™š๐™ง, ๐™™๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™–๐™—๐™ช๐™จ๐™š, ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š,๐™™๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™, ๐™œ๐™ช๐™ฃ ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š, ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ง๐™š, ๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™ž๐™–๐™ก ๐™จ๐™ก๐™ช๐™ง๐™จ, ๐™—๐™ก๐™ค๐™ค๐™™, ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ž๐™˜๐™ž๐™™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™๐™ฎ๐™จ๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™š๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™–๐™—๐™ช๐™จ๐™š, ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ญ๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™ง๐™š๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ, ๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™™ ๐™™๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™, ๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™ž๐™จ๐™ข, ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™™๐™š๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ž๐™ก๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ข๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ช๐™ข๐™–;
โ€ข๐™ข๐™ค๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š: ๐™–๐™ก๐™˜๐™ค๐™๐™ค๐™ก๐™ž๐™จ๐™ข, ๐™จ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ช๐™–๐™ก ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ, ๐™™๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™–๐™—๐™ช๐™จ๐™š, ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š๐™ง, ๐™œ๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™›, ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œย 
โ€ข๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ง: ๐™–๐™™๐™™๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ, ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง ๐™–๐™˜๐™˜๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ, ๐™—๐™ค๐™™๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™๐™–๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ, ๐™—๐™ช๐™ก๐™ก๐™ฎ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ, ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™ค๐™ง๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ, ๐™ซ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฉ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™จ๐™š๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ข.
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แด€ส™แดแดœแด›:
๐–ฟ๐—‚๐–ผ๐—๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—‡, ๐—๐—‚๐—Œ๐—๐—ˆ๐—‹๐—‚๐–ผ๐–บ๐—…, ๐—Œ๐–ผ๐—‚๐–พ๐—‡๐–ผ๐–พ-๐–ฟ๐—‚๐–ผ๐—๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—‡, ๐—๐—๐—‹๐—‚๐—…๐—…๐–พ๐—‹ย 
๐–บ๐–ฝ๐—๐–พ๐—‡๐—๐—Ž๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—Ž๐—Œ, ๐—†๐—‚๐—Œ๐—๐–พ๐—‹๐—’๐—ˆ๐—Ž๐—Œ, ๐—๐–พ๐—‡๐—Œ๐–พ, ๐—†๐–พ๐–ฝ๐—‚๐—Ž๐—†-๐—‰๐–บ๐–ผ๐–พ๐–ฝย 
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ย ๐˜ฟ๐™ค๐™–๐™ข๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ก๐™ค๐™ง ๐™จ๐™ž ๐™™๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ค๐™ง, ๐™ซ๐™– ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฏ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™š๐™– ๐™ข๐™š๐™– ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™›๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™– ๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™˜๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ฃ. ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ช ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™š๐™– ๐™ข๐™š๐™– ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™›๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™– ๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ž๐™ก๐™š.
Acest lucru fiind spus, luaศ›i-vฤƒ cana cu ceai sau cafea, gustฤƒrile aproape ศ™i pregฤƒtiศ›i-vฤƒ de o recenzie lungฤƒ.
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Azi se รฎmplinesc exact douฤƒ luni de cรขnd am terminat cartea ศ™i de cรขnd รฎncerc sฤƒ scriu recenzia ei. Am stat cu foaia ศ™i pixul รฎn faศ›ฤƒ de nenumฤƒrate ori, am recitit fraze adnotate de mine iar ศ™i iar, รฎn รฎncercarea de a gฤƒsi cuvintele potrivite pentru a exprima totul despre ea ศ™i mi-e teamฤƒ cฤƒ, dacฤƒ mai aศ™tept mult, prea puศ›inฤƒ lume o sฤƒ aibฤƒ ocazia sฤƒ ajungฤƒ la ea ศ™i asta e fix ce nu vreau sฤƒ se รฎntรขmple.ย 

Cu ocazia asta, un lucru mi-e clar despre mine. Pot sฤƒ scriu romane รฎntregi despre lucrurile ศ™i cฤƒrศ›ile care-mi displac dar atunci cรขnd iubesc cu adevฤƒrat ceva,ย  nici toate cuvintele pe care le cunosc nu sunt suficiente ca sฤƒ exprime complet ศ™i coerent ce simt.
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Am ajuns la carte รฎntr-un mod diferit faศ›ฤƒ de cum ajung la majoritatea cฤƒrศ›ilor pe care le citesc ศ™i, de asta, ศ›in neapฤƒrat sฤƒ-l menศ›ionez aici.

Am citit douฤƒ citate din cartea asta care mi-au apฤƒrut pe Pinterest ศ™i au fost suficiente ca eu sฤƒ adaug cartea direct รฎn wishlist.

Totuศ™i, nu aveam de cรขnd sฤƒ o cumpฤƒr ศ™i citesc anul acesta fiindcฤƒ ศ™tiศ›i deja, รฎncerc sฤƒ termin de citit cฤƒrศ›ile pe care le deศ›in.

Dar, รฎntรขmplarea face cฤƒ am cunoscut cรขศ›iva oameni foarte faini care citesc King ( vฤƒ pup oameni de pe Discord dacฤƒ vedeศ›i asta) ศ™i care vorbesc atรขt de frumos de unele cฤƒrศ›i รฎncรขt eu nu pot rezista.ย 

Aศ™a am ajuns nu doar sฤƒ cumpฤƒr cartea anul acesta dar ศ™i sฤƒ o citesc ศ™i sฤƒ o รฎndrฤƒgesc.

Poateย  cฤƒ aveam nevoie de povestea asta fiindcฤƒ am simศ›it cฤƒ am citit cartea potrivitฤƒ la momentul potrivit.

"๐™„๐™ฃ ๐™ซ๐™ง๐™š๐™ข๐™ช๐™ง๐™ž ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™š๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š, ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™จ๐™ž ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ก๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ž ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™ž๐™œ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ž, ๐™™๐™š๐™˜๐™ก๐™–๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ž๐™ก๐™š ๐™™๐™š ๐™™๐™ง๐™–๐™œ๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™–๐™ช ๐™˜๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™– ๐™™๐™š ๐™–-๐™ž ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™›๐™ก๐™–๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™– ๐™ฅ๐™š ๐™ค๐™–๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ž."
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Cartea รฎncepe cu Jake, un profesor de englezฤƒ, care e racolat de bunul sฤƒu prieten Al, proprietarul unui local des frecventat de Jake, pentru o misiune.

Al รฎi spune lui Jake despre portalul pe care รฎl are รฎn cฤƒmara restaurantului sฤƒu, despre cum acesta duce รฎn 1958 ศ™i despre dorinศ›a lui de a opri asasinarea lui J.F. Kennedy.ย 

รŽi spune despre faptul cฤƒ fiecare cฤƒlฤƒtorie รฎn trecut e un restart ศ™i cฤƒ indiferent de cรขt de mult timp petreci acolo, รฎn realitate se vor scurge doar douฤƒ minute. Interesant, nu?

Dupฤƒ ce Al รฎl lasฤƒ pe Jake sฤƒ se convingฤƒ de veridicitatea spuselor lui, รฎi รฎnmรขneazฤƒ instrucศ›iunile pentru misiunea pe care o are.

Aศ™a ajunge Jake sฤƒ preia ศ™tafeta de la bunul sฤƒu prieten ศ™i sฤƒ se mute รฎn 1958, รฎn รฎncercarea de a opri asasinarea lui Kennedy.ย 
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Poate cฤƒ asta nu e suficient pentru voi. Poate cฤƒ nu vฤƒ intereseazฤƒ absolut deloc subiectul acesta istoric ศ™i asta e perfect รฎn regulฤƒ. Dar chiar ศ™i aศ™a, consider cฤƒ tot trebuie sฤƒ daศ›i o ศ™ansฤƒ cฤƒrศ›ii. Citiศ›i รฎn continuare.
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รŽn primul rรขnd dacฤƒ vreศ›i sฤƒ evadaศ›i din vieศ›ile voastre pentru puศ›in, cartea asta e exact ce aveศ›i nevoie.

King a fฤƒcut foarte mult research cรขnd a scris cartea asta ศ™i se simte.

Te ia pe tine ca cititor exact cum Al รฎl ia pe Jake de mรขnuศ›ฤƒ ศ™i รฎศ›i aratฤƒ portalul. ศ˜i nu doar atรขt.ย 

Modul รฎn care รฎศ›i prezintฤƒ situaศ›ia te face curios aศ™a cฤƒ treci prin portal. Treci prin el ศ™i descoperi o lume รฎn care totul e mai ieftin, pฤƒrul lung la bฤƒrbaศ›i nu e la modฤƒ, รฎmbrฤƒcฤƒmintea e atent aleasฤƒ de oameni ศ™i totul e complet diferit de ceea ce cunoศ™ti.ย 

Vezi cรขt de greu e sฤƒ dai de oameni รฎntr-un secol รฎn care telefoanele mobile nu existฤƒ, aflii despre cรขt de simplu ศ™i ieftin era sฤƒ รฎศ›i iei o maศ™inฤƒ sau o casฤƒ. Despre cum, dacฤƒ eศ™ti suficient de prudent, te poศ›i descurca รฎntr-un secol trecut ศ™i poศ›i chiar sฤƒ รฎศ›i gฤƒseศ™ti locul.

Cine nu ar vrea sฤƒ guste ศ™i sฤƒ simtฤƒ puศ›in din timpurile acelea?
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Cartea asta nu-i King-ul obiศ™nuit la care te aศ™tepศ›i. Nu-i horror, nu are scene prea รฎnspฤƒimรขntฤƒtoare ศ™i chiar poate fi cititฤƒ de oricine ( recomand 16+ totuศ™i).

Cele 800 de pagini trec pe nesimศ›ite cรขnd te laศ™i prins de povestea asta cu time travel, de personajele pe care ajungi sฤƒ le รฎndrฤƒgeศ™ti, de poveศ™tile de viaศ›ฤƒ, ศ™i, mai ales, de povestea de iubire pe care o avem aici. Da, aศ›i citit bine. It's a chunky love story cu time travel.ย 
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Deศ™i iniศ›ial intri รฎn poveste pentru toatฤƒ treaba cu spionajul ศ™i opritul asasinฤƒrii lui J.F.K. , ajungi sฤƒ rฤƒmรขi alฤƒturi de Jake ศ™i personajele din jurul lui. Ajungi sฤƒ iubeศ™ti alฤƒturi de el, sฤƒ educi ศ™i sฤƒ ajuศ›i copiii cฤƒrora le predฤƒ, sฤƒ-ศ›i faci prieteni printre oamenii cu care lucreazฤƒ. Ajungi รฎntr-un final sฤƒ-ศ›i gฤƒseศ™ti locul, asemeni lui.

"๐™„๐™ฃ ๐™จ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™– ๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™– ๐™ž๐™ž ๐™ž๐™ช๐™—๐™š๐™–๐™ข ๐™ฅ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ž ๐™จ๐™ž ๐™ข๐™– ๐™ž๐™ช๐™—๐™š๐™–๐™ข ๐™จ๐™ž ๐™ฅ๐™š ๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ข๐™ž ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ช ๐™˜๐™– ๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™ข ๐™–๐™˜๐™ค๐™ก๐™ค, ๐™–๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ž ๐™™๐™š ๐™š๐™ž. ๐™‰๐™ž๐™˜๐™ž๐™ค๐™™๐™–๐™ฉ๐™– ๐™ฃ๐™ช ๐™ข๐™– ๐™ข๐™–๐™ž ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™จ๐™š๐™ข ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™™๐™š ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ช ๐™จ๐™–๐™ช ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™™๐™š ๐™›๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™– ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ช."

Dar apoi apare lupta asta รฎn mintea ta ca ศ™i รฎn mintea lui Jake : Ce sa aleg? Salvez viaศ›a lui Kennedy sau pe a mea?ย 
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Nu vreau sฤƒ vorbesc prea mult despre cรขt de minunate sunt toate relaศ›iile dintre personaje fiindcฤƒ vreau sฤƒ vฤƒ convingeศ›i singuri de asta. Divinizez relaศ›ia dintre Jake ศ™i Sadie รฎn mod special. Trebuie sฤƒ o descoperiศ›i.

"๐™‹๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ž ๐™จ๐™– ๐™›๐™ž๐™ž ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™š, ๐™จ๐™– ๐™›๐™–๐™˜๐™ž ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™š, ๐™™๐™ค๐™–๐™ง ๐™จ๐™–-๐™ข๐™ž ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ช๐™ž ๐™˜๐™– ๐™ง๐™–๐™ข๐™–๐™ž ๐™˜๐™ช ๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š. ๐™Ž๐™ž ๐™˜๐™– ๐™ข๐™– ๐™ž๐™ช๐™—๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž."
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Cu toate cฤƒ am trecut printr-o grฤƒmadฤƒ de emoศ›ii cu cartea asta, de la rรขs la plรขns ( รฎn special pe final), de la empatie profundฤƒ pรขnฤƒ la urฤƒ deplinฤƒ, nu am simศ›it nevoia sฤƒ schimb nimic.

"...๐™˜๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™™๐™ง๐™–๐™œ๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š, ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ก๐™š๐™œ๐™ž? ๐˜ฟ๐™ง๐™–๐™œ๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™– ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™ค ๐™ข๐™–๐™œ๐™ž๐™š ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™˜๐™– ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™˜๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ก. ๐™‰๐™ช ๐™˜๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™˜๐™– ๐™š ๐™จ๐™˜๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ๐™– ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ก๐™š, ๐™™๐™–๐™ง ๐™˜๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™˜๐™– ๐™จ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š๐™ก๐™š ๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ข๐™– ๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š, ๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™– ๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ข๐™– ๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™– ๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™จ๐™ž ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ข๐™– ๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ข๐™– ๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™– ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ข๐™–."

"๐™‹๐™ค๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ž ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™˜๐™– ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฅ๐™–๐™—๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž ๐™จ๐™– ๐™ช๐™˜๐™ž๐™™๐™– ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™œ๐™– ๐™ก๐™ช๐™ข๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฃ๐™ช๐™ข๐™š๐™ก๐™š ๐™ž๐™ช๐™—๐™ž๐™ง๐™ž๐™ž, ๐™™๐™–๐™ง ๐™ฃ๐™ช ๐™ค๐™–๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ž ๐™ค๐™—๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฃ๐™ช๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž ๐™จ๐™ž ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™š๐™ข๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž ๐™˜๐™– ๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š. "
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Am iubit cartea asta din tot sufletul meu, m-am regฤƒsit รฎn Sadie ศ™i m-am regฤƒsit puศ›in aproape รฎn fiecare interacศ›iune dintre ea ศ™i Jake. Nu cred cฤƒ voi putea vreodatฤƒ sฤƒ trec cu adevฤƒrat peste cartea asta ศ™i peste acest final care mi-a rupt sufletul รฎn douฤƒ.ย 

"๐™Š๐™–๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ž ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™–๐™˜๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ž ๐™จ๐™– ๐™จ๐™š ๐™ช๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ž."ย 
zicea King รฎn primele 200 de pagini ale cฤƒrศ›ii. Acum ศ™tiu cฤƒ mereu mฤƒ voi uita รฎnapoi dupฤƒ cartea asta ori de cรขte ori voi citi o carte bunฤƒ. ศ˜tiu cฤƒ voi face asta ศ™i nu cred cฤƒ voi gฤƒsi una รฎn viaศ›a asta care sฤƒ o detroneze.ย 

"-...๐™Š ๐™จ๐™– ๐™›๐™ž๐™ž ๐™—๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š? ย 
ย - ๐™‹๐™–๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฃ-๐™ค ๐™จ๐™– ๐™ข๐™–๐™ž ๐™›๐™ž๐™ช. ๐™‡๐™– ๐™›๐™š๐™ก ๐™˜๐™– ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™–๐™ฉ๐™– ๐™ก๐™ช๐™ข๐™š๐™–."

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adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.25


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adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0


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adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This book is about a man who travels back in time to stop the Kennedy Assassination, but
The world is hideous and ravaged by nuclear war.
It thrills, it chills, and it made time travel exciting and terrifying at the same time. I loved it.ย 

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adventurous challenging informative reflective tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

Title: 11/22/63
Author: Stephen King
Genre: Fiction
Rating: 4.75
Pub Date: November 8, 2011

T H R E E โ€ข W O R D S

Imaginative โ€ข Reflective โ€ข Gripping

๐Ÿ“– S Y N O P S I S

On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world change. What if you could change it back?

๐Ÿ’ญ T H O U G H T S

I picked 11/22/63 up at a secondhand book sale awhile ago, and it had sat neglected on my shelf ever since. Why you might ask? Mostly because of it's immense size, but also because I was apprehensive of it being Stephen King (no horror books for me). When the opportunity to buddy read it arose, I knew now was the time, or it would continue to sit untouched on my shelf for years. All that to say, I am so glad I finally picked it up!

King has a gift for telling a story. His believable dialogue and signature quirky pop-culture references were a welcome addition to one of the most unique and fascinating stories I've ever read. It was certainly one of those books that made me stop mid-sentence to re-read what I'd just read and then to reflect on what was happening or what I would do in Jake/George's place.

As an avid Montreal Canadiens fan, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention one of my favourite scenes when King pokes a little fun at the expense of the Toronto Maple Leafs. "I also bet four hundred on the Canadiens to beat the Maple Leafs in the Stanley Cup Series, and won... but that was even money. Chump change, cuz, my pal Chaz Frati would have said." I'll admit that definitely brought a smile to my face and earned King some definite bonus points in my books.

11/22/63 intertwines fact and fiction to create a fascinating look into time travel and the consequences of our choices or how life would be different if certain things didn't happen. It made me question whether if given the chance I'd alter the past knowing it could have devastating consequences on the future. It's really quite something to stop and contemplate, and I always applaud when an author is able to do so.

And then there are the characters. Jake/George is tasked with the impossible and I particularly enjoyed his thought process and journey. He also came across as being selfless in wanting to help change Harry Dunning's future rather than changing his own. Oh how my heart broke for Harry. Then there is Al who plays such a short, but important role. And of course, Sadie. She easily became my favourite character and I wanted everything to work out for her.

It is certainly evident that the time and research put into constructing this book must have been thorough and extensive. I never once expected to get a beautiful love story, and that is honestly what make this book an absolute gem!

The sole reason this isn't a five-star read is because of the length. It is extremely detailed, lagging around the midway point. I felt there were big chucks I could have skimmed and still came out the other side with the same experience and takeaway.

To anyone looking to test out Stephen King 11/22/63 is the perfect place to start. There are still some gruesome, violent, and stomach churning scenes, but they are not the focus here. Additionally, I highly recommend tandem reading a physical/digital copy along with the audio for an enhanced experience. I can definitely see myself picking this up for a re-read at some point in the future, which isn't something I can say too often.

๐Ÿ“š R E C O M M E N D โ€ข T O
โ€ข history buffs
โ€ข Stephen King fans
โ€ข readers wanting to test the Stephen King waters

๐Ÿ”– F A V O U R I T E โ€ข Q U O T E S

"We never know which lives we influence, or when, or why."

"Life turns on a dime."

"Sometimes the things presented to us as choices aren't choices at all."ย 

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