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This one should've been five stars for me. I think what happened was that I loved the concept when I read about the book and had envisioned something more. The story King wanted to write was all there and I truly enjoyed it. As always with King this is a great study in character and the evolution of the character. In this case using time as an added conflict that applies pressure on the character. King doesn't mess around with elaborate explanations on how or why the time travel works. It's just a simple closet in the diner that the character steps into and we're off and running. I think this works mostly because we trust King so implicitly and that if he says it true it's true.
For me a good book caused me to think about the story even when I was not reading. In this case, while still into the book, I researched the actual incident, the assassination, to see how far King veered historically. I found the topic so interesting I fell down the rabbit doing too much historical reading.
I like the book a great deal and recommend it.
For me a good book caused me to think about the story even when I was not reading. In this case, while still into the book, I researched the actual incident, the assassination, to see how far King veered historically. I found the topic so interesting I fell down the rabbit doing too much historical reading.
I like the book a great deal and recommend it.
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Love your assessment of this quirky book! It's spot on!!
Dita wrote: "Love your assessment of this quirky book! It's spot on!!"Thank you
I'm still reading it but I feel quite like you ... it makes me think a lot about time travel, changing the past, and how life was 50 years ago !
Sassenach wrote: "I'm still reading it but I feel quite like you ... it makes me think a lot about time travel, changing the past, and how life was 50 years ago !":-)
LostKnight wrote: "Great review."Thanks :-)
I'm not a huge Stephen King fan and only read the occasional book by him, but loved this one. Love time travel books in general when people get a chance to go back and this one felt extraordinary, although there were holes that you wondered how things could change or stay the same or change again. I'm actually watching the TV miniseries on Hulu right now, and it's GREAT!
Jim wrote: "I'm not a huge Stephen King fan and only read the occasional book by him, but loved this one. Love time travel books in general when people get a chance to go back and this one felt extraordinary, ..."I'm a big time travel fan as well. If you know of any good ones please let me know. I watched the mini series on King's book as well and really enjoyed it. Have you read Dark Matter? Its not a true time travel but it has some aspects. I really enjoyed it.
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Loved your review, David. I, too, was captivated by this King story. It just worked for me and has stayed with me although I read it years ago. Also loved the Hulu series.
Lyn wrote: "Loved your review, David. I, too, was captivated by this King story. It just worked for me and has stayed with me although I read it years ago. Also loved the Hulu series."Thank you :-)
Wasn't aware of this title. While I don't read everything King writes since horror/violence aren't my favorite, its stories like this, The Green Mile, Shawshank and a couple others that I will put on my list.
This is one of my favourite King novels. I've read it many times and I just love the characters in this book so much (and it's one of the very few books where I like the love story).I also do a lot of research when reading a book. This costs so much time but I always want to know what is fact and where the author's imagination starts. While reading The Terror I also read 2 non-fiction books about the topic 😂
Great review David, and I agree with all you said - except I have it 5 stars, I loved it!
Great review! It inspired me to do research on the events as well.
Linda wrote: "Great review! It inspired me to do research on the events as well."Thank you Linda. :-)
This book is one of my all time favorites.
Tom Swift wrote: "This book is one of my all time favorites."I can easily see why. :-)
I enjoyed this book very much and have frequently recommended it to others. My opinion of the book was very in tune with your own.
Frankie wrote: "I enjoyed this book very much and have frequently recommended it to others. My opinion of the book was very in tune with your own."Thank you Frankie. :-)
