Reviews

• Good

  The package arrived on time.

• Perfect service.

  excellent

• Nostalgic

  Nostalgic, and a true page turner. One of King’s best

• Excellent

  Book delivered in excellent condition. A must read！

• 便利です

  キンドルで読めるので場所を選びません。隙間の時間に読書ができます。スティーブン・キングの本はどれも面白いので読みやすいです。

• My kindle was glued to me

  What a great book, funny, and very entertaining! I was born in 1957 so it was like a time machine for the reader too!

• 読み始めたばかりですが、、、

  時間も余り掛からずに、送付されてきた。 本は綺麗で中古本と言う感じは一切しない。 まだまだ読書継続中で内容についてはコメントできない。

• 主人公・ジェイクと過ごしためくるめく３週間。

  翻訳で読んだ「アンダー・ザ・ドーム」以来、久々のキング新作。(最新じゃないけど) kindle版をダウンロードして３週間で読了。仕事・睡眠以外の時間はほぼ本作品に かじりついていた。そのくらい面白く、引き込まれた。原書の小説を普段そんなに 沢山読む訳でもない自分がこれだけ大部な本を読み通せたのは勿論kindle paperwhite の辞書機能のおかげでもあるがやはりキングの筆力と題材・素材のクオリティの高さに尽きる。 主人公・ジェイク同様、自分のJFK暗殺に関する知識はオリバー・ストーンの映画が全て。 なので、冒頭、オズワルド単独犯行説をほぼ前提として始まる物語に少々違和感は 感じたが、暗殺の真相がどうあれ、「その日」に向けたオズワルドの行動や彼の周辺は 事実に忠実に描かれ、圧倒的なリアリティーをもって「その日」が近づいてくる。 (暗殺の真相に関しては巻末のキングのコメントを読むべし) 良い小説は自分が主人公になったような気になるものだが、本書ほどそれを感じた 作品は近頃無かった。 50s・60sのアメリカの習俗・流行に関する表現やスラングも散見され kindle内蔵辞書では調べられないことや、JFK暗殺の周辺人物に関する内容など 途中webで調べたりしつつ読み進めたがそんな調べものの時間も楽しいと思える程。 早く先を読みたい！気持ちを抑えつつ、もしやここが伏線では？と思ったり。 キングらしく勿論ラストには何回もヒネりが効いているのではあるが、 「その瞬間」まで辿り着いた時は大げさではなく体から力が抜けるような思いだった。 ジェイクの５年間のタイムトラベルを３週間で堪能したのだから無理も無い。 読後、タイムトラベル酔いでクラクラしつつ暫く続く陶酔感。 自分の中で自然に溢れた「いまを大切に生きたい」という気持ち。傑作。

• Uno dei libri più avvincenti mai letti. Consiglio la versione in inglese. Davvero difficile "metterlo giù" una volta iniziato, l'ho poi consigliato a mia moglie ed ha avuto lo stesso effetto. Ci si sente davvero "dentro la storia" nel senso più vero del termine trattando il libro di avvenimenti storici che hanno cambiato il futuro del mondo.

• What an amazing story! The main character falls in love with the 50s and it’s so nice to read about this, which I don’t think it was quite portrayed in the TV series.

• "But", I hear you say, "I read the synopsis. It IS about a guy who goes back in time to stop the Kennedy assassination!" Yes it is. And the story behind the assassination is somewhat interesting, and the description of the life and times of the late 50's and early 60's - not an entirely rose-tinted one either - is quite fascinating. But that's not what it's about. If one measure of good fiction writing is the ability to make the reader invest in the characters, believe in them, care about them, then in my opinion King succeeds beyond anything else I've read recently... or possibly at all. Judging from some of the message board and forum postings that I've read since finishing the book, I'm not the only one who holds that opinion. In my view a measure of even better writing is the ability to resist the temptation to give the audience an easy ride, with the events and outcomes that they would like to see. Some unpleasant things happened to a number of the characters, things which made for uncomfortable moments for any readers who had come to care about them. In addition the story ending was not a "happily ever after" one but somewhat bittersweet... and somewhat open ended as well. But I repeat; the story is the characters, not the Kennedy assassination, not the alternative timelines, not the time travel. And not just the principal ones, but many of the minor ones as well. Several days after reading it they're still on my mind and again, from the aforementioned postings, I'm not the only one there either. I'm not going to go into specifics of who they are or what they do because I don't want to be responsible for spoiling the story for future readers. (Even though with a book this popular this review is likely to be buried on page 10 within 24 hours and no-one will ever see it. The fact that I'm still taking the time to write it speaks of my opinion of the book.) You'd be far better off seeing for yourself. I did find that parts of the story lines sagged a little (for me, it was the ones relating to the assassination plan) but in the end I really didn't care as it allowed me to spend perhaps a few more pages in the Land Of Ago with a group of people that I wanted to see more of. I'm not a Stephen King fan (horror is not my thing) and I would not normally give any book a five star rating since no book ever reaches perfection. (One of King's romantic scenes was nominated for the Bad Sex Writing award, and while I wouldn't have nominated it (If most people wrote honestly about their own erotic encounters, those would probably qualify for such an award as well since it's just the nature of the act) I will admit that one aspect of the scene stretched credibility a bit. I can't say what without giving away an important plot point but I'm not sure that "oh sugar" is quite that easy to achieve on someone's very first attempt at it. However in a novel that runs to hundreds of pages, quibbling over one or two paragraphs is very petty, in my view.) For me this book is probably as close to ideal as any writer is likely to get, so on this occasion I'll give it the full five.

• I was a senior in high school when JFK was assassinated so the event is very clearly etched in my brain. I was looking so forward to this book by Steven King and can say without a doubt that I have not been disappointed. It is an excellent story, so many of the details I can remember from growing up. The description of the late 1950's and into the '60's are so clear. I don't like reviews that tell the story, and I won't be doing that here. What I will say is that the characters are written with such clarity it is as if I got to know them personally. The details and the events are scripted to perfection. The story flowed and never did I lose interest or feel that I wanted to skip ahead. I listened to this on CD, and my friend, who read the book, thought I might lose some of the story by listening to it; however, I didn't, if anything I think it made the story even more interesting. Would I recommend this book...in capital letters YES!

• I have this friend named Stephen King. OK, I've never actually met the man, but he's told me lots of stories and I'm fond of the guy. I've realized lately that I think of him as a friend, a buddy, a guy I like to hang out with. Here's the thing about Steve. A lot of people don't like him. "Your friend Steve," they say to me, "He's weird. He thinks about horrible things. He writes about horrible things. And Christ, when they make movies of his stories, they really tend to suck." All those things are true, some times. Maybe most times. My pal Steve has written some stories that are way too gross for me, some stories that just don't work and some things that go on way too long. And some horrible (not just horror, but horrible) movies have been made with his name attached to them. But then there's "The Shining" and "Carrie" and "Misery". Here's the deal about my buddy Steve: the man can tell a story. He makes me care about the people in it. This doesn't happen every time, with every book of his, but when it does, BAM! he's got me and I'm along for the ride. With his book 11/22/63, Stephen King got me. I resisted for a while, the book's a monster, damn near 900 pages, but Amazon had it as a deal on the Kindle version. What the hell, it's lighter to carry and that buy button is too freakin easy. Three days. I slammed through the book in three days. I stayed up late, I got up early. I loved this book. You can read the blurbs on Amazon or somewhere else. Time travel. A guy goes back in time to stop the Kennedy assassination. You may be thinking, not my kind of thing. Or "I hate Stephen King" stories. I hope you'll think again. The master stroke in this book is the voice of Jake, the narrator, a 35 year old English teacher. I believed Jake's voice from page one. I cared about what he cared about. I was as incredulous as he was when we first encounter the time portal, but I had to try to figure out how it worked, what could be done. Who cares about Kennedy, can I use this to help my friend? Page by page, I did care. I had to care. I had to know. I didn't know if Jake could change history, but I knew he had to try. I knew I had to try. Yes, it's a Stephen King story. There's some gross stuff there. There's a little bit of scary stuff there. But there's a whole lot world there, with people you'd risk everything to save. 11/22/63 is one of the best books I've ever read. It's a long book that doesn't feel long, it rockets along and then it lingers in your mind. It's a magic trick and a time machine. It's a puzzle of a story where big things happen but it's the smallest things that matter. Try it. Get a few chapters in. If you can stop, if you don't care, walk away. It's not your thing. Nothing wrong with that, not all stories are for all readers. But I think you'll stay. My buddy Stephen King has written a masterpiece. It's called 11-22-63.

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