11/22/63 by Stephen King
Jake Epping is a schoolteacher in Maine. One day, his dying friend Al shows Jake a portal for time travel. Al insists that Jake go back and stop John Kennedy from being assassinated in Dallas in 1963. And so begins the spellbinding 11/22/63.
Be forewarned that this book is LONG (almost 850 pages). I spent a couple of really late nights getting bleary-eyed reading because it had to go back to the library. But once you get into it, you can't put it down.
Jake is an appealing protagonist. He's an "everyman" sort of guy who figures out how to start a new life in the past, track Lee Harvey Oswald, come up with a plan to stop him--and even find true love. And he never loses his compassion or his conscience.
I liked how clearly Stephen King depicted life in Texas around 1960. And how he considered the implications of time travel--and how changing the past could have a major and unexpected impact on the future.
If you've got a long flight coming up, this would be the perfect traveling companion.
Be forewarned that this book is LONG (almost 850 pages). I spent a couple of really late nights getting bleary-eyed reading because it had to go back to the library. But once you get into it, you can't put it down.
Jake is an appealing protagonist. He's an "everyman" sort of guy who figures out how to start a new life in the past, track Lee Harvey Oswald, come up with a plan to stop him--and even find true love. And he never loses his compassion or his conscience.
I liked how clearly Stephen King depicted life in Texas around 1960. And how he considered the implications of time travel--and how changing the past could have a major and unexpected impact on the future.
If you've got a long flight coming up, this would be the perfect traveling companion.
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