11/22/63

Where do I start! This book was incredible. It for sure is now in my top 5 reads ever and is possibly my favourite King so far, when I have sat on it a bit I can decide if it replaces IT.

The premise of this book sounded interesting but I was not expecting to get so immersed and drawn in. The characters were brilliant, Jake was someone you could root for and pull your hair out because of but was always believable and don't even get me started on Sadie. Plus a great cast of supporting characters, Deke and Al were slightly above all the others.

The story itself was so good, the time travel was explained enough to kind of make sense but also left mystery, and a fascinating look at late 50's early 60's America that has left me with an urge to find out more! The real life events woven through were so interesting even for someone who knows almost nothing about JFK and that time in American history. What makes it special is the small every day interactions between normal people, this is always something that I enjoy with Kings work.

And the ending....beautiful, heartbreaking, head in hands, bitter sweet, eye leaking and so much more! Not often I don't want a 700ish page book to end but I could have kept reading this forever!

Hands down one of the best books I've ever read and one I will certainly revisit every few years from now on.

Side note, the audio was also brilliant, the narrator brought the characters even more to life for me, being from the UK I'm never sure on accents from places in the US but the audio gave all the characters clear voices so that when I was reading i knew exactly what they sounded like.