I finished 11/22/63 a few days ago, and I can't stop thinking about it. Stephen King has some great stories (Salem's Lot is my fave), but this one is markedly different.
Partly because the main "point" of the story focusing on the JFK assassination or whatnot, is actually the least interesting part of the whole story.
Instead, the way he describes Jake/George's life, describes the feel of the 50s and 60s, and the chemistry between the characters in the town of Jodie is just mesmerizing. The descriptions of the taste of root beer and ice cream. The school dances, the meet-cutes, the characters.
I can't get it out of my head! I felt like I just lived in a different reality while reading it, I was so immersed in the way he built the world of America in the 50s and 60s.
by Rtzon