Can we discuss 11/22/63? (Spoilers)

[bluelikejazz]

I finished last night.

SPOILERS!

[bluelikejazz]

This was my very first SK novel, and I loved it. I always figured he was "too scary" for me, but I was assure this wasn't scary.

About halfway through, I said "I bed at the very end, he goes back and re-sets everything again. But I thought it was going to be more of a "this just isn't the same", not a "holy crap, the world is horrible, I must go back and change it right now" kind of thing.

Also, I've never really gotten emotional while reading, but I was heartbroken when Sadie died. I was so sad, even though I knew he could go back and make her live again, but ugh, so hard to read!

I'm sure I'll have more to add to this post later...

[ajm796]

It was my first SK novel too and I loved it! Everything about it...the way the characters were presented and his writing style. Now I want to read more of his (open to suggestions...anyone?)

I found myself getting rather attached to a lot of the main characters and even dreaming about the story. Of course, I wanted Sadie to live and Jake to forget his past life, and even JFK, and create a new life with Sadie.

I'll probably add more too :-)

[specka]

I loved this book so much. I think SK writes the 50s and 60s so well so before this book even came out, I was so excited for him to go back to that time. I swear, I could TASTE that root beer in the five and dime in the beginning. And I think I'll remember that scene with the talent show forever, it was so beautifully done. I liked how he made me feel nostalgic for a time when I wasn't even alive yet.

I've read almost everything he's written and I've never really found anything that he's written to be overly scary. He writes really, really good characters that stay with you so maybe that just overshadows the scary stuff for me. Eyes of the Dragon is a fairy tale and not scary at all if you want to try another one.

I was so sad about Sadie too. That part at the end where they're dancing as she is an old lady broke my heart. I thought it was really interesting that he wrote in the afterword that his son pointed out that his original ending didn't work and came up with a better one. I've read Joe Hill's books and he's great so it's exciting to see the two of them pair up - SK needs all the help he can get with his endings. I really wonder what the original ending was going to be though!

[bluelikejazz]

Specka: I Totally agree with you about the root beer. I could taste it! (My uncle used to own/run his own brewery and make his own root beer, and that is was I was imagining it tasted like... I was practically drooling).


Oh, another Question: I didn't really understand what the Green Card Man was trying to say at the end about where the meat that Al kept purchasing was going. Something about it didn't make a big difference, but it had to be coming from somewhere... anyone grasp that better than I did?

[imoan]

Stephen King is hands down my favorite writer ever (followed closely by John Irving). I wasn't disappointed with 11/22/63. Only King can take a seemingly corny topic like time travel and make it live and breathe!

For those of you who read Stephen King for the first time with 11/22/63, I highly recommend EVERYTHING HE'S EVER WRITTEN!

[bluelikejazz]

But imoan... where do I start?

Not gonna lie, "IT" sounds absolutely terrifying, and I'm not even afraid of clowns!!! I want to know what isn't scary...

[charlatti]

Jun 14, 2012 10:39:44 GMT -5 bluelikejazz said:

But imoan... where do I start?

Not gonna lie, "IT" sounds absolutely terrifying, and I'm not even afraid of clowns!!! I want to know what isn't scary...

The Green Mile is a good one that isn't really scary. It has some disturbing parts, but not scary.

[imoan]

The Stand is my absolute favorite. I recommend The Stand, Needful Things, The Shining, The Green Mile... ahh, they're all good.

[specka]

The Stand is probably my all-time favorite too. I agree with The Green Mile too. And he's coming out with a sequel to The Shining next year so now is a good time to read that if you haven't!

My husband also read Under the Dome recently and we sat outside one night and talked about it for a LONG time. It was half talking things through and half gushing over how awesome it was. I really loved that book too.

[imoan]

Under the Dome was amazing as well. There has honestly never been a Stephen King book that I didn't thoroughly enjoy and was legitimately bummed when I hit the final page.