11/22/63

The writing is good and the book starts strong with a solid plot line, likable characters, and a simple thus plausible time travel scheme. Even though I liked the writing style throughout the book, I couldn't get over how the plot line was a very thin cover for trying to convince me Oswald acted alone. King forces this point of view on the reader to such an extent that Oswald becomes a caricature and a cliche. Even the ending where the hero saves JFK and the future turns into a grim apocalyptic waste world ( verbatim stolen from the Red Dwarf series by the way ), is a tired and weak argument for JFK needing to die. Its like King is swearing there was no conspiracy, but even if there was it was justified because the world is better off this way. Maybe his numbers are slipping and the CIA dropped King a big payday to drop this thin veiled propaganda into our minds. Crazier things have happened.