Stayed up way too late last night reading the last two hundred pages of this latest King doorstop. At eight hundred pages plus this book will be an investment of your time. Overall however the payoff is there.
In this book we meet Jake Epping a high school Science teacher recently divorced. Being newly single he dines often at a diner called Al's and enjoys the house special..a fatburger. As school lets out for the yer he gets a call from Al asking him to come by. When he arrives at the resteraunt he finds Al looking haggard and ill.
It comes to pass that Al has found a time portal. It takes him back to 1958 each time he goes. Having seen him the night before Epping is surprised to see him 30 pounds lighter, a whole lot grayer and looking close to death. In the time portal no matter how long your gone it is only two minutes on this side.
Al had been gone for five years trying to change history. Jake as they talk soon realizes what history he was trying to change five years from 1958 and refuses to consider fulfilling this mission.
As the book has over 750 pages left we know that Jake does. Stopping to fix a couple of local tragedies he is aware of on the way Jake them begins his movements to Dallas.
This is a very good book. A page turner. King has always been clunky when writing about love and Epping, called George Amberson in 1960 when he makes his way to the small town of Jodie, Texas develops a love interest. It is good for the story but not good for us to have to read King's references to lovemaking. Ewww.
Still a great book. Oswald, Kennedy and Epping/Amberson have a date with history or as it turns out several alternative dates. Which one will be the final outcome holds sway over all our futures.
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