It's like a love letter to the books--and their fans.

I picked this up with some trepidation--partly because Dallas is my home town and partly because it's such a big fat book.
But it was good! Lots of food for thought on history and time and how time travel could work. The characters were all wonderful--deeply layered and complex. It was a page turner, though I still think that perhaps 100 pages or so could have been cut. King spends a lot of time setting the stage before we ever get to Dallas.
I'm no expert of the JFK assassination, but I do know a little bit more than the average bear (I spent a very memorable summer working at the Sixth Floor museum). It rang true, and that was what I was most concerned about.

Side note: I know 5 people named in the acknowledgments. One of them is my former boss (and she's still a good friend). Very strange to see their names in a book at the top of the best-seller list! In some ways that makes me like the book even more. I know King did his homework.

It has been years since I've read any Agatha Christie, and I've forgotten how delightful she is. This book is funny and sly and witty--plus there are some very fun characters. There's a reason why she's a master of the genre, and for some reason, I had her in my head as pure fluff. Not so. Will have to be checking out some more of her work soon, especially more with Miss Marple.

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