11/22/63 By Stephen King Review

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My review of Stephen Kings awesome time travel adventure, 11/22/63. A different stride for the legendary horror author, but one I believe he lands remarkably well.
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[@DanielGreeneReviews]

Wow!

[@abskorditis1232]

Great clip as always! You have quickly became my favorite booktuber. Could you please do analysis of inquisition in Mistborn vs inquisition in The first law trilogy. And I would like to hear what you think about arch lector Sult. 😁😁

[@gorgonzolastan]

@@abskorditis1232 ❤️ Glokta

[@roddyoneill336]

I know! It’s absolutely one of his best!

[@abskorditis1232]

@@roddyoneill336 who are you thinking of? Sorry for my bad English.

[@roddyoneill336]

Abskorditis 123 ah! Should have been more clear! I was agreeing with Daniel about the book! 😁 But Daniel is great too haha

[@evilmonkeywithissues]

I cried like a little b*tch at the ending. It was genuinely beautiful, although he says his son Joe is the one who suggested it. Still, it was one of his best endings ever.

[@SovietScotty]

Same. Same.

[@dreamer7770]

This was my first King book and I loved it to bits.

[@alexhernandez2367]

Same this was my first King book and the first book that got me into reading. Such a great book

[@JimInTally]

I've read many of his books. This book is, at one time, his best and worst book. His worst overall book was "Under The Dome," which starts out great and then has a stupid, half-assed ending. Don't waste your time and money on reading it.

[@jimhasan4870]

Same to me. This is my first Stephen King book and just finished it few hours ago. The best book I hv read in my life.

[@nicholaus3248]

I'm in the same boat!

[@jordanc2616]

Same here!

[@mmariankaa]

Spoiler: I really wished King would have elaborate more about the “portal keepers” and how were they chosen for this part, if they age and how is this job effecting their mentality. It’s a perfect recipe for a sequel ! :)

[@soupdog1686]

Yeah I really wanted to know more about their kind.

[@vydave]

@@soupdog1686 (if anyone has gone into this reply section, expect spoilers) agreed. I believe Kyle (Green Card Man in the ending) said something about them not being aliens but 'men'. Just makes me wish for more explanation 😂

[@baciliogomez375]

He could make a novella that is a sequel or maybe a longish short story

[@PsilocybeJedi]

Also wanted to know how Al got cancer

[@chazchoo99]

@@vydave I just finished reading the book today. The Green Card Man was Zach Lang. Kyle was the Yellow/Orange/Black Card Man.

[@mariosalazar4404]

That ending broke me, HARD, amazing ending, amazing book!

[@ArtAttack98]

The first book that ever made me cry. The part where Jake calls Deke Simmons after Sadie’s death was such a tearjerker. A great novel overall!

[@connerpeterson1119]

I already read it, but might want to add a SPOILER warning.

[@ArtAttack98]

@@connerpeterson1119 this is a comment on a review video. You should actually be aware that it contains spoilers all around.

[@oskarhultenlycke2543]

The way Deke struggled to not cry, my heart couldn’t take it

[@NathanSMKnapp]

This is great! I think that 11/22/63 is perhaps the best King novel. It's profound in its themes, compelling, has a nice literary voice, with a propulsive plot. And the sub-plot with Derry I think is mostly there to show that there's something wrong/off in Dallas. Since he already established Derry as being a fictional town with something ugly simmering beneath the surface, he seems to be using Derry as a kind of foreshadowing to Dallas.

[@Rich-jv2mx]

This is my favourite King book ever! It’s what got me back into reading again and made me fall in love with reading again.

[@nopenopenopington]

So I started reading this 3 days ago and desperately wanted a good review on KZbin but couldn't find one. I'm subbed to this channel for the fantasy content but here you are when needed the most. It's almost like that line Epping said, "Sometimes a cigar's just a smoke and a coincidence is just a coincidence"

[@jlkomina778]

"Dancing is life." 😭😭😭😭

[@michaelsauls1142]

I remember reading Stephen King and especially one of the essays he wrote he said that everybody has a monster inside of them and that we let that out by reading horror. Although he used the disgusting metaphor of having a bunch severed baby heads in our basements.

[@JonesStreetTv]

Not going to line I want some of that root beer George was talking about lol.

[@misbahulimam2512]

First Stephen King book I read was 11 22 63 and it was mindblowing. Even though it is 700 + pages, it never feels long because of the amazing storytelling.

[@goru9004]

I had some tears in my eyes when i read the ending. Absolutely love this book

[@justhere8408]

Yeah, tears but that of happiness and sadness mingled together

[@goru9004]

@@justhere8408 its just a beautiful ending to a book

[@blakejackson5340]

I disagree with you in some aspects. 11/22/63 is possibly my favorite book that King is written, and I think it is unfair to hold him to the standards of just a horror author. King has written plenty of books that wouldn’t fall under horror, so to say that King not being classically scary detracts from work is not quite true.

[@bookable18]

I finished the book today and it was soo good

[@TO5TADA]

Dude you're killing it with the consistency. Thanks for the vid and vids, love yah!

[@katieamarsh]

I have patiently waited for you to review this one. This is my favorite King book. This has one of my favorite love stories in it too. I happened to read it a month before I was going to Dallas and it was really cool to go to the grassy knoll and tour the building after just having read this. Interesting that you expected it to be horror, a lot of his books aren’t.

[@SovietScotty]

Truly amazing book. I’m a massive Dark Tower fan so I planned to read this years ago but never got around to it for some reason. I finally read it recently and I actually cried at the end. I loved it. I didn’t want it to end.

[@gorgonzolastan]

Spoiler I was intrigued by the way he handled the Cuban missile crisis. I don't think I realized how freaked out how people must have been at the time. Also as to bring freaked out and scared, I think the books in the Mr. Mercedes series are also not especially horror-ish. Neither is the Green Mile for that matter, though they all have a supernatural element.

[@mario15bok]

Great review, Daniel. I totally agree with you, this book was mind blowing. And it is one of my favorite books from him.

[@mahkgin7949]

"How we danced"

[@RedtsunamiTed]

Love this book too! So glad you enjoyed it.

[@viktorberggren9221]

I really love a lot of King's stuff, but haven't actually checked this one out, or even heard that much about it. But after this review, I'll definitely be putting it on my TBR. My favorite novel that Stephen King has written is The Green Mile, seeing as it is incredible in terms of tone, character and emotion. A lot of that novel, especially the end hits really, really hard. Recommend picking it up if you haven't already and if you are feeling like reading more of King's works, cause this one is one of his best. Keep up the amazing work, dude!

[@fictionfanatic3469]

Hi Daniel, I highly recommend reading "The Tommyknockers" & "Needful Things" especially The Tommyknockers for the multiverse connections. Plus they're just fantastic King novels that IMO are a little under rated at times.

[@averylcobb6110]

11/22/63 is my favorite Stephen King book and maybe my favorite standalone novel.

[@EmilyMeola]

This was the first King book I read. Obviously I had been into many film and series adaptions of his stories, so I was already on the King train, but this was the first book I decided to read. I love this book, it's my second favorite King book. I was expecting horror and JFK stuff, but was completely sidetracked and entranced by the relationship and story with Sadie. I loved the mundane every day moments and him trying to navigate through the years while he waited for 1963. And with 'IT' being my favorite King story, I was excited to be with Bev and Richie for a little bit even though I had only seen the 1990 miniseries at the time.

[@bethmccraw6718]

This is in my TBR for this year!

[@RobinHood70]

2:23 For me, it's always been the interconnection between elements of a story that interests me, so spoilers help me appreciate the story more on the first read, rather than having to wait for the second or third read. This is especially true with stories like WoT where by the time I hit the end of it, I've forgotten so much of the earlier stuff that I may never make those connections *without* spoilers (and I'm including things I already know from previous reads but have forgotten as "spoilers").

[@djhedgepath7967]

My favorite book of all time. There are actually a few "non scary" King books (Green Mile, Mr Mercedes, short stories, etc). I love how he has not pigeon held himself to one genre and because characters come first in all his stories - it works for him.

[@blossom114]

Love the green mile. and I'm VERY glad the movie left out one character. We only needed one asshole (percy). We didn't need two. THe movie did a great job on the book .

[@fluke6244]

Thanks man I really enjoyed your review, you did a great job 👍🏻

[@mikesbookreviews]

Would love an author deep dive of King, my personal favorite writer ever.

[@MovieMaverick7]

Awesome! I was looking forward to this review for a while and wasn’t at all disappointed. In fact, some of your points & criticisms felt like they came straight from my head haha. I too have been really surprised with how much I’m enjoying King’s new stuff and impressed with how he’s been able to evolve as an author. I agree that this was one of his best endings to date. Also, Daniel, If you’d like some King recommendations that stray even further from his horror roots (which incidentally also happen to be some of his very best) I’d suggest checking out Different Seasons, The Green Mile, and his more recent Elevation (which I suspect may hold some personal relevance to you given some things you’ve said about your family). I’d actually be super interested to hear your thoughts on some of these and really anything King tbh haha. Love your channel man. Keep up the good work! :) P.S. If you’ve seen the movies The Shawshank Redemption and Stand By Me, both were adapted from his novellas in Different Seasons which contains arguably his very best writing overall. Lastly, you definitely need to check out his early stuff as well, i.e. Carrie, Salem’s Lot, Misery, Christine, and The Dead Zone. They’ll blow your mind guaranteed.

[@Adriana-gu3uo]

I do mind spoilers so i only watched the 2.28 min lol. But i have to say that I'm intrigued about Stephen King. You seem genuinely awed * wow wow* about his books this one in particular I think. And who doesn't want to be * wow wow* about a book!

[@vincentlorusso689]

This book has always reminded me of his short story Dolan's Cadillac, from Nightmaresand Dreamscapes. The attention to detail and clear research is fantastic.

[@michaelsauls1142]

The last book I read prim Stephen King was Doctor sleep. I really enjoyed the continuing of development of the child from The shining. It's a great read and if you've read The shining before I seriously suggest you read doctor sleep.

[@thearchive8687]

Wowee! That’s high praise. If I ever start reading again in life, I’ll consider giving this book a shot. Unfortunately, unlikely though.

[@mosstown]

King Steven. Great review as always

[@shawndurham297]

I’ve read SEVERAL SK books but this is the greatest SK book I’ve ever read. Also: what camera & program do you use for your videos? I’d like to make my own

[@thugnomics123]

I quite liked the Shawshank reference too! But great review sir! Really enjoyed it!

[@TheMacaroniMonster]

great review! *_chef kiss_* definitely makes me want to check more stephen king out :)

[@ryeguy2256]

I liked that Troll 2 reference in the very beginning... gave me a good chuckle

[@jonisthebest99]

This was my second King book, started with The Stand. Absolutely fantastic book. "oh how we danced"

[@Mathew-Plummer]

The Institute is also very good as a different kind of story, I have read The Stand, that was good however the ending was a bit anti climatic where the main villain is overcome by the guy that he originally sends on his own mission (if you catch my drift).

[@curzon176]

That Oliver Twist clip was awesome. Thanks for that.

[@williamknipp9692]

I own 3 versions of this book because I loved it so much. I own hard copy (second version), a kindle version (first one I bought) and an apple books version (final) because it came with a documentary from king explaining why this needed to be done and I just love it. I actually started with this as my first official King book and do not regret it. I've read 36 of his books now and agree with you its one of his top 3 books for me too.

[@HolyBlokes]

I finally just finished this book and I thought it was absolutely fantastic. One of my favorite SK books of all time

[@jasonvizcarra709]

The 1st Stephen King book I just finished and absolutely loved it! Can’t wait to dive into his other books

[@Jeneric81]

Even if King fails on a lot of endings, The Dark Tower's ending is like the most perfect thing ever.

[@PR-lz1oc]

You should indeed make a video talking about the stephen king multiverse

[@RubenRodriguez-co9jx]

One of my top three King books as well. I agree it's not horror, but I find that to be a good thing rather than off-putting. It's good to see that King doesn't only do horror (Shawshank, Green Mile, The Body, etc.) like many people assume.

[@gozagswoohoo]

Totally agree on all fronts. I ESPECIALLY agree that the ending was phenomenal. So good and beautiful that it was near tear-jerking.

[@PaulHVAC1]

My absolutely fav SK novel. It showcased all his great character development and mood painting skills that make him one of the greatest writers ever. I couldn't put it down ...and loved the ending! Didn't know King had a romantic bone in his body ha ha

[@derekdurst9216]

My mom and dad both said this was one of their favorite King books. I might need to read it.

[@aaronlaster8260]

It's a great book it's one of my favorite books by him

[@danecobain]

It was a big ol' 5/5 for me, totally agree with your take on it. I'm actually planning on re-reading it via audio later this year :D Have you seen any of Edward Lorn's Thursday Theorist videos? He covers a book at a time and discusses how they all relate back to each other, they're pretty cool!

[@curlyfm]

Dane Reads the audio book is fantastic.

[@joemade7071]

“Oh how we danced.” 😫😫😫😫😫

[@Ghostontherun]

One of my favorite books

[@KitchenSinkSoup]

Have you read Insomnia? It's largely tied into the Dark Tower and is sort of a spiritual successor to It. The book is about growing old rather than growing up like It is and takes place in Derry. It is pretty slow (even slower than King usually is) but I really enjoyed it.

[@someokiedude9549]

I think this book proves that King's still got it after all of these years and why he's so beloved among us.

[@aryamananand3539]

I recommend reading the Liveship Traders to help you with your book

[@aminabd9115]

Daniel, I don't know if you will read this but if you do, you should definitely read the Elric saga by Michael Moorcock. It is a very important saga that influenced many books (GoT and the witcher for example) and it's imo the father of dark fantasy. It's about the prince of ruins Elric the white wolf of Melniboné (sounds familiar does it?) and his struggles with his destiny. The main cycle is composed by 6 books 1.elric of Melniboné 2. Sailors on the seas of fate 3. The weird of the white wolf 4. The vanishing tower 5. The bane of the black sword 6. Stormbringer And there are also two other books that the author wrote many years later: the fortress of the pearl ( between the first and second book) and the revenge of the rose ( between the forth and fifth book). Hope you'll check it out soon !

[@camanal404]

EXACTLY. YOU. I LIKE YOU.

[@rayedjualidan1504]

The writing is amazing and I am a real sucker for time travel. So this book was a double whammy in my books.

[@blossom114]

i haven't read a stephen king book that i haven't enjoyed. Now, I haven't read too many of them (a lot of the ones that have movies after them... after the fact.) I think this was the first book i started getting into BEFORE I saw the hulu . (then tried to watch it as I was going along with the audiobook...which didn't pan out too well, but at least there are enough differences that it worked out well regardless). Can NOT get enough of this book . Yeah, I haven't "physically" read it, but i love listening to audiobooks in the car and this is the top one. I hope we get more of these type of books. trying to change history. The subject itself is fascinating to me... going back in time. Maybe it's overdone a bit, but I thoroughly enjoy it regardless.

[@bookable18]

I finished the book today and it was soo good

[@meantoaster8037]

There should be a King book about someone who “hunts” or searches for king mythos after reading the books or something. This man sets out to discover and make something of the King lore while unintentionally thrusting himself into the King universe and meeting characters from the king universe.

[@jrm007100]

This was my second Stephen King book that I read in it’s entirety. I tried to tackle the Stand as my first King novel, but i don’t think I was ready for such a meaty piece of work… (that and I was distracted by a different book that I wanted to read 😂) i wound up reading Fairytale as my first stephen king book, which i liked but I felt there was a lot missing in that book. 11/22/63 for me had none of those feelings of emptiness. I absolutely loved this book. I’m really into mysteries and history so for king to put them together like that was just so great. 11/22/63 is a solid 9/10 for me highly recommend for people who loves thrillers.

[@viking4511]

This book was my introduction to Stephen King. I read it knowing it wasn't a horror book and more of a suspense/thriller and absolutely loved the book

[@laurensvanulden4367]

Derry sure plays a big role in the King universe. But I think Castle Rock is the main(e) capitel. It's in almost all of his older books. To understand the full King universe you'll have to start at the bottom with Carrie, Christine and Cujo (my favorite King).

[@statusbrowser3443]

I just finished reading this yesterday about 5 hours after this video was released

[@captainskipper4858]

I mean… the Harry dunning rescue number 1 was pretty horrific, especially what happens when Jake gets there

[@modes3702]

I finished this book today 11/22/22 just by coincidence 59 years to the day after JFK's assination. Wow! what a book indeed, I cried a bit at the sweet ending with the dance.

[@richrelaxes1154]

The reason it seems “different but same,” is because in this story, he found the perfect balance of serious, Shawshank, Stand By Me style with his more off the wall style. He’s done it wrong before, Under the Dome comes to mind.

[@goldennuke2]

Didnxt read the book, but the Hulu miniseries was great

[@aaronlaster8260]

The book is way different then the mini series

[@timhowland7103]

I think the difference here was the research King did for the story. the plethora of real life names and locations and such really felt different compared to his other works. the love story piece also felt more pronounced. I recently picked this up and finished it within a couple weeks. I no doubt wept at the end. 100%. I would like to know more about the green/yellow/whatever card guys. Also want to know WHY the date was. Like, what lead to the time portal and why that date and why the reset.

[@erixperience4050]

Came back to this a while after reading 11/22/63, and it was fantastic. But I don't really like horror, so I do agree that it's probably misrepresentative of his bibliography. But It works perfectly fine as a standalone.

[@CurieBohr]

This is my next King book.

[@malloreyrogers7987]

THANK YOU THIS BOOK IS INCREDIBLE AND LITERALLY NOBODY ON BOOKTUBE TALKS ABOUT IT

[@yremogtnomnad]

Just finished this book and I definitely "didn't" cry at the end... 😭😭😭 Sosososososo good ughhh

[@monferno71]

I just keep hearing praise for Stephen King and I get it, those seem like the things I love in books, it but I never got past that 30 page mark in any of his books I've tried reading... Has anyone had this problem? Is it worth pulling through because every time I decide to never pick something by him up, there comes a random review/post/pigeon carrying a message how great it all is? I mean kind of a random question in a random place, but this got me thinking...

[@Mathew-Plummer]

I was gripped by this book from the first page to the very last (I know that is a cliche. There are a lot of memorable parts and minor details that give you a sense of nostalgia from other of his books or puts it into his own universe. Yeah, layered. I haven't seen this video before so I am just adlibbing what he is saying before he has said it so i'll give up now but I was surprised that I enjoyed a novel that has something from the past that I wouldn't have been compelled to read on if it wasn't Stephen King writing it.

[@streamer_services]

I tried to do the book on tape thing but its almost 30 hours long...wow

[@areliguerraalid1471]

I'm in chapter 4 right now and so far so good💕

[@Dansull123]

As a HUGE Stephen King Fan, I loved this book!

[@danielmurphy4223]

Am I the only one able to admit that the book was outstanding but could’ve cut out like 10 chapter somewhere in the middle. Holy hell did that drag on

[@ChiIIChief]

Hey 21k! Let’s Goooooo

[@bigbubba7753]

11/22/63 is 2nd place in the time travel genre to me, right next to the BTTF trilogy of course

[@st0rts11D4]

It's my 2nd favorite book. Highly recommend

[@jeremydanchuk1897]

Could you read either Insomnia or Different Seasons by King, Seasons is a short story collection

[@ironworkerwelder]

Have you heard the audiobook of 11•22•63? It's incredibly performed by the great Craig Wasson! Give it a listen!

[@101Waylander]

Stephen King is a writer of more than just horror. He covers all genres and is the master of all of them.

[@jag519]

If you know youre going to read all of his stuff for the multiverse, do you have a specific order you'd suggest? Do you think you could do a video on that? Like how to fully appreciate his multiverse?

[@phoenixcoffey3839]

To answer the question about how I live not caring about spoilers, its cause my brain is trash and I'll completely forget about them by the time I actually read enough for them to happen

[@d.w.v.3553]

Daniel, or anyone else here in the comments, can you recommend any books that are similar to 11/22/63? Either by King or other authors? I've read 8 other King books and none of them, in my opinion, have been as great as 11/22/63

[@hikethemike7349]

As a big SK fan I have not read 11/22/63 yet, but damn I will! And that is the truth!

[@jamesjackson8292]

I would love to see your reaction to reading the eyes of the dragon. I remember it was one of my first fantasy books I ever read.

[@fictionfanatic3469]

James Jackson I've never read Eyes of the Dragon, what's your thoughts on it? Ive have read tones of King but it's one of the few I've yet to read.

[@jamesjackson8292]

@@fictionfanatic3469 it's one of my favorites of all times, for king it's on the shorter side at around four hundred pages and has pretty amazing world building and even a connection to the dark tower

[@justdrewit2498]

That ending...

[@libbygilmore9335]

You said it's not scary and doesn't have a horror element. It wasn't meant to be a horror story. If you went to school, you know what it's about and what's going to happen. But this is a SCI-FI book! It was meant to be. It's a time-travel book. It won many Sci Fi awards, and rightfully so. But to give any kind of negative review that it's not his usual genre of horror, right, it's not. It's Sci Fi, so should be reviewed that way. Otherwise, terrific review. Far and away, my favorite Steven King book. Simply Outstanding.

[@kilifischkopp1442]

What do you think of literary critics that say he|s only an average writer ? What are they on about ? Other critics love him but some are pretty dismissive of him. I love his books, theyre undeniably art.

[@christopherdupree2092]

Unrelated to this review specifically but something I found interesting as someone who is an avid reader who makes no effort to avoid spoilers - www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/spoiler-alert-spoilers-make-you-enjoy-stories-more This study by USC suggested that spoilers actually enhance enjoyment of stories because it helps to understand the overall plot. I watched the entire game of thrones show until I started disliking the most recent season and a friend recommended checking out the books which are behind the show by a couple seasons. When I read ASOIAF with a good understanding of the broad strokes of the plot, I absolutely fell in love and reading has been my favorite pastime since.

[@tristen-w1p]

I want to watch the series or read the book because i'm interested in the Stephen King Universe but, I absolutely despise horror

[@VicRibeiro777]

Made it to 2:22... Thanks for the warning Daniel.