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My only *real* gripe with this book was its length. It felt like it could've been 2/3 of the amount, and it would've been *better*. But that's a minor gripe.
I really enjoyed every character in this book. I felt like Jake was a bit of a know-it-all (or proselytizer for King's views) at times, but that's also a minor gripe.
I really rooted for the outcome of this story. I wanted everything to "work out." In a way, it did. But when you break it down it was a character story where the only people truly affected were Jake and the yellow-card man. The rest were oblivious. This can make the book feel like, "what's the point?", but in reality the point was the journey (as they say).

The ending didn't really make much sense to me. It seemed like the idea of string theory should've made it to where Jake could really do almost whatever he wants, because it's just continuing to create new strings and really who cares? After preventing JFK's assassination how much worse could you make the strings by going back and being with Sadie? Although I can understand that he'd never truly get that time back. He was hoping to jump into the future and have made a better world and then find Sadie. But really he had to reset it once more and then it'd be him 10 years older and no way of knowing whether they're truly connect again or not. The thought alone is overwhelming and devoid of much hope. So maybe that's the point? Again back to the idea that the journey made it worthwhile. Plus, hopefully he was able to end the "yellow-card man's" misery once and for all.

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