Under the Dome: A Novel by Stephen King is about Chester's Mill, Maine which is sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. "Dale Barbara, Iraq vet and now a short-order cook, finds himself teamed with a few intrepid citizens -- town newspaper owner Julia Shumway, a physicia...
That was a trip and a half. For being such and unwieldy mammoth, the tension never lets up. Everything goes to shit fats and through infinite pages. Something to have in mind before taking a stab at it. Gave me quite the bit of anxiety (which is part of what I liked but, you know). The set up ha...
Even though the audiobook was something like 35 hours long, when I got to the end, I didn't want this book to be over. On a seemingly ordinary October day in the small town of Chester's Mill, Maine, an invisible dome drops down, cutting off the town from the rest of the world. This is particularly...
Maybe a 3.5 star read. I genuinely enjoyed the book. The concept was good and terrifying if you really think about it. What really brought the rating down for me is all the politics. Just ugh, I have no interest in reading about them and that was a good 50% of the book. On one hand, Jim Rennie was a...
Before we begin, I thought I would point out something silly. Lee Child wrote the blurb that graces the trade paperback edition of Under the Dome, one that states: "Seven words: The best yet from the best ever." Not only is Lee Child full of shit (no true King fan will call this novel his best work,...
I loved this book. It drew so many feelings from me. Most of those were negative. I got so pissed at characters, so upset when things went the wrong way. I really invested myself in these people's lives. I could go off on so many tangents about what the dome could symbolize, or not. The way he...
“If you can't laugh when things go bad - laugh and put on a little carnival - then you're either dead or wishing you were.” This book is the largest novel I’ve ever read. When Mr.King goes into retirement, he will have to answer for the death of a lot of trees. That being said,the novel keeps a goo...
Ah small towns, how I love you. And Stephen King loves them, too. In Under the Dome, King approaches weighty thematic subjects in a way he never dared to in previous novels, and it's these elements that lifts the material above his usual pulpy fare. Don't get me wrong - there are still the usual gri...
"Okay, I know it's near sacrilege to suggest this but I don't think Steven King is the writer he used to be. I remember The Dead Zone, The Stand, and Salem's lot with great fondness. Those were real page turners. Even more recent works like Joyland and Dr. Sleep kept me up at night reading. But not ...
I can't say that I really enjoyed this book, but I think it has more to do with me listening to the audio version. The guy narrating it kept using different accents for all the different characters. I found some quite distracting. I was enjoying the story to begin with, but it got a little bogged do...
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