I finished Under the Dome a few days ago. I haven't seen the mini-series, nor do I want to for a good while. That has nothing to do with the negative comments I've heard about the aforementioned adaptation and everything to do with one simple fact: I don't need to see a filmed version. Because the mental version of the book is still unspooling in my mind. Sometimes you hear a lot of hype about a book, but the reading experience falls short. Sometimes, a book is about what you expected. There are occasionally those glorious occasions when the book exceeds the hype. For an example of this, check out Norman Partridge's sublime Dark Harvest, which I'd heard about for several years but never read until a couple months ago. That book knocked me on my tookus. And then there's Under the Dome. This novel catapulted my entire body into the air, propelled it through the window in a maelstrom of shattered glass, and sent it tumbling and broken into the lawn. Then, when I staggered to my feet, the darn book rose up from my bedroom floor, blasted through the window, and flattened me again. I've read more than fifty Stephen King books. Under the Dome is one of the top five. I've read plenty of criticisms about it. Too many points-of-view, unsubtle characterization, an anti-climactic ending.Read full review
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Excellent Book. I've read before years ago, but wanted to reread it. Thanks!
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Way different story so far than the show. Only in about 200 pages.Extremely slow moving. Got so bored. A lot of the character babble on and on. Reminds me of the Dune series!
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Good story, many characters, could never go wrong with king
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