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Jared
Great book that needed a better ending
Read the book in a little over a week . . which doesn't sound all that quick, but it's a 1,072 page book and it was maybe the 10th book I've ever read front to back. I loved all the way up till the ending sequence. I was just hoping for more than what I got. However, overall it was an excellent book.
Susana
Great read but a little clumsy and way too long
I love Stephen King. I truly enjoyed this book. It had a great plot and good characters.
That being said, it was too long. The Stand is one of my favorite books, and it deserved every page. But this book less so. The narration was clumsy at times, drawing attention to the fact that someone was narrating instead of just letting the story tell itself. That really annoyed me when Kind would go, "No time has passed due to the joy of narration" or something like that. Clumsy for an accomplished writer.
The ET part was also annoying because it wasn't developed. It was hinted at a few times, but it was basically just a neat ending. Couldn't we have heard those ET kids giggle a few time as they fried the ants?
As I said, it was a good read if long (I felt as if I couldn't quit ... not because I didn't want to stop but because I wouldn't be able to keep up with what was happening if I did.) I am a REALLY fast reader, by the way. I can't imagine what moderate readers thought.
Vishnu Bachani
Not scary at all (as some might've expected), but a good story.
Under the Dome is a moving, suspenseful, and action-packed story about an invisible dome that entraps a town. The horror of the story is more the political corruption and insanity epidemic than the actual dome. A good read for any King fan.
Russell P
A very disappointing read
In the Author's Note at the conclusion of the novel Mr. King writes: "I first tried to write Under The Dome in 1976." Perhaps he should have left it there. Although the primary characters were memorable the tale was far too busy jumping from one unbelievable event to the next. Chaos reigned supreme in this tale of a city whose citizens, mostly dullards, find themselves trapped under an invisible dome. For a book of nearly eleven hundred pages one would expect a far better work. In summation waste neither time, nor money on this one.
