Under the Dome: A Novel
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781439148501
Feature: ISBN13: 9781439148501
ISBN: 1439148503
Label: Scribner
Manufacturer: Scribner
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 1074
Publication Date: 2009-11-10
Publisher: Scribner
Studio: Scribner
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ISBN13: 9781439148501
Condition: New
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Summary: wonderfully brilliant
Comment: I know everyone thinks its crazy that half way through its only been a few days, and that it is very long, but i really loved this story.
Maybe it was because i listened to the audio book while i read it, and it might have gave it an extra edge somehow, but this book is a must in my opinion.
For as long as it is, this is a fast paced book. Not in the sense that time flys by, but there is never a dull moment.
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Summary: Fair book
Comment: Overall, I thought this was a pretty good book. Cool idea, decent characters, interesting events happen. The only complaint is how long it is. King could have cut out 200 or 300 pages and it would have been more compact, and better, in my opinion. I would have given it 5 stars had it not been so long. That's really my only issue with it. Because it was so lengthy, I felt it drug on a little too much.
Still, I enjoyed it, I'd recommend it. Definitely not King's best book, but certainly not his worst by a longshot. Very unique plot.
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Summary: I hadn't read many King novels, but thought I'd try this one
Comment: Everyone was talking about it so I gave in and purchased it. It's entirely too long. I read into the 600+ pages and a character mentioned it was Day 3 I started thinking "600+ pages and it's only day 3??!!" That's when I started skipping paragraphs. It's a captivating story and I wanted to see how it ended; however I'm at the point now that I don't care how it ends. Fortunately, some of the previous comments posted were kind enough to spoil the ending and now I don't need to finish it. I hope I get some money for it at Half Price Books.
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Summary: Maestro - you missed a beat , and another, now fire up the pacemaker already-
Comment: Starting with "Cell" King has been writing a series of novels that have been disappointing. I do not keep tabs on our Master of Hilarious Horror's life, like some people here do, but whatever happened at that time seems to have twisted our Warped Wizard in the wrong direction.
King has been drying up. I do not know what causes the lack of inspiration, but is would almost appear that an impostor took over his typewriter. It is as if Stephen's much appreciated Dark Half has been knocked senseless by Mr. King Goody Goody, and the latter is making an attempt at writing horror.
The feeling I get is the same as when I watch one of the many failed attempts to recreate our well known King Atmosphere in movies and on television. Few directors have the knack needed to put the very essence of King Horror on the blood-splattered screen; many producers create flimsy simulacra. Frankly, the only true bull's eye was "the Shining " , and Nicholson's outrageously hilarious and yet terrifying performance was a prime example of how casting can make or break a film.
To me, King's recent books have been feeling - well, like that, failed movies. Compare it to the Langolier's universe; the airport of "has been" where everything looks right but does not feel or taste like anything. King's stories seem lacking originality, his ideas uninspired, his writing style dry.
What happened to that wonderfully twisted sense of humor, those in-your- face dark jokes, the outrageously funny fiends, the tongue in cheek undertow that has you grinning maniacally while your hair is standing on end? It is back a bit in "Dome", but only at the token level. A kid manages to kill himself in the most Kingeaceous manner, and then things dry up again. There is some juice, but just a fizzle in comparison to the Great Novels like "IT" or "Insomnia" with their lovable dark entities such as Pennywise sending silver balloons in the sky and Chaos jumping rope (one, two!). (And let's not forget our villain in "Needful Things" , children. Wasn't he a blast?)
King can put a whole town under a dome. And I believe, oh ,yeah, hallelujah. And yet,he is unable to improve (New and Improved!) the entire atmosphere of the bubble with his own special flavor of Hell, no matter that he cooks it for an inordinate amount of pages.
And it stumps me . Because he is the Master of Mindwarps. Because he is my favorite horror writer. Because he is The MAN, baby. What is going on??? What would throw King's sense of humor on the train track? What can we do, oh Master? How can we inspire thee? How can we bring you back to your previous levels of frightfulness? Tell us please, we will do anything. Because we are hooked, and dangling helplessly from our meat hooks,because we are waiting for the next slaughter, for the joyful release of blood, the happy harvesting of bodies . Because we Must have our Fix.
M
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Summary: Review of book up to page 350
Comment: I loved many of the earlier King books, but haven't been able to connect with any of them for quite a while. The great reviews of this book enticed me to try another one, despite the length.
The big turnoff for me was the cartoonish characters and the hokey dialogue.
I felt distanced from the characters and the plot..didn't care about either, with a few exceptions.
It seemed, except for some of the language, written at a young adult level.
This is my review for the first 350 pages; I couldn't see spending any more time reading without enjoying it more.
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On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester's Mill, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener's hand is severed as "the dome" comes down on it, people running errands in the neighboring town are divided from their families, and cars explode on impact. No one can fathom what this barrier is, where it came from, and when -- or if -- it will go away. Dale Barbara, Iraq vet and now a short-order cook, finds himself teamed with a few intrepid citizens -- town newspaper owner Julia Shumway, a physician's assistant at the hospital, a select-woman, and three brave kids. Against them stands Big Jim Rennie, a politician who will stop at nothing -- even murder -- to hold the reins of power, and his son, who is keeping a horrible secret in a dark pantry. But their main adversary is the Dome itself. Because time isn't just short. It's running out.
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