Stephen King: Under The Dome
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Fantastic! I am only about 200 pages in or so and really enjoying it. My reading time is also very limited right now (which stinks). Very glad to see someone who has actually finished it holds it in high regard.
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Just finished it today. Fun stuff - especially the final act. WOW!
Having read all of his work, this one ranks up there pretty high in terms of being "classic" King. A real mass of interesting characters, both good and very bad.
King has a way with creating very lifelike characters, and when one - or more - of them die I actually feel shock and sadness.
Not many popular fiction authors that I read can get away with that on such a regular basis.
Having read all of his work, this one ranks up there pretty high in terms of being "classic" King. A real mass of interesting characters, both good and very bad.
King has a way with creating very lifelike characters, and when one - or more - of them die I actually feel shock and sadness.
Not many popular fiction authors that I read can get away with that on such a regular basis.
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Extremely great book for the first 900 pages or so, a little let down by the end. Boy did anyone else get physically uncomfortable reading this book, so big and bulky I just couldn't find a comfortable way to read it, if I didn't know better I would guess someone behind the scenes got the hardcover priced so low, so people would remember how uncomfortable really big books are to read, and get them to all buy kindles
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I was laying down a lot with it next to me, it would start to dig into my hip or stomach if I read it too much with it laying on me.
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Just finished it. My god could the ending have been worse?! The book was really interesting for the first 700 pages or so and then when they first started showing where the ending was going, I was really hoping it wouldn't actually go there and then it did. It sucked hard! I thought The Stand had a cop out with
, but this one almost takes the cake.
I'm also really tired of King's sappy introspective endings with characters re-evaluating their lives and deciding to be better people. Does Oprah write his endings now? I appreciate that he almost died from getting hit by a car and all, but good God, it sucked.
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I'm also really tired of King's sappy introspective endings with characters re-evaluating their lives and deciding to be better people. Does Oprah write his endings now? I appreciate that he almost died from getting hit by a car and all, but good God, it sucked.
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Just finished it. My god could the ending have been worse?! The book was really interesting for the first 700 pages or so and then when they first started showing where the ending was going, I was really hoping it wouldn't actually go there and then it did. It sucked hard! I thought The Stand had a cop out with
, but this one almost takes the cake.
I'm also really tired of King's sappy introspective endings with characters re-evaluating their lives and deciding to be better people. Does Oprah write his endings now? I appreciate that he almost died from getting hit by a car and all, but good God, it sucked.
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I'm also really tired of King's sappy introspective endings with characters re-evaluating their lives and deciding to be better people. Does Oprah write his endings now? I appreciate that he almost died from getting hit by a car and all, but good God, it sucked.
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I've never read a book with such a shockingly bad ending. And I've read a lot of books. This thing is supposed to be an HBO series? Good luck visualizing it. It'll be laughed off the screen in homes across the country.
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I think it's a matter of cost. Some limited press companies still do that. Donald M. Grant published Dark Tower IV and VII (and maybe V & VI... but I don't remember for sure) in 2-volume sets along with single book editions due to the length.
I think the problem with mass market companies is that with twice as much binding and covers as well as the slipcase, the extra cost involved for the binding and shipping (due to the extra weight of covers and box) wouldn't be as cost-effective for them.
I think the problem with mass market companies is that with twice as much binding and covers as well as the slipcase, the extra cost involved for the binding and shipping (due to the extra weight of covers and box) wouldn't be as cost-effective for them.
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I'm about a quarter way through and I'm loving it so much. The one thing that bothers me though is...
Other then that it's a fantastic read.
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Other then that it's a fantastic read.
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I just finished the book on Tuesday and I loved everything about the book except for the reasoning behind the dome itself. The reasoning behind the dome just felt really out of place.
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I know that someone already asked this question, but it was given a cryptic answer about reading 50 pages further in the book. I must have missed it in my fast forwarding of the "boring parts" aka most of the book. Why didn't they try to dig under it?
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Almost forgot my review I thought it was positively awful. It's really sad that SK seems to have lost his magic. I was able to finish it and there were a great number of interesting visualizations, but sadly none of the characters were interesting. I found myself rooting for Rennie about 1/3 of the way in, hoping he would kill off anyone who was too stupid to live (which I decided was pretty much everyone a few pages later). The only consolation was an ending as suitably stupid as the characters. Don't complain about the horrid ending, they deserved it. I would have felt cheated if a good ending was wasted on those characters.
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Just finished last night. This was not as compelling as The Stand. I was able to finish The Stand in a week. This book took me over a damn month. Just wasn't really sucked into the story. Lost interest at page 900 and just skimmed through the rest. The ending was pretty laughable and I hope they change it for the HBO miniseries.
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I liked it much better than any of the recent crap King has put out...then again I listened to the audiobook so it flows a lot easier and is not such a time-sink
(BTW, the reader Raul Esparza was FANTASTIC...his Maine accents were wonderful, his Junior was twisted, his Renny was dismissive and devious)
My only problem with the story was
(BTW, the reader Raul Esparza was FANTASTIC...his Maine accents were wonderful, his Junior was twisted, his Renny was dismissive and devious)
My only problem with the story was
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For those that missed out on grabbing the limited edition of this book, you can order the UK limited which is also signed by King and limited to 500 copies HERE for £100.00.
At the top of the slipcover, there is a section that the trading cards fit into.
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I thought it was pretty mediocre, I think if I'd been reading the normal version instead of the ebook version I would've been really tempted to skip through (Kindle is not overly conducive to skipping ahead). There were very few characters in all those pages and pages I cared about.
The only recent book by him I remember really enjoying was Duma Key. Luckily that's not too far in the past so I'm hopeful he was another good one or two left in him.
The only recent book by him I remember really enjoying was Duma Key. Luckily that's not too far in the past so I'm hopeful he was another good one or two left in him.
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330 pages in myself and am liking it about as much as The Stand right now. Of his long novels (not including the Dark Tower) IT is the ultimate one, I really loved the characters in that book. I really disliked most of the characters in The Stand by the end. Maybe the same thing will happen with Dome, but I really like them all now.
I think his style is only getting better though. He writes some really great and often beautiful descriptions. The pacing of the book is outstanding too. With The Stand and IT I had to take a big break about half through before finishing them. This one I should finish without taking a break.
I think his style is only getting better though. He writes some really great and often beautiful descriptions. The pacing of the book is outstanding too. With The Stand and IT I had to take a big break about half through before finishing them. This one I should finish without taking a break.