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Under the Dome
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Trigger warning for Rape, Abuse, Violence and Pure Gore
• MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES - Check
• Original Scary Concept - Check
• F#$% Psychos - Check
• Stephen King’s writing - Check
“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.”
I DID IT!!! I FREAKING READ THE MOST INTIMIDATING BOOK ON MY TBR!!! And boy did it take a lot of effort *mentally and physically* to pick up this book from my shelf and start it, being a HUGE *pun intended* fan of King I felt obligated to try this GROUND-BREAKING book. It was everything I wanted in a book and more.
You have to agree when Stephen King writes a big book it’s usually mind-blowingly amazing and with Under the Dome I got nothing less but pure perfection in story-telling. If you have read The Stand you will absolutely devour this one. The Story essentially follows the lives of people in Chester’s Mill, from out of nowhere a transparent and impenetrable Dome appears, with that we see how being literally caught in a rock and a hard place might change some people and the story kicks off from there…
First of all the HUGE cast of people was my favorite part, different personalities and a vast a ray of faces made the story appear so real, that you question whether this disaster is actually happening. King managed to immerse me into the dome and feel for these characters and also how he managed to capture voices of dogs, woodchucks, birds and other animals as the phenomena was happening was genius. He single handedly managed to balance out plot-development and characterization, which made the book personal and fast for the reader.
The Writing-style was fun and easy to get into, with a sense of dark humor and really short chapter which made the pacing of the book move really quickly. If you are those people who are affected by death of characters and pets, 50 people die in the first 50 pages YES! King went there. I was like...
I rooted for the awesome good guys and I HATED like 50 people, my wanting for revenge and retribution made flip the pages. I personally HATED Big Jim (if you’ve read the book you understand) I wanted to jump in the pages and shoot his ass.
It touched upon topics of Power, Rape and Abuse, Morality, Religion, Death, Politics and so much more. I was surprised by how fast I went through it and people are intimidated by the size but sparing some time and immersing yourself in the story, you will not regret, especially if you are familiar with kings writing. I loved loved loved this book and it might on of the best book I have ever read.
UPDATE: I Just saw the series adaptation... AND IT WAS SHIT!!!
The book is 10000% better
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by
Trigger warning for Rape, Abuse, Violence and Pure Gore
• MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES - Check
• Original Scary Concept - Check
• F#$% Psychos - Check
• Stephen King’s writing - Check
“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.”
I DID IT!!! I FREAKING READ THE MOST INTIMIDATING BOOK ON MY TBR!!! And boy did it take a lot of effort *mentally and physically* to pick up this book from my shelf and start it, being a HUGE *pun intended* fan of King I felt obligated to try this GROUND-BREAKING book. It was everything I wanted in a book and more.
You have to agree when Stephen King writes a big book it’s usually mind-blowingly amazing and with Under the Dome I got nothing less but pure perfection in story-telling. If you have read The Stand you will absolutely devour this one. The Story essentially follows the lives of people in Chester’s Mill, from out of nowhere a transparent and impenetrable Dome appears, with that we see how being literally caught in a rock and a hard place might change some people and the story kicks off from there…
First of all the HUGE cast of people was my favorite part, different personalities and a vast a ray of faces made the story appear so real, that you question whether this disaster is actually happening. King managed to immerse me into the dome and feel for these characters and also how he managed to capture voices of dogs, woodchucks, birds and other animals as the phenomena was happening was genius. He single handedly managed to balance out plot-development and characterization, which made the book personal and fast for the reader.
The Writing-style was fun and easy to get into, with a sense of dark humor and really short chapter which made the pacing of the book move really quickly. If you are those people who are affected by death of characters and pets, 50 people die in the first 50 pages YES! King went there. I was like...
I rooted for the awesome good guys and I HATED like 50 people, my wanting for revenge and retribution made flip the pages. I personally HATED Big Jim (if you’ve read the book you understand) I wanted to jump in the pages and shoot his ass.
It touched upon topics of Power, Rape and Abuse, Morality, Religion, Death, Politics and so much more. I was surprised by how fast I went through it and people are intimidated by the size but sparing some time and immersing yourself in the story, you will not regret, especially if you are familiar with kings writing. I loved loved loved this book and it might on of the best book I have ever read.
UPDATE: I Just saw the series adaptation... AND IT WAS SHIT!!!
The book is 10000% better
MY BLOG https://kenyanlibrary.wordpress.com/2...
https://youtu.be/F5FBQ-1kEyM
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“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.”
― Under the Dome
― Under the Dome
“She can't help it,' he said. 'She's got the soul of a poet and the emotional makeup of a junkyard dog.”
― Under the Dome
― Under the Dome
Reading Progress
March 6, 2016
– Shelved
March 6, 2016
– Shelved as:
to-read
April 25, 2016
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Started Reading
April 25, 2016
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4.66%
"Not A Spoiler but Literally 100 people are dead and I am like page 50.... I am cringing so much... Lol"
page
50
April 26, 2016
–
46.55%
"God! I hate so many characters they are awful people, God I hope they die soon.... This Book Is amazing.... My feels are all over the place"
page
500
April 27, 2016
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65.18%
"SO GOOOOD!!!! Retribution is coming.... All these Scumbags must fall *evil laugh*"
page
700
April 28, 2016
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Finished Reading
April 29, 2016
– Shelved as:
fav-2016
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Awesome, thanks. I have read The Stand. That was the same way, seemed to go really fast,although very long read.
Paul wrote: "I loved this book! It was never boring! I haven't watched the TV show but from what I've heard the book and the show are really different! If you're a King fan, you should really enjoy this one."Finished it loved it... One of the best books ever
Tom Swift wrote: "Awesome, thanks. I have read The Stand. That was the same way, seemed to go really fast,although very long read."I highly do recommend... It was executed so well :) Thanks for reading Tom
Definitely intimidating in size. Great news knowing that you liked all of it Bill. I'm looking forward to finally reading it sometime.
Ron wrote: "Definitely intimidating in size. Great news knowing that you liked all of it Bill. I'm looking forward to finally reading it sometime."You should ron :)
I also loved this book. Great review, Bill.
Paul wrote: "I also loved this book. Great review, Bill."Thanks Paul :) we seem to have a lot of books in common we should buddy-read sometime
Lol This might be one of the best reviews I have ever read! No lie! Thank you.
Amy wrote: "Lol This might be one of the best reviews I have ever read! No lie! Thank you."Hahaha... XD Thanks Amy :)) If I love the book, my reviews tend to be really "Fan-girly"
Paul wrote: "This ROCKS Bill!!! You finished an AMAZING book!! I agree, if King writes a big book, rest assured it will be great. It, The Stand & this one (besides the Dark Tower series) are my favorites!
Awes..."
I loved it Paul :) I go so well with King's writing. It was such a great book... I have the Darkhalf on my shelf, I can't wait to dive in that, his books are my crack
Fabulous review, Bill. I dig your enthusiasm! I plan to tackle this one someday as well. I recently read 11/22/63 and even though it was long, it flew by because I enjoyed it so much. Isn't it amazing to just get lost in a giant Stephen King book? :-)
Ah, The Dark Half! One of my favourites!
Liz wrote: "Fabulous review, Bill. I dig your enthusiasm! I plan to tackle this one someday as well. I recently read 11/22/63 and even though it was long, it flew by because I enjoyed it so much. Isn't it amaz..."I know right :) He has made feel less intimidated by big books like I prefer them over small one. I really want to read 11/22/63 like so bad!!!
Its really high on my tbr
Paul wrote: "Ah, The Dark Half! One of my favourites!"I am definitely gonna read it :)
Paul wrote: "The Dark Half was a fun one as well!! You put it perfectly, King is my crack!Don't be jealous of me getting to meet him next month in Nashville Tennessee for his End of Watch tour! So excited!"
I still can't believe you met him! hah...
Paul wrote: "The Dark Half was a fun one as well!! You put it perfectly, King is my crack!Don't be jealous of me getting to meet him next month in Nashville Tennessee for his End of Watch tour! So excited!"
Cool!
Paul wrote: "It was amazing Bill. Out of 2,200 people, only 4 questions were allowed. And I happen to be lucky #4!! I still can't believe he looked at me and listened to and answered my question...let alone bei..."I literally got goosebumps, you spoke to the King himself :)
LOL this review was fantastic! (And consequently, now I want to read this book!)
Dana wrote: "LOL this review was fantastic! (And consequently, now I want to read this book!)"Lol XD The book itself was absolutely amazing :) Especially if you love big books... You should definitely check it out :)
Definitely a fan of big books! I was going to read It by King sometime soon, but I may read this one first :)
Dana wrote: "Definitely a fan of big books! I was going to read It by King sometime soon, but I may read this one first :)"I am yet to read It but I have to fix that :) King knows how to write big ground-breaking books.
Paul wrote: "All my favorites by him are the big ones!"agreed Paul :)
P.S. I can't for the life of me believe we have yet to do a buddy read... We should arrange one Paul... SOON!
I'd jump in a buddy read with you guys sometime. Maybe we can find others t join.
Ron wrote: "I'd jump in a buddy read with you guys sometime. Maybe we can find others t join."Yes :) I was about to ask you to Ron... I think it would be so cool :) I think we should organise.
Paul wrote: "I'm game. There's about 10-13 King books I haven't read if you wanna go that route. Or whatever is fine with me. I'm currently reading End of Watch"Yessssss :) I was thinking about his son's books Joe Hill with the recent release of The Fireman, I have been trying to read his old stuff before his new ones... So I just got Horns on ebook :)
Great. There are still quite a few King books on my list too. And Horns is the one Hill book I have not yet read. I'm up for most any genre.
Ron wrote: "Great. There are still quite a few King books on my list too. And Horns is the one Hill book I have not yet read. I'm up for most any genre."Good we are going somewhere :) who else would be interested?
Paul wrote: "I haven't read a Joe Hill book yet, but would be interested in "Horns" as our buddy read. I don't do audio at this time. But that is my suggestion."totally cool :)
I will ask some others to see if they're interested.
Ron wrote: "I will ask some others to see if they're interested."Thanks, Ron :) this will be really awesome if it actually happens
Paul wrote: "ok guys... I picked up a copy of Horns, just in case we pick that one. I would be fine with just us 3 doing a Buddy Read, as I have never done one before. :)"yesssss Paul :) We just need a date :) plus Ron asked some people on his status only one person want to join so far but I am excited :)
I'm finishing a couple of books myself Paul, and just placed a hold on Horns at my library. Liz, the other person, just said that she can't start for a couple of weeks, so it's okay if we go ahead without her for this one. If you guys want to start in a week, or wait the 2 weeks, I'm good with either choice.
Paul wrote: "I don't know which of his 5 books contains those King references but I hope Horns does."You guys I am excited :) I think we should start a group first... So we can have like a solid communication and I have never been in a buddy read so I am pumped. It's Ok if we wait for two weeks, I to have one book to read :) So we can finish them, then dive into the buddy read.
Joe Hill likes to place not-so-subtle easter eggs in his books. I don't remember that in Heart-Shaped Box, but at that time he was trying to keep his identity under-wraps.2 weeks is fine for me. I will send Liz a friend suggestion to link to Paul. Then we can create a group or put it under the "discussion" tab (it's next to the update tab). A group may be better, but I've never tried to create one.
Throw out some "buddy rules" over the next couple of weeks. Looking forward to our read!
Ron wrote: "Joe Hill likes to place not-so-subtle easter eggs in his books. I don't remember that in Heart-Shaped Box, but at that time he was trying to keep his identity under-wraps.2 weeks is fine for me. ..."
Yes! I can't wait to see the references and see if he is as fucked up as his father :)
I think so Paul. I've already picked up my copy from the library. It's a hardcover. Did you guys both say that you have it on Kindle?
Ron wrote: "I think so Paul. I've already picked up my copy from the library. It's a hardcover. Did you guys both say that you have it on Kindle?"Yes I have it on my Kindle :) I wish I had a physical copy but Shipping takes so long :( and Paul we are doing Horns :)) Ron, you said we should open a discussion feed instead of a group..
Bill wrote: "Ron wrote: "I think so Paul. I've already picked up my copy from the library. It's a hardcover. Did you guys both say that you have it on Kindle?"Yes I have it on my Kindle :) I wish I had a phys..."
A group seems better for this. I'll look into it later today when I get the chance. At least two of us should be moderators for the group, or maybe even all 4 of us.
The inside cover of the book is full of Morse code: lines of "dots & dashes". I thought that was interesting.
Ron wrote: "Bill wrote: "Ron wrote: "I think so Paul. I've already picked up my copy from the library. It's a hardcover. Did you guys both say that you have it on Kindle?"Yes I have it on my Kindle :) I wish..."
That sounds so cool :) I actually know how to open a group... I was looking into it and yes we should all be moderators because its a small cozy relaxed buddy read :) Oh the hardcover does look good.
Do you want to start the group Bill? We can each pitch in some group name suggestions.The hardcover is 368 pages with 50 chapters. Since we're each on something different, maybe we can read by chapters to stay in sync.
Ron wrote: "Do you want to start the group Bill? We can each pitch in some group name suggestions.The hardcover is 368 pages with 50 chapters. Since we're each on something different, maybe we can read by ch..."
Yes I can and the ebook is 379pgs...
I have just created a group sort of and invited you :) just join and I can add you as moderators
Awesome review, Bill! It was the first novel by Stephen King I've ever read and I highly enjoyed it. From all of the doorstoppers he has written, this was the one I liked most. :) I also agree that the series was shit and the characters King created were very easy to root for or against, which is probably why I was very emotionally involved with this one.
Councillor wrote: "Awesome review, Bill! It was the first novel by Stephen King I've ever read and I highly enjoyed it. From all of the doorstoppers he has written, this was the one I liked most. :) I also agree that..."So happy you enjoyed it as much as I did :) It was truly magnificently crafted and solidified my love for King :)
Fantastic review. I can't wait till the library notifies me that it's available. :)
Arya *Bibliomaniac!* Fraser Stark wrote: "Fantastic review. I can't wait till the library notifies me that it's available. :)"Thank you, 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂 I hope you enjoy it as much as me it was a crazy ride
Nagia zia the Rock wrote: "Hi Bill WOW review and OMG author and Fantastic writer
Please friend Nagia
How are you
Happy :-) Reading! :-)"
thank you 😅😅😅
yes I will tackle this mammoth of a book soon.... Thanks