{"id":1098,"date":"2010-10-29T13:42:30","date_gmt":"2010-10-29T17:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/?p=1098"},"modified":"2010-10-29T13:45:57","modified_gmt":"2010-10-29T17:45:57","slug":"under-the-dome-a-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/?p=1098","title":{"rendered":"Under the Dome: A review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I finished reading Stephen King\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s novel, &#8220;Under the Dome&#8221;. This is the first novel I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve actually finished reading from him in a while \u00e2\u20ac\u201c last one being &#8220;The Cell&#8221;. I generally find his writing either hit or miss with me \u00e2\u20ac\u201c this book is reminiscent of his earlier Bachman books, which I did enjoy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Under the Dome.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-757 aligncenter\" title=\"Under the Dome by Stephen King\" src=\"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Under the Dome.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"312\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Under the Dome&#8221; at first appears daunting, over 1000 pages, but is engaging from the beginning making you forget the page count.\u00c2\u00a0 It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a tale about corruption, murder, conspiracies, the fight for survival and how long it takes for a sleepy town to got to hell in less than a week after they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re trapped and a religious ego maniac with a sadistic streak is their \u00e2\u20ac\u0153savior\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n<p>For those of you who enjoy a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153typical\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Stephen King novel with all the foul language and explicitly detailed descriptions you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve come to expect, never fear, there is still plenty to go around.\u00c2\u00a0 So the synopsis of the book \u00e2\u20ac\u201c well as the title \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Under The Dome\u00e2\u20ac\u009d suggests it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a tale about a town that get\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s completely cut off from the rest of the US with an invisible dome. Who put it there and why? Is it a government conspiracy, is it God?<\/p>\n<p>Enter ex military man Dale Barbara, Barbie for short, who is just leaving town after a fight with a local Politian\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s son, cut to a woman taking a fly lesson who crashes into an invisible barrier, it rain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s plane parts and body parts \u00e2\u20ac\u201c a truck rolling into town suddenly smashes into nothing and his truck is totaled leaving the driver bewildered. As what happens in small towns the news spreads like wild fire and the rumor begins that a plain crashed into a truck in some bizarre accident. They will all soon discover the reality of the Dome.<\/p>\n<p>Call in the local police chief who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s at home in his garden \u00e2\u20ac\u201c he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s older and has a pacemaker \u00e2\u20ac\u201c he arrives at the scene only to discover whatever is causing the dome interferes with electronic devices as his chest explodes.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Kids randomly have prophetic seizures, the man in charge runs a meth lab, food riots, necrophilia and everything in between.<\/p>\n<p>This book will make you turn the pages as you get sucked into the abyss that is Chester\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mills and read helplessly as is spirals down to a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153WTF\u00e2\u20ac\u009d ending.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy. I did.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/cory-icon-copy-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16\" title=\"cory-icon-copy-copy\" src=\"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/cory-icon-copy-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a>Cory<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I finished reading Stephen King\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s novel, &#8220;Under the Dome&#8221;. This is the first novel I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve actually finished reading from him in a while \u00e2\u20ac\u201c last one being &#8220;The Cell&#8221;. I generally find his writing either hit or miss with me \u00e2\u20ac\u201c this book is reminiscent of his earlier Bachman books, which I did enjoy. 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