Under the Dome, Stephen King
So I finished reading Under the Dome today. It took me a couple of weeks, but I did it. I have mixed feelings about it. Mostly, I was disappointed in the storyline overall. I’ve read The Stand, The Green Mile, The Shining, Salem’s Lot, The Dark Tower series, Misery, IT (who could forget IT…and are you scared of clowns now?) The Mist, The Secret Window (great movie with Johnny Depp), even Thinner (OK, a little silly but a quick enjoyable read…movie was silly). I don’t read the “horror” books of his like Cujo and Christine though. Those that I have read, I have found to be well-written and flowing.
This one, however, had unbelievable extremely sick characters and a storyline that was, well, ridiculous. But I kept reading. One thing I will say about Stephen King is that he develops some of his characters very well. So when the character dies, I either feel bad for them, I am saddened by their deaths or I am not so sorry. King has a clear evil and good, smart and not so smart, right and wrong. One thing for sure, though, I was never sure who was going to make it to the “dome lift” and who would die. I would be curious to see if he has some logic to his “death decisions”.
The scenes in this book are perfect for a classic King movie. I’m not sure which person King would be. Maybe one of the police lined up outside the dome? One of the “good guy” cops? Anyway, I’m glad I stuck with it, it will be a good movie, but certainly not one of the best.
