{"id":770,"date":"2013-09-14T08:32:52","date_gmt":"2013-09-14T16:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bukkhead.com\/blog\/?p=770"},"modified":"2017-12-18T13:27:34","modified_gmt":"2017-12-18T21:27:34","slug":"review-under-the-dome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bukkhead.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/14\/review-under-the-dome\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Under the Dome"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Under the Dome<\/a> by Stephen King<\/a>
\n My rating: 3 of 5 stars<\/a><\/p>\n

Took me two days to read this behemoth, of which I am proud, and crowing about. You could say four days\u2014after I got it from the library, I was too shocked at the size of it to read anything for a whole day, and then the second day of reading bled past midnight by a few minutes. But I\u2019m calling it two, if only to give others who are also afraid of 1000+ page books some hope. You can do it!<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s just go ahead and call Stephen King the Tolstoy of Horror. He takes dozens of characters and finds a way to balance them out, from the main characters all the way down to those little snapshots of minor characters. King realty does write like what you\u2019re reading is a movie transcript. <\/p>\n

Or the Tolstoy of Maine, if you want. Which is to say, I don\u2019t know that I\u2019d call this novel a horror novel. Certainly horror is King\u2019s bailiwick, but then this novel is mostly people dealing with people (you know like what, for example, most zombie or disaster novels are about).<\/p>\n

Or even the Tolstoy of King, if you want. (Can you tell I\u2019ve not read much Tolstoy?). He\u2019s written, what, like, 60 novels so far? And even retired a few times? He\u2019s created a universe through his 40+ years of writing, with different icons and bits and pieces running thematically through much of his work. For Stephen King fans, Under The Dome<\/i> is right where they want to be.<\/p>\n

Under The Dome<\/i> is a mixture of The Tommyknockers<\/i>, The Regulators<\/i>\/ Desperation<\/i>, and Needful Things<\/i>. It\u2019s got bits of It<\/i> and The Dark Tower<\/i> and The Talisman<\/i> \/ Black House<\/i>. It will remind you of The Stand<\/i>. If you want to go out on a limb, you could make that case that Under the Dome<\/i> does for many other Stephen King novels what The Cabin in the Woods<\/i> did for many other slasher films. It explains them.<\/p>\n

Taken alone, I have to say, though, the novel was a bit thin. The ending a bit of a let down. The plot a bit predictable. The characters a bit one-dimensional. But placed in the King multiverse? Under The Dome<\/i> is exquisite, essential King.<\/p>\n

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Under the Dome by Stephen King My rating: 3 of 5 stars Took me two days to read this behemoth, of which I am proud, and crowing about. You could say four days\u2014after I got it from the library, I was too shocked at the size of it to read anything for a whole day, … <\/p>\n

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