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Under the Dome, by Stephen King

40 reviews

will_foster's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I really enjoyed the ride of this mammoth. I don't think Stephen King would call it a deep work, it's a roller coaster that whips you from one situation to the next, and it was tons of fun. This feels odd to say considering how dark and horribly tense the ride is at points but there it is. 

Quite a few moments are harrowing and horrifying but you continue regardless. As with most of King's novels, it's all about the characters, the ordinary people, and the journey you as a reader go as opposed to the plot, of which the hook is great 
and the finale less so. For what it's worth I liked the ending but can see why people would not. It's quite abrupt and could very well leave you thinking "oh, was that it?". Despite this, I loved my time with this story. I'm scared of big books but this felt like it flew by. It wasn't deep or overly meaningful in a big way, good themes are present, but the journey and the characters are what we're here for, and King is the master

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Rape

oxygen's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Car accident, Suicide, Death, Sexual assault, Murder, Death of parent, and Rape

Off screen necrophilia.

whatsjessreading's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Rape, Alcohol, and Blood

Moderate: Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Child death, and Gun violence

sydfreeman's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Heads up: this one has frequent and graphic sexual assault scenes involving women and police. Not a surprise in a King novel, but it was more than I expected going into it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Murder, Animal death, Sexism, Death, and Rape

Moderate: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

hyperashley's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Drug abuse, Child death, Death, Blood, Animal death, Rape, Suicide, Police brutality, Gore, and Lesbophobia

lantheaume's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I really enjoyed reading this book. King's character development, espcially through dialog, shines here.
It's a page turner for 1,000 pages - which is impressive.
Beware - it's a heavy book! :-)

Not a plot spoiler below, but wanted to make sure folks opted in to see it by choice.

Spoiler

book is a great read but the ending was a let down for me after 1,000 pages. I'd give it a 4 to 4.5 for the first 900 pages and a 3 for the last 100. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Drug use, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Drug abuse, Rape, Violence, Gore, Murder, and Addiction

Moderate: Alcoholism and Child death

This is about how messed up things can get. Think lord of the flies. Extremely well done but there's a lot of trigger warnings in this book,

lizzymorang's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book is so gripping. Not for the faint of heart, but such a thrilling read. Intense inter-personal strife and characters that feel incredibly real. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Body horror, Animal death, Rape, and Gun violence

anoble17's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Animal death, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Rape, Sexual assault, Car accident, Child death, Blood, and Bullying

Moderate: Sexism and Self harm

allison1316's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Gore, Drug use, Sexual violence, Animal death, Self harm, Police brutality, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Death, Rape, Murder, Car accident, Blood, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

nichole_of_numenor's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

One of the things I love about King's works, especially the later ones, is you never know what you're going to get. He has been boxed into the "horror" genre for things like "It" and "Pet Sematary" but I'm not sure if I could place Under the Dome there. If anything, I could be considered apocalyptic, albeit on a small scale.

This is a character study on steroids. Not just for the sheer volume of characters (around 100?!?!?) but the way the small town being trapped under an impentratable dome accelerated the paths each character was already on. The ultimate character crucible. Trapped in such a finite space, this work is also a commentary about how fast we are accelerating our own ending -- between emissions, thoughtless consumption of resources, and general disregard for an environment that is perhaps more fragile than would seem.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Addiction, Car accident, Drug abuse, Suicide, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual assault