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Under the Dome: Part Two by Stephen King

91 reviews

itskatashley's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.25

This book started off with a map and a list of important character names which I loved! It definitely helped me to keep things straight as I was reading considering this book has a large cast of characters. 

The first 200 pages were great for me and felt like they went by really fast. They were filled with a lot of action and super descriptive scenes which I really enjoyed, but after this, the pace seemed to slow down for me which caused me to struggle through most of the middle of the book. I ended up feeling like there was just too many characters and too much going on. I felt like there was a lot of rambling when I just wanted SK to get to the point! I think this book could’ve been SOOOO much shorter!!

Another qualm I had with this book was that I didn’t find a single character relatable or even likable… 😩 Unless you count the dogs… 😅

There was a lot of gore and just very graphic scenes. Graphic animal death(s) and A LOT of r*pe incidents/talk.

I struggled with the religious/political side of this book (which was a lot of it and is probably why I wanted to DNF so many times…) I did feel at times that Christianity was mocked or diminished in a way that made this book not super enjoyable as a Christian. 

Anywayyyyy…. Excited to move on from this book and start my next read. 🤩

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Violence, Religious bigotry, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicide, and Police brutality

Minor: Drug abuse and Sexual harassment

borckschav's review against another edition

I was already not that into it, but then it got to a rape scene. And that just took me completely out of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

domolk2013's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

pippling's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I loved how this kicked off immediately with the dome coming down, and how the nearly 900 pages covered just over a week of under-the-dome time yet it felt really fast paced. After a few chapters I felt fully immersed in Chester’s Mill and along for the ride. 

The dome brought out the worst of the people trapped under it, and exposed the evil that was already in the works… probably one of my favourite SK novels so far! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Terminal illness, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, War, and Classism

calebmbuys's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Police brutality, and Murder

Minor: Suicide

hunkydory's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

ivorymusic82's review

adventurous challenging dark hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

aoi_x3's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Sexual harassment

welfin's review against another edition

Couldn't get into the story, wasn't in the mood for the violence/rape, etc. that is happening in this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

cowahbull's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

I think this might be my favorite Stephen King yet. I hated character so much I wanted to kill them myself. I loved them so much I cried.
My poor hair almost all got pulled out from the intensity of it all.

Biggest criticism: the ending happened too quickly. A habit of Mr King. 

Also this has every single major trigger warning you can think of. If you are someone who needs content warnings for your own mental safety and security, this is NOT the book for you! If you like fucked up shit and to experience triggering things then give it a go

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Blood, Vomit, Car accident, and Alcohol