Reviews tagging 'War'

Under the Dome by Stephen King

4 reviews

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

cheezh8er's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Excrement, and War

sophiemoony's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

epic and absolutely masterful in the description of its villains. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, War, and Injury/Injury detail

stephaniekrmr's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense

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

4.25

Oh wow, where should I start. 

Stephen King is one of my most favorite authors since I’m 14 and under the dome made me remember why. The way he tells stories, describes his characters and his choice of words is truly unique. I loved the humor and the portray of the madness of men and I think I rarely came across that well-written villains. The plot was intriguing, sometimes shocking and partly so realistic, that I started praying we never end up under a dome in real life.

This book is an intimidating and freaking heavy brick. It sat on my shelf for seven years, I tried to get through it four times and never made it past page 200 and honestly I never thought I‘d ever finish it. 

Don’t ask what made me pick it up and give it another try - I don’t know, I‘m a mood reader and sometimes feel just drawn to books. I set myself daily page goals around 170 pages per day this time to keep myself motivated, but often ended up reading way more than that. Because even if it’s that big, it doesn’t feel like it. What makes this book huge is the insane number of characters and subplots - I‘m a tad conflicted if all of them were really necessary. Especially because the "big reveal" and finale was in contrast too short and shallow in my opinion. The story is built up over that many pages and we are left with .. that? Really? Apart from if the conclusion made sense or is a good one, I‘d at least have liked more details and screentime.

Nevertheless it was a very exciting and thrilling page-turner. For sure no comfort read, but something to get lost in. 

Give me two last seconds to rant about the tv adaption - that thing should not exist. It’s a shame.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Murder, and War