Dec. 2013's SK Flavor of the Month - Under the Dome

Finishing off the year with Under The Dome, feel free to leave a comment.

Did nobody read this? I've just finished it for another group read and thought I'd post some thoughts here:

Not one of King's classics but more readable than some - Firestarter and Needful Things come to mind. Despite some silly plot turns, it was hard to leave the book alone.

Speaking of Firestarter - is it just me or does King end a lot of his books with an enormous explosion or fire of some kind? In that sense it was a very lazy way to end.

Speaking of silliness - some of the nastier attacks in the book struck me as inadvertently funny (Junior being offended by Angie's 'Chiclet teeth'; Thurston Marshal getting a kick up the butt), and Rennie was so cotton-picking evil he was hysterical. The whole leatherhead thing was ridiculous, and the ending was too abrupt.

In tone it reminded me of Thinner, which also was an average story with some really outrageous characters and plot lines. Both books were very entertaining, I thought.

I loved the explanation from Stephen King himself, at the end of the book, where he says that the original idea has been knocking around since the 70s. Just in case you thought he'd ripped off the plot from The Simpson's Movie ;)

I read Under the Dome and enjoyed it. There were some areas that I wanted to roll my eyes at but Uncle Steve never lets us down.

I read it, loved it, then re-read it after I stupidly started watching the TV series, which I quickly abandoned.

I listened to the audiobook on a drive from Vermont to Iowa, and am still listening to it and am still completely hooked.

Just recently finished this one and thought it was great. I couldn't stand Big Jim Rennie, he had me on edge throughout. And speaking of being on edge, I found the rape scene with Samantha Bushey to be utterly gut-wrenching. On a happier note, I found this website, which I thought was kind of funny: http://www.chestersmill.com/