After 18 days I have finished Under the Dome. Unlike some of King’s novels, I found that this one went at a really fast pace, which kept me interested from the first word to the last. In his Author’s Note, King credits Nan Graham, who edited Under the Dome, for keeping him focused on moving the plot along by writing in the margins, ’Faster Steve! Faster!’ which he most certainly does.
The main protagonist and antagonist are polar opposites. Dale Barbara is an ex-soldier who just wants a quiet life, and after an altercation with some of the town’s hooligans, decides that it would be best to just walk away from the trouble and leave town, only to be stopped by the appearance of the Dome.
‘Big’ Jim Rennie, on the other hand, is the puppet master of the town of Chester’s Mill’s Town Officials. Not putting himself up for the top job, but controlling every decision they make for his own ends. When the Dome appears, he even uses that to his own advantage. His public image is of a God fearing Christian, but in truth he is as far from Christ-like as he could get, even murdering anyone who gets in his way.
King bring us in Under the Dome, characters that you’ll love and long for them to make it through life under the Dome, and characters you’ll hate, and hope that they get what they deserve. As this is not overtly a horror novel, it is not just a book that King fans will love, but one that any reader will enjoy.
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