• Under the Dome

  • A Novel
  • By: Stephen King
  • Narrated by: Raul Esparza
  • Length: 34 hrs and 24 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (28,280 ratings)

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Under the Dome

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Raul Esparza
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On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester's Mill, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener's hand is severed as "the dome" comes down on it, people running errands in the neighboring town are divided from their families, and cars explode on impact. No one can fathom what this barrier is, where it came from, and when - or if - it will go away.

Dale Barbara, Iraq vet and now a short-order cook, finds himself teamed with a few intrepid citizens - town newspaper owner Julia Shumway, a physician's assistant at the hospital, a select-woman, and three brave kids. Against them stands Big Jim Rennie, a politician who will stop at nothing - even murder - to hold the reins of power, and his son, who is keeping a horrible secret in a dark pantry. But their main adversary is the Dome itself. Because time isn't just short. It's running out.

©2009 Stephen King (P)2009 Simon & Schuster
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Good but not his best

I love Stephen King. This is a good one, but not his best, but still well worth the read or the listen.
Definitely strikes home in the time of Covid, listening to it in 2020…

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great read and great story.

I thought for sure Big Jim would pop his head back up at the end.

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Amazing story

love the tail this novel lays out, the narrator for the audio book was decent, but I got a little annoyed with some of his voices for characters. but I'm sure that's just me. all In all I highly recommend this book

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under the dome

awesome book by king. he never fails to entertain the reader. I can't get enough of him.

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Under the Dome, under his spell

I am a huge Stephen King fan and have wanted to read this for a while. But a shorter attention spa and an advancing age made it impossible. The narrator has also long been a favorite of mine. Well done Raul.

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As always Stephen King wrote an amazing book!

Raul Esparza's narration of Under the Dome was great. He was/is the characters, and his interpretation of Jr. was extremely creepy; Baaaarbie. Loved every minute of this train wreck of a town. Amazing!

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reviews Got it WRONG! Great book great performance

I bought this one because all the reviews shat all over the ending. I thought if it's that bad I have to read it. it was good. good ending even. not sure what people expected honestly. I liked it. some parts could have been read better I guess but I thought it was fine really.

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My favorite book of all time!

My favorite book of all time! I like Under the Dome even more than It. I've listed to both books 5 times each.

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Narrated

I absolutely love who read/narrated this novel. Love Stephen King since day one!!!! Thank you

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Exceptional reading, So-so bool

the narration is PHENOMENAL! No fault of his, however for being a 37 hour book, for me if lacked action and there should have been more suspense/violence/chaos and more discussion about the "cause" of the dome. I'm a bit disappointed.

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