Under the Dome

A Novel

By: Stephen King

Narrated by: Raul Esparza

Length: 34 hrs and 24 mins

Publisher's summary

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

Pseudo-English Accents Get Tiresome

The story is passable but my review is based mostly on the narration. Every woman the narrator voices has an almost English accent, as if an English school marm is his impression of how all women talk. Every “no” is “neheau.” It’s not a dealbreaker but expecting the tea and crumpets to break out every time Jeuliahhh enters the room does get a bit distracting after a while.

Great writer, eh ending

The premise of this book is fascinating and truly delves into how humanity would react when they are cut off from the rest of the world. The “twist” and resolution, if that’s even what you want to call it, left a little bit of a bitter taste in my mouth. If it weren’t for the ending I would have personally given it 5 stars

outstanding!

Loved it! it was very long, but I was always eager to get back to it.

Awesome book

I like Stephen King, but this book was great. Long, but never really a dull moment. I can't recommend this book enough, you won't be disappointed!

perfect

best book I've ever read I keep saying that every time I read a Stephen King book but it seems like they keep getting better and better can't wait for the next one thanks everybody involved, excellent narration

Slow start, but so fun once I got into it!!

I had a hard time staying interested at the start, and the fact that it was such a long book discouraged me. There were so many characters that I couldn’t keep track! But never fear, push on! By the middle of the book I started to get to know all the characters, and felt like I understood more about what was going on. In the end, I LOVED it!!

Loved it

I thought the book was excellent and Raul read it with exceptional quality! He made every character believable and his tone is nice. Great book, great listen. Thanks

Another masterpiece by Stephen King

This was a truly engrossing listen. The characters are very well done and the narrator brings them to life. I was able to separate most of the characters easily by Raul Esparza's narration. The story is about a town that suddenly gets trapped by a clear dome which no one knows how. There are characters who take advantage of it and characters who are victimized by being trapped there. Suspenseful, edge of your seat type of read.

Incredible.

I didn’t want it to end. Masterful. I love Kings characters!! I was hooked right away!

A GREAT doomer / dystopian novel!

I was a bit apprehensive about committing to yet another Stephen King Event-followed-by-a-group-of-people-trapped-together novel, God knows he's written quite a few on the subject. HOWEVER, the story is fantastic and the allegory chilling. If you are a King fan then I'm betting you'll love this novel, if you are not, spare us the post-grad literary snobbery in the review section, you won't like this one either.