Under the Dome

A Novel

De: Stephen King

Narrado por: Raul Esparza

The “propulsively intriguing, staggeringly addictive” (USA TODAY) novel from master storyteller Stephen King—a #1 New York Times bestseller.

It is a typical October morning in Chester’s Mill, Maine: glorious weather, a perfectly blue sky, and quiet. Then, all hell breaks loose. Inexplicably, and simultaneously, a plane falls from the sky in flames; a woman’s hand is severed; and a farmer’s John Deere explores (with him on it). A few moments later, a pulp-truck crashes spectacularly. Somehow, an invisible and impermeable barrier—exactly following the town’s perimeter—has descended upon the town.

Life under the dome quickly becomes a hothouse—with the best in some people and the worst in others flourishing. There are unambiguous heroes and villains, from a supremely corrupt local politician to a very enterprising newspaper reporter. The situation under the dome deteriorates by the minute: supplies of everything are diminishing quickly, the citizens are panicking, and the police force, under the control of the diabolically devious alderman Jim Rennie, implement their own version of martial law. Meanwhile, Barbie, brave Iraq war vet and short order cook, and a band of intrepid pals engage in a race against time to find the source of the dome and raise it before there’s nobody left alive in Chester’s Mill.

Under the Dome is filled with a marvelous and enormous cast of over 100 characters. King’s trademark idiomatic language is pure pleasure to read. “Nowhere in Mr. King’s immense body of work have his real and fantasy world collided with such head-on force” (The New York Times Book Review).©2009 Stephen King; (P)2009 Simon & Schuster

Great book...horrible narration

A great novel with some amazing character development. I really felt myself hating the "bad guys" and would find myself getting mad when something went their way. Overall i would give the story 5 stars and the narrator one star. I have just started listening to audiobooks this year so I have maybe gone through about ten so far and this was by far the worst narration I have heard yet. Some characters seemed to pick up an accent part way through the telling and I would cringe any time a child or female had a piece of dialogue. If you are deciding between getting this as an audiobook or in print then definitely pick it up in print. If for you it is audio or nothing at all then pick this up since the story is worth the bad narration. Besides one credit is a pretty good deal for a novel this long.

Classic King!

I was beginning to think Stephen King had lost it. But this was great! Not too bizarre, but classic King. One of his better books in the past ten years. Maybe not as good as Green Mile, but still good enough to keep me listening for hours at a time. Great characters.

Part 5 is really Part 1

You would think Amazon could get this right. Unfortunately I didn't figure it out until the end. I even checked Part 1 again to see if I missed something because Steven King usually doesn't start in the middle. Kind of ruined it for me.

Great Listen

Wicked good listen. 35 hours moves at light speed. Really enjoyed the narrator.

Difficult to follow and hard to stay engaged.

Didn't keep me interested. Some of the characters behaviors seemed unnatural and far fetched. The situation seems overly contrived at times. Similar to the Losties never talking amongst themselves.