02 April 2010

Upcoming Book Review: Under the Dome by Stephen King

 Oh my, this book was something. I mean SOMETHING! It blew my mind. Stephen King is a literary genius. Okay, this book was one that I had to devote a lot of time and my whole being to, but it was definitely worth it.

The edition that I bought didn't have a description of the book on the back or the cover, it was a hardback. I think it was collector's edition which makes me happy, but anyway, I got the description from Goodreads.com:

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.

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