I was the most excited to read Steven King this entire semester because I had never read anything by him and I now had an excuse. My excitement was more than deserved. Gosh yall I LOVED this book. From page one I was hooked. I loved the way it was written and was so impressed that he could write something over 1000 pages long that didn't feel like it was edited correctly. It didn't seem long when I was reading it. I thought Under the Dome was clever, funny, and a rare example of when an author lives up to all the hype.
Really my only complaint with the novel is in line with katy's. I want to know what happens to the survivors at the end.
My question pertains to King's writing in general because I've never read him before. Are his other novels similar to this? Or are they mainly scary? Does anyone have any suggestions as to other stories worth reading?
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I've heard both good and bad things about King's other books. Though, like you, I haven't read anything other than this. I think my biggest problem with his writing was his overuse of foreshadowing. The "little did he know that would be the last time he saw his wife" crap got old. That's taking foreshadowing a little overboard.
Boo the foreshadowing! I hated it too. And how much you wanna bet they all died anyway of lung poisoning?
In regards to the desire for an epilogue, I don't think that that is necessarily a good idea. Often times, the author's vision of what happens after the story is poorer than what we might imagine. The best example is the completely unnecessary epilogue at the end of the Harry Potter series.
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