Sunday, January 10, 2010

Finally finished the latest book



I finished Stephen King's "Under the Dome" late last night. 1074 pages of true blue King. I wouldn't put it all the way up there with some of his greats but it's way better than he was doing a few years back. The little town of Chester's Mill, Maine is suddenly encased in a dome. No explainations; just there suddenly. Many deaths when it happened. Aircrafts flying into it; cars and trucks crashing in to it. It was invisible! Small amounts of air and water came through but nothing could destroy it. Not missles or the latest in acids. The town was run by 3 Selectmen (really two men and one woman) and a Chief of Police. The 2nd Selectmen was the real leader and controlled all. The Chief of Police died the day the dome came down so their was a change in leadership there that was not for the better. A dictatorship was put in place. The "town," except for a few, did not know that the so-called religious Selectman "Big Jim," was also the head of the largest ring chrystal meth makers and dealers in the country. The good guy was a former army guy who happened to be the local cook in the best restaurant in town. The government (on the outside) tried to appoint the army guy as leader but Big Jim wasn't having any of this. The small cluster of good people were trying to determine what was causing the dome and the ring of bad were trying to keep things as they were even though conditions were worsening under the dome. Interesting concept as to what caused the dome and why when it was finally revealed and sad ending for a lot of Chester's Mill, Maine.

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