Stephen King - Under the Dome *REVIEW* 19 reasons to read this crazy, chunky blockbuster! 

I see many critics to the ending of Under The Dome, but I absolutely loved it, I felt that King translates the insignificance of the human kind in front of a giant Universe full of things we can't even begin to understand, and the fact that *spoiler alert** all that chaos was created by some alien kids and the metaphor of the ants at the end... It just made sense to me and blew my mind off. Great video btw, greetings from Brazil🇧🇷

Big jim is definitely one of kings best villains to me

The pages with the story of Andy and Chef are some of my favorites in all of Kings books!

Haha I always thought Simpson's ripped King off

I remember being so fucking pleased with myself when I finally finished this monster!

Good book bust just a big MEH for me I don't even know why

Yeah, I've just read this... and loved it! - This is my 2nd fav King book so far after IT. I agree the ending was a little crap, but also agree, I can't really see another way to end thsi one, so it was ok with me. Did feel a little foot on teh break in the last few chapters though. (Also, Big Jim didn't decide to blow up the Meth Lab, he was trying to get the Propane and 'Chef' decided to hit the kill switch!)

I am currently reading the book AND watching the show at the same time. I have almost finished the show and it's funny to see how far off the rails it goes just to extend the life of the show. Very interesting choices. You should watch it just for the WTF factor. I counted at least 3 actors in the show that played on the tv show ER back in the day.

One of my favorites. The show however, is probably the worst King adaptation I have seen. Edit: Seasons 2 and 3 get so much worse then the first one.

I loved this book and didn't mind the ending. I actually liked it even, but I think it should've gone way longer than it did. Give it a series, call it Under the Dome Part 1, 2, 3 or whatever, and then elaborate on that ending instead of dropping it in the last 10 pages of the book or so. The TV series though, my god, what a shitshow! (saying this as someone who just finished season 1 a week ago). Some of the worst acting out there that isn't helped in any way by a terrible, awful script. Also, that is one ugly book cover there.

I’m curious about which endings you think are worse than this. I thought that by far this was easily his worst ending, so disappointing and it almost makes me not want to go back and read it again. What endings do you like less? Or are you saving that for another video?

Wow the story is completely different to the show.. wow

I wonder if there is a similar situation with The Institute because there is a lot of Stranger Things in that book. I loved The Institute by the way.

I really enjoyed the first two seasons of under the dome but I absolutely hated the final season it was dreadful

I came late to King and this was the first of his that I read, right upon its release. I still think of it highly, but I had no real frame of reference and I need to go back and read it again now that I've read almost all of his other work (perhaps this summer, we'll see). For me the ending was fine - I liked the fact that all this chaos was caused by something so small. As for you watching s2 and s3 of the show - you should. There is an amazing amount of insane story choices. So much so that I kinda use "Under the Dome-d" instead of "Jumping the shark" when describing tv shows that have so badly lost their way.

Under the dome was the second book of kings that I read I absolutely enjoyed it the book is one of my favorites from king ⭐ Unfortunately the ending is bad

I have read this book and it was my first book by King and I loved it so much it had a feel good atmosphere in the whole journey. Then I picked up The Stand and it was so boring that I left it midway....

At least the book is better than the tv series, way too different from the original story (Lawnmower man,I'm looking at you!)

Like that these will be spoiler-free now, fits the ‘why you should read’ format, and i hope this convinces more people to check this out

I struggled a bit with this one, although it wasn't necessarily the books fault. The size and when I read it was problematic. I read this towards the end of my husband's battle with cancer. Then I think what made it drag for me was I was reading it on my kindle and it stopped counting pages at 645 so no matter how much I would read i remained on page 645.

Loooove this book. You should finish the show for curiosity alone. But it’s def a huuuuge let down in comparison. But it’s a fun ride nonetheless

This is my Kings favourite book. Just before The Stand and Needful Things.

My edition has a different man standing in a field on the cover

I didn't like the beginning of the book. Junior was too much I guess. But I couldn't stop reading by the middle part of the the book. Another great book by King

the rape scene n baby walter got to me i actually got angry n had to leave it for a few days but at least she got her revenge

I'm reading now. I'm in town.

I would just like to point out that in my opinion Dean Norris is as much near to the actual Big Jim Rennie I had in my mind as it can get. I absolutely loved his performance as the absolute villain in the show, although I didn't like any other aspect of the show at all.

Really enjoyed this behemoth, even with its dodgy ending! The covers baffle me, some of the dullest King jackets I've seen!

Great book. Big Jim's demise was classic King, the stuff of nightmares. Great review. 👍

Did the simpsons movie pull inspiration from this? Lmao even that squirrel moment was incorporated

This book is like a terrible version of The Stand. Instead of a plague, it’s a dome.

Great book, currently Number 7 in my all time SK Rankings. Of the books of his I have left to read, I'd be surprised if any of them displace that. Possibly Duma Key which I've heard a lot of good things about.

Now on to the 2010s

I have read 33 so far and this is number 3 on my list so far.

Ive been watching the series im sure the book is much better

It wasn't a chipmunk :)

Spoilers much????