Here’s a long Stephen King book that I hadn’t read before. On the surface the premise is enticing. What happens when a mysterious indestructible dome isolates a small town from the rest of the world? How will the townspeople adapt to this new reality?
Before reading I imagined that some bad people will become worse, and some good people will have a chance to step up. There is a lot of backstory for the characters of the book and the author spends a lot of time and pages into bringing everyone to life.
I liked some of the messages that are hidden in here, and it was hard to believe that it was written before the Trump presidency.
For some authors, the dome could service as a sort of prop – a way to examine how people change under pressure, etc. But near the end of the book the author does us the favor of explaining why it appeared, and where it came from. I appreciated this, and although I wasn’t exactly sold on it, it was nice to at least address it.
This was a long read and I’m a little tired after finishing it, so I’m reading a shorter book next time – The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose.
