Today, I finally finished reading, Stephen King’s “Under the Dome”. Yep, finished reading the whole thing. The book is over 1000 pages long. It may look long, but once you start reading it, the story won’t seem that long to you. The book is fast pacing to read. It’ll grab you once you get into it. The book only took me about a month or so to read. Not that bad. Stephen actually wrote this book way back in 1976 but it was never finished. Back then, he put it away after all these years. It was his wife, Tabitha and a few friends of his that talked him into finishing the story. It’s a science fiction novel. It also has a mix of horror and comedy thrown into it. Stephen finally returns to his old writing roots, the style that he used to have back in the 70’s and 80’s. The book reminds me of his classics, such as “The Stand”, “It”, “The Shining”, “The Dead Zone”, etc. “Under the Dome” returns to his usual whacky King humor, graphic sexual material, gore and all that.

The story tells of a town named Chester’s Mills, which is covered by a wall called the Dome. It’s a clear wall in the shape a circle, kind of like a force field. The people in the town are trapped in the Dome, forcing people to live in town Under the Dome. The story creates lots of great characters, yes, there are good guys and bad guys as well. In the story, there are cops that are actually the bad guys. Which the cops can control the town their own way. In the book, there are cops using drugs, raping women, beating up innocent people, etc. It’s a whacky story yes, but a very entertaining read.

I’m sure you all heard the news that Stephen King and Steven Spielberg has teamed up to make this book into a TV mini series movie. The book has a lot of offensive adult content that is definitely not for kids. So if they are serious on a TV movie, they will have to weed out all the offensive material out of the movie version to make it family friendly. So I don’t know if the TV version is a good idea when I prefer this book to be adapted to the big screen instead.

To those who are into Stephen King books like me, and haven’t read this one yet, you should definitely check it out. Now that I finished reading this book, I will start reading Ozzy’s, “I Am Ozzy” autobiography later this week.

Kev