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  • Under the Dome

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  • Written by: Stephen King
  • Narrated by: Raul Esparza
  • Length: 34 hrs and 24 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (754 ratings)

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Under the Dome

Written by: Stephen King
Narrated by: Raul Esparza
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On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester's Mill, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener's hand is severed as "the dome" comes down on it, people running errands in the neighboring town are divided from their families, and cars explode on impact. No one can fathom what this barrier is, where it came from, and when - or if - it will go away.

Dale Barbara, Iraq vet and now a short-order cook, finds himself teamed with a few intrepid citizens - town newspaper owner Julia Shumway, a physician's assistant at the hospital, a select-woman, and three brave kids. Against them stands Big Jim Rennie, a politician who will stop at nothing - even murder - to hold the reins of power, and his son, who is keeping a horrible secret in a dark pantry. But their main adversary is the Dome itself. Because time isn't just short. It's running out.

©2009 Stephen King (P)2009 Simon & Schuster

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Great book recommend !

Well it’s me again the guy who has been reading every Stephen king book he can get his hands on, this book starts off a little slow but quickly catches your attention for the other 99% of the book there are a lot of characters and a lot of things happening in the book at the same time that affect everything in this “dome” where no one can get out and no one can get in! Who knows who could be under the dome when it appears! The performance of the reader of this book was another reason it was so enjoyable the reader is the KEY to a good story and this guy nailed it and made me hater and love character much more than I would by reading the paperback, hope you enjoy this book as much as I did -GW

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Stephen King does it again!

I love Stephen King's writing stye but cannot read the really scary books. I loved books like Dead Zone, Different Seasons, The Stand and now the Dome. He uses humour and repetition in such an enjoyable way. It is thought provoking but not a book that you lose sleep over. I couldn't but it down but was totally bothered by "It" so it wasn't a book I could recommend. The Dome I would definitely recommend.

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Enjoyed the story... Not the narration

The story and characters were very enjoyable but I almost gave up several times due to the way the narrator voiced some of the characters. Just awful.

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good story, bad reader

the narrator doesn't know how to keep a consistent volume to his voice. It makes it annoying to listen to as you fall asleep, since he'll start a sentence talking too loud and end on a whisper.

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Great story, narration is TERRIBLE!

Love all things Stephen King, and I’m sure the narrator is very talented, however this was not the book for him. His attempts at accents, especially a Maine accent (where I live) is garbage. Sometimes the characters had British accents, sometimes Southern US accents, it seems like he would arbitrarily give weird accents to characters with no backstory as to the origin of their accent. Soooo annoying and distracting. Not sure what the hell he was trying to accomplish but it fell flat. If he can’t properly do a Maine accent, do no accent! I made it 2 hours into the story and had bail! I’ll be reading the hard copy instead.

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Painful to listen tl

Stopping after two hours. He does terrible voices. This is one of my favourite King books, I've read it a couple times, but the painful slowness of the voices is awful. This narrator can not do female voices. They all all sound weak timid. Made every character sound dumb. Very unimpressed with this narration choice.

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Would recommend

The narrator had issues with a Maine accent. It sounded more southern than Yankee. Other than that, it is a good production.

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Alright story, great narration

I’ve been trying to get through this book for a few months now. Its slow to start but slowly picks up throughout the length. Narration is top notch.

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Another great Stephen King story.

Great book. Narrator was not my favorite. but still did an ok job. But a great King story.

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Need another man to hate?

This was a terrific listen. Interesting parallels between the real world and the dome. Always love Stephen King stories. Much different from the series that played last year on tv

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