Bracket #12: Under the Dome (2009)

[Jean]

Under the Dome, 2009
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Please vote for Under the Dome (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_the_Dome) using the following scale:

5: I loved it
4: It was good
3: Average
2: Only so-so
1: I didn't like it

If you haven't read this book yet, please vote Never Read. Feel free to discuss your votes in this thread.

[Jean]

5

loved it

[mae]

5

loved it

I almost did. Went with a four, and not because of the ending.

[Jean]

I thought about a 4, and, too, not because of the ending - rather because it isn't as totally, fantastically, incredibly awesome as The Stand or It.

Then I asked myself the poll question, namely: can I say I loved it? Yes, definitely! I loved it and... even if not as all that as those two big monsters, it is still totally, fantastically, incredibly awesome.

[Heather19]

Hmmm, I'm torn between a 4 and 5. I'll have to come back to this one.

[Jean]

hint hint

the supermarket Reichstag Arson?
Junior?
Ollie Dinsmore? And that soldier?
and all the rest of it?

[Garrell]

Another 5 here, was such a fun read!

[johnsmith87]

Probably closer to a 4, but went with a 5 because the tour and all the promotion that went around it was incredible.

[divemaster]

I very much enjoyed it. Went with 4.

[blavigne]

5 and 5 and 5! this was great.

[Hannah]

I gave it a 3, mostly because the ending sucked balls. I like endings that mean something, not endings that feel perfunctory. I get the whole "it's about the journey blah blah blah" point of view, but I find that point of view skewed. The ending is what makes the journey matter, so the ending's damn important. If you screw up the ending you screw up the book.

[Odetta]

5

[mystima]

Haven't finished it yet and have had the book over 2 years...:cry:

[Shannon]

Never read, but I am excited to read this book. I like survivor stories, and being stuck in a bubble sounds like a fun read. :)

[Heather19]

Hannah has a point. I loved the book minus the ending. And I'm not sure if I would rank it in my top 10. So in keeping with my rating system I had to give it a 4.

[Iwritecode]

4.

[Iwritecode]

4.

Yea, the ending kept it from a 5.

[fernandito]

A generous 2. One of my least favorite King reads ever. I only finished it out of some morbid sense of obligation.

[Jean]

don't talk to me

[Heather19]

:lol:

I am surprised you didn't enjoy it Feev.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

only 5 in this bracket.

[Thorin Oakenshield]

Have yet to read but hopefully I will soon.

[Girlystevedave]

2.
I started out liking it, but it seemed to build up to nothing. I wanted to enjoy it more.

[mae]

Gah, two 2s and now some crazy person with a 1...

[Jean]

gr gr gr

[Jean]

Last chance to vote! The poll is closing!

[candy]

A generous 2. One of my least favorite King reads ever. I only finished it out of some morbid sense of obligation.


2.
I started out liking it, but it seemed to build up to nothing. I wanted to enjoy it more.

and then there were three.

I agree that the only reason I finished this book was because it was SK and i was expecting something so much more. It dragged soooooo much, I hated hated hated the 'bad guy' I cant even remember his name, so much I skipped most of his story, which i know some of you would say to go back and read, but when something annoys you and leaves such a bad taste in your mouth I really dont see why I should spend my down time trying to relate to such a yucky person. In my mind he was made into too much of a bad person, with no redeeming features, nothing in him interested me enough to keep up with him.

I have promised myself a re-read, but keep building myself up and then find something more interesting to read.

I have never voted any SK book a 1, this was very close but saved by the premise itself. It was a shame the characters where so ' meh' and the story so frustrating

[Jean]

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[mae]

Dragged? It was so fast-paced and actiony, I thought.

[mae]

The poll has closed. Under the Dome has earned a FAS (final average score) of 3.962962963 or 79.26%, placing 2nd (runner-up) in this bracket. It will be moving on to Round 2.