Has anyone else read this new one by Stephen King? I'm not a huge King fan, but I loved The Stand, and this one I like much more than most others. But I did think it was too long (1,000-plus pages)....And not so much about or dealing with the supernatural or paranormal, other than the dome's appearance/existance. It's more like "Lord of the Flies"---how people react when removed from civilization.

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I go in spurts with King.  I either can't put his books down, or they are just stupid!!  His earlier works were so much better.  Haven't read this one yet.  Feel the same about Dean Koontz. 

I skipped over a lot of it---but it WAS interesting enough for me to want to know how everything worked out.

Here's my basic problem with it: The town loses its doctors, so the hospital is not very effective. King gives about 25 examples of different individuals who suffer from being without medical help. I think 5-6 would have made the point just fine.

  Cops go bad, and commit murders and other mayhem: He gives about 40 examples of that, each of a different incident of cops-gone-bad, using a different victim. I think perhaps 10 would do (???)

It's not bad, it just got very repetitive. But it was easy enough to skip over, once you realize what's going on. I don't like doing/admitting that, but jeez, the book is LONG!!!!! and I don;t get the reason.

I think that I am in the minority, but this was not one of my favorite books from him.  I read the whole thing just to see how it ended. but I have to say I really like most of his earlier works better than his more current stuff.  I don't know if anyone else has noticed this, but his books really seem to have changed (and not for the better in my opinion) after his car accident.  I don't remember in detail what happened, but I do remember reading that he was very badly injured in the accident. 

I am trying to replace a bunch of my old Stephen King books that I lost due to a flood in our old house.  I would take another Salem's Lot, Misery, The Stand, Needful Things, etc...