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Under the Dome by Stephen King5/24/2023 (Spoilers ahead, you've been fairly warned) It's like King's version of Westeros, only set in Maine, where instead of saying "Winter is coming," everyone says "Ayup." Open it up, and there's a map of the town, which he's included in other books, but then you flip the page and there's a list of all the people in the town that will be mentioned in the book - their names, families, and occupations. Unlike his other books, which take me a few days to breeze through, this one took about a week or so. Under the Dome is the longest King book I've read so far, and it was a little intimidating at first glance. We evolve as writers over time, and even D octor Sleep, which wasn't that great, had some surprisingly touching and insightful moments - unsurprisingly, the best parts were the ones that felt the most personal. Everyone said that modern Stephen King isn't nearly as good as classic Stephen King, and I accepted this. If you read The Shining and Doctor Sleep within a couple of weeks of each other, you'll be shocked at how much his writing style has changed over the years, forgoing prose in favor of a more simplistic, verbose style that prefers details - however mundane - over eloquence.
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