Under The Dome, by Stephen King: a town reacts to a cataclysm

What initially caught my attention about Under The Dome is its huge size. Then as I settled into reading it, I

was  captivat4ed at once. I love the way Stephen King gets immediately into the action in his stories. In this colossal book (over 1000 pages), a woodchuck is cut in half and a plane crash leaves body parts strewn on the ground before page 15. The beginning pages contain a map of a town and a list of major and minor characters. This story is a bit like a lord of the flies but with adults instead of all children. Something catastrophic happens and the aftermath sends the balanced and flawed citizens of the town into dark acts and even darker motives. With out telling you the details, it is enough to say that everyone changes and in the end those who survive what is to come have a new sense of what it means to be human. Get this book and enjoy the wonderful story weaving skills that Stephen King seems to continue to polish.