Under the Dome by Stephen King
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
September 14, 2013 8:26 pm
Under the Dome by Stephen King
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Being an Under the Dome TV series addict, I knew I had to read the book.
I have only read one other Stephen King book and that was On Writing, which I loved.
Cover of On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
I have avoided SK because I don’t do horror. I get nightmares. But since I loved this so much I may have to read his other, less scary books. I already have The Stand in my personal library, but I would rather have Large Print or Kindle version and the Audible version to help me along.
Cover of The Stand
The narrator, Raul Esparza, was amazing! He is the first male narrator that did believable women and children voices without sounding fake in my experience. He had many accents to throw in for good measure. What I felt the most unreal was there were few Maine accents and many southern types. But it didn’t make the story less interesting, it did help keep the population of Chester’s Mill individualized.
A warning, outside of the same main characters and a couple incidences, this book is not like the television series. Still, I can’t wait to see what gets thrown into the mix.
It is nice to know that the man who wrote a book on writing writes a heck of a book!
Posted by darsword
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I agree- Raul Esparza did a great job of narrating. The only actor better at all different voices IMO is Jim Dale (a friend of Raul’s) who did the Harry Potter books. I pictured Raul as “Barbie” when listening to the book. Couldn’t watch the TV show as they changed so many elements/characters.
By N. Richards on September 20, 2013 at 7:37 am
I need to read the Harry Potter with the Audible version. Many people have recommended it to me. As for the TV version, it is almost another story using the same characters and situation. I was really enjoying it. Now I have to wait I think until the New Year to see what happens next. Argh! Wait. Speak Like a Pirate Day was yesterday. 😉
By darsword on September 20, 2013 at 7:37 pm