Come, Read Along with Me

Under the Dome is almost 1,100 pages. Reading it is more than an adventure, it's a commitment. So I'm going to write about reading it as I eat it up, three or four or five pages at a time. Join me; this could be fun. Oh, and SPOILERS throughout, people. Nothing will be left unsaid.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Pages 23 - 27: Yeah, he really kills her. Like, totally.

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It's all int he details, people, the details. Junoir's complete and excuciatingly detailed beating-to-death of Angie (we hardly knew ye!) is as effective as it is -- which is pretty darn -- because of the details that SK kicks in.  Not the turn of phrase, not the insight, but the tiny bits that stick with you, like the spray of refrigerator magnets that spray across the room when he bangs her against the Coldspot.  That's all I'll remember: the spray of fridge magnets.  Why is that? What does that work so bloody (literally) well?

And thaf's the plot update: yeah, he kills her for sure, and then leaves her there, blood and all, still massively disoriented by the tumor-induced migraine.  We leave him wandering across the town square, and her still dead.  One must wonder, given all the dome-ish things happening along the edge of town (in all directions), how long it will be before anyone discover poor Angie's body.

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