"Under the Dome"

King's pacing and detail have slowed and withered, respectively, tremendously over the years, and for a book that is 1,074 pages long, Under the Dome exacerbates both of these declines. But there is something to be said about the Dome itself--it contained a mysterious and unknown quality from cover to cover (much like the ship in The Tommyknockers) that made every page worth digesting.