needs alternate ending
344338
I was quite sorry for the writer who in the first 2 books did well, but this last book was horrendous. The ending sucked big time , and her switching back and forth to 2 people just lost the fluency of the book. Possibly she was hurried by the publisher or the studio. It needs a rewrite.
3700879
The first two books are great. They are fighting for the better life and they are discovering themselves. When they discover themselves, what it means to be worth someone's love, what it means to love someone and they can mend each other, they end up living in a free world, but loose their spark. They stop living their lives, they are merely holding on to those moments in life that don't suck. That is a really sad ending and makes their fight worthless. The book needs a diferent ending. One worth fighting for.
3871041
Story / plot was interesting and book was well written.  However I dinged it two stars because ending was left incomplete and hanging.  Author watches too much TV I think.
318790
A nice amount of action but I really cannot get past the ending. It would have gotten a higher rating and better review if there was going to be a book 4 but since this is the final book and it ended with a question , I just cannot get over that. No answers to why so many of her guards or everyone else came back the way they did or what happen. To many open ended questions to end.
2627235
Recommend a different place to end the book even though it is a trilogy. But the book is well written
4404441
The book was great but the ending was all too sudden. It could use some help and more explanation. It had the feeling of being tacked on just to end the book and tie it to the next book in the series. But I would buy the next one!
2016503
The book was enjoyable but the ending was lacking. It's a set up for "To be continued...."
4665378
Overall, this book was good.

Per usual the pacing and character development is rich, and Stephen King does a great job of telling a suspenseful story with a lot of different things going on.

I found myself enriched at select points unable to put the book down due to such rich backstory and character development.

The problem comes towards the last 20% of the book, especially the last 10%.  He goes so many different directions that there are loose ends that never get tied up, and the ending was terrible, just plain and simple terrible.

It would have been so much better if you never find out WHY the dome is there, or HOW it got there. Once this information is revealed, and mind you the conclusion to this story seems to be like the last 5 minutes of a movie, it ruins the book for me.  If the dome remained a mystery, I think this book could have been great (not "The Road" or "11/22/63" level), but still great.

Bottom line is this book just completely falls apart towards the end, and has left me just going "huh.....what happened" - and that's not a great impression sad to say
912794
I read it through twice and to sum up my feelings its an interesting book with an original idea, but the ending kind of terminates the whole purpose of the story
86700
While the book was entertaining the ending ruined it for me. I don't like cliffhangers unless I can go right to the sequel.  There is no sequel so there is no closure.
377095
This book has a good plot and a lot of good writing in it. I am not sorry I read it.  There were several typos throughout but not enough to ruin it for me.  My issues are that the ending left me wanting for more closure regarding Kara and the pace at which the story was told.  I had a hard time getting through the book because the author added too many character daydreams and wanderings and descriptions that took me out of the story rather than further into it. Then what kept me going was the anticipation for a good ending that would really address Kara's redemption and instead it glossed over her to focus on the sheriff which was disappointing.
982176
Very interesting concept which keeps you hooked despite the somewhat annoying writing style. Sadly the ending is a clichd letdown, though I'm not sure it would be possible to write a satisfactory ending for such an outlandish story.

From reading some of the other reviews it sounds like the original ending on reddit was better. I'd find an open ended conclusion that preserves the story's creepy originality to the unfortunately dull & predictable ending here.

All in all I'd still recommend reading it and am glad I did (though I wish I'd read the original instead).
405147
I really liked this book  until the ending... The ending was just so abrupt and kind of fell flat. It did make me want to read the sequel if only in hopes that it will make up for the flat ending of ctrl alt revolt
4705893
Would have been good if the ending, or near ending, was not written at the beginning of the book.  Not a good idea.
4784318
While the writing was terrific, and the initial story itself was compelling, the ending was just too expected and abrupt. His second novel also suffers from the same problem. Needs to work on more organic endings. But it's still worth the read because like I said, it's great writing.
3329340
Is there a sequel ? Didn't  like the ending :(
3493744
Very likable protagonist. However, the ending of this book goes completely off the rails in an attempt to lead readers to the sequel.