Under the dome thoughts

Finished the book. Thought I’d share my thoughts a bit and see y’all’s opinions and thoughts

1) aliens almost seems like a cheap explanation and having them be children aliens who were just messing around was just… strange

2) Benny drake died so that there was no weird love triangle between Joe, norrie, and Benny after the dome lifted

3) killing every dog but Horace was not very nice

4) there should’ve been a list of everyone who survived. After the explosion, it says there was 38 people who survived. Did that mean for just that day or in town in total? Because the exiles were only about 25 people and Ollie only makes one more

5) were the ghosts of Jim rennie past just his oxygen deprived brain shutting down or were the alien kids having extra fun with him

6) Julia didn’t feel like the right person to shut it down. Idk why but I feel like rev Libby (who stopped believing in a greater being if any type and would’ve had to rectify her lack of belief in a greater power with the aliens controlling this), Ollie (who has lost everyone and still wants to survive), or Barbie himself would’ve felt more right in ending it. I understand how Julia did it and why it worked, but any of the others could’ve shown the leatherhead girl just as much especially Barbie

7) finishing the book the day before the dome lifts was neat

8) why did the alien kids decide on this town? And how did they know the town boundaries and everything? Feel like we need a short story about that

9) what did Sam do that he regretted so much right until the end? Is he in another book? Am I just meant to wonder?

10) do you think the dome would prevent the spread of captain tripps? This one is just curiosity. Would it slow it?