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Originally posted by urgeok
i think he falls into a different trap though ... he gives too much detail on his characters in my opinion .. he might as well include their pictures ..
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I'm not saying King doesn't have his problem areas; he does. Yes, he does tend to go on and on. But I believe that his short stories and novellas are usually as effective character wise as his novels are, without a lot of his sometimes unnecessary and cluttered exposition . Apt Pupil is a good example. That story was disturbing on so many levels, because King seemed to have a frightening understanding of the workings of this kind of twisted, symbiotic relationship that the two central characters shared.
And even when the novels get tedious, I am still impressed by that basic understanding of human nature at its best and worst. But I actually do see why some people don't care for King or even outright dislike his work.