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Originally Posted by alkytrio666
And it works damn well 99% of the time. I think the reason King's work is so incredibly life-like is because, as you said, his characters literally grow as he's writing them.
I'm reading Different Seasons right now, and it's blowing me away.
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No doubt. People can say what they want about King's writing ability or lack thereof, but his characterization is really amazing. He has a true talent for creating characters that seem real, and practically just jump off the page. A lot of writers have some great ideas, but can't write a realistic character to save their lives.
Different Seasons is one of my favorites, it showed he was more than just a horror writer. And Apt Pupil disturbed me about as much as anything I have ever read.