Originally Posted by
Khrz
Well, apart from streamlining it quite efficiently...
Guy with an alcohol problem goes full-on dark once isolated with his family. All the rest is flourish supporting the actions and reactions.
In my point of view anyway.
Which is why I have a problem with King going all Lucas with his mythos, actually. Talisman didn't need a follow-up, neither did The Shining. Honestly, as far as I'm concerned, It represents the tipping point in Kings' work. From this novel on, everything was magic and voodoo and the power of creativity and innocence against the forces of evil. Blerg.
Before that, the shit the characters faced only served to highlight their own flaws and defects. Mediocrity, greed, selfishness, dishonesty, bigotry, blown out of proportions under extraordinary circumstances.
As far as I'm concerned, King is now writing fairy tales. Which I wouldn't object to, if he was any good at it.