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Old 10-16-2012, 12:19 AM   #37
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Unfortunately King has a habit of writing himself into a corner. He'll build up the story tension to a very high level and then completely fail to deliver on it with a satisfying ending. I mean really, they cornered the evil-giant-spider-alien-demi-god-clown-thing and punched it to death?

I'm not privy to his thought processes, so I'm not saying this is a direct result of his seat-of-his-pants writing method, but I'm not the only person who has noticed that pattern in his books.
My favorite scenes are those where the monster has broken down the steel reinforced concrete wall, ripped out the titanium steel bars and then the human is able to "fight" him.

Many modern writers can't keep the physics straight.
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