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I think you almost have to think of King as two or even three different authors. If he does straight horror and terror, he's great at it, if he does themes of love and human condition, he's great at it, but uses horror as a means to an end, which I think muddies the way people think of the story. You've got to separate the "how" he tells the story from the true story itself. At least in my opinion. The only real stinker I've ever read by him was Lisey's Story.
11/22/63 is one of such books. It's my favorite King book, hands down. And with the exception of Enders Game, the best ending of any book I've read.
But then again, his best books to me are ones that aren't even horror. The Green Mile, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, The Body, Eyes of the Dragon
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