Title: shoddy
Product review: for all of you King freaks - a little reality. King isn't anywhere near "literary" - his prose is passive and unimaginative (too many was's and is's, too much telling and not enough showing). Compared to horror kingpin's Poe and Lovecraft, King is shoddy - his novels are Pulp Fiction, nothing poetic about them. BUT - King does focus on character-based, rather than plot-based fiction - this is what makes him worthwhile to read - focusing on the characters of his stories.I love his Dark Tower series - surrealistic and mysterious. This 4th one, though, Wizard and Gass, disappointed me - too much straight storytelling, and hackneyed characterization. Pulp and not enough mystery. Bleh..
Would you say this review depicts the product in a flattering or unflattering light?
