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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Its the King theory of book writing, he can't write an ending to save his life, see IT.
When he writes non horror or short stories he's much much better. Apt Pupil, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank redemption are good examples of that.
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Completely agree. He is amazing at developing a world and taking an interesting premise and seeing where it leads but it always seems like the ending is a disappointment as he tries to create an explanation for what happened - and usually it's "aliens did it" or something similar. The advantage of short stories and novellas is that he often just skips that part and leaves the explanation up to the reader.
My favorite shorter form King works are The Long Walk and The Running Man (which shares only its name with the movie).