re: Stephen King's IT....(Update) I take back what I said, book is fantastic

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I'm just losing focus when King uses two pages/3-4 paragraphs to basically say, "the house is at the end of the street".

Descriptive flow is essential, but it just appears overly congested at times.

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I tried to read the Dark Tower, and got about 100 pages in and had to stop. It was ridiculous in the description. I know i should power through it and it's a good book, but i just couldn't do it.

FWIW, i read an interview by King and he even admitted his earlier books are hard to get through. He says, himself, that he regrets that writing style because he was trying too hard to impress or show off his literary knowledge, when he should have just focused on the story and got to the point.

I'm not opposed to reading through detail, after all, i'm huge on Clancy, and that dude can go into detail for 5 pages on missile aviation mechanics, just to tell you a missile exploded.