The introduction of Odetta Holmes/Detta Walker in Drawing started out very slow, boring and awkwardly written. It was at that point that I was considering cutting my losses and moving on to something else, but once that whole scenario finally took shape the novel practically read itself. I was hooked
I read a review if the entire series that said it all starts to go downhill in quality after the 4th book, the reviewers main complaint being that at some point in the series King actually inserts himself as a character. I know that Vonnegut did almost the same thing in Breakfast of Champions briefly (i think it was BoC) in a "voice of god" (i.e. The ultimate omniscient narrator) sort of way, but still I'm curious to see if King does it in a way that's anything short of nauseating.
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