I can only read his short fiction with few exceptions. He got to the point where he would take 50 pages (exaggeration, but still...) to describe, I dunno, a room. Okay, so the room is important, but is it that important?
I've never read King, but do recall the hilarity of Goldman's "The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure, The "Good Parts" Version" ""editorial' comments throughout ... like "with this and that, we move to chapter 4"