I like him, but for me, it’s Stephen King, a lot of his stories he goes off on a twenty page non-relevant rant.
Though, the ones where he keeps that to a minimum, are great.
Then there’s Mr. Marketer James Patterson who markets out his name to other authors making it look like he wrote the book when it was obviously someone else.
King earned his reputation long before his decline in writing around the time of Tommyknockers. Unfortunately, the turn in his writing isn’t brought to light for readers newer to the table so to speak.