He has been writing for 30+ years now. Not sure if the quality of writing has gone down as I don't read much of his work.

What I have read has been a pleasure and The Innocent Man still stands out as one of the more interesting books I read as a younger person.

In any case I've always enjoyed his work and hopefully this was just an outlier or something.

Haven't been reading any Stephen King lately but seem to remember a few of his books being confusing/ having plot holes as well.

Not exactly sure why but I am going to assume it's cause the 80's ( and other decades possibly )were a pretty wild ride for him 😬