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.
Cormac McCarthy’s The Road and No Country For Old Men don’t suffer too much from it, but The Border Trilogy etc. is rife with obfuscation. It’s a violent slog and it doesn’t do anything for me. I realize this sub thinks he’s the eel’s eyebrow, but we differ.