As an avid reader I have learned from reading hundreds if not a thousand or more books and being exposed to a million (?) characters that judging people on one characteristic is a grave error. George and Lenny were not readers, neither was Santiago. Don’t know who they are??? Read a book.

Every book I ever read. Never re- read any of them

Two decades, amateur. King’s early stuff is excellent, well written good stories. After Christine his books became formulaic and increasingly violent and gory.