No. That’s a fair critique. Rereading The Stand, having read it years ago, was an interesting experience;
the characterisations, the descriptions, the situations were all amazing… the payoff and ending meh

I don't think it's so much "bored" as "doesn't know how to land the plane he's hurled into the air".  Which is a weak critique, I suppose -- it's only because his imagination is so awesome, and his setups are so awesome, that his endings are so weak.  But still.

elvismercury

That’s a shame. His set ups are amazing and then he seems to get bored…

carlosfandango

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Stephen King is so uneven.  In general, among the best beginnings / setups in all of fiction; in general, amongst the worst endings.  _Dark Tower_ series was a case in point.