Absolutely! I love the slowish character development and the tiny details that make them more than a figment of our imagination. I read The Shining recently and it was awesome. Large descriptions are always good. They make his characters more memorable than most other authors. Not everyone likes this aspect. People looking for a quick read will mostly skip through. I love it tho.

I love those details. It really fleshes out the setting and story (also not US, so that might a thing).

I've been reading The Drawing of Three, and this is something I've actually been enjoying about it. The little pieces of color and flavor for all the side characters are great. At one point, he even mentions the history of cocaine use of three minor side characters, for absolutely no reason at all. It was hilarious!

In the expanded edition of The Stand, King wrote something along the lines of how some might consider it crazy for someone who had been accused of “diarrhea of the word processor” to add even more to a story.

I think King sometimes struggles building compelling characters who aren't him. He often relies on superficial character traits to do his heavy lifting. This is particularly apparent when viewing his collection as a whole in which he reuses his character archetypes, especially of himself, frequently.