I remember reading a few stephen king books while deployed to Bosnia... with the Army.
I don’t think I ever read a Stephen King book I can remember. But if the movie adaptations of his works are any valid clue as to the quality of the writing, I didn’t miss anything.
I can only think of one adaptation that was near good and not disappointing at the end and that was “The Stand”. The others? Some of the more famous pukers that were a waste of time: “It”, “The Tommyknockers”, and that mongrel dog of a film “The Langoliers” [ugh!]
As for the famous ones, “Misery” and “The Shining”, I never even finished watching them.