Desperation .

3.5 Stars It s a summer afternoon in Wentworth, Ohio, and on Poplar Street everything s normal The paperboy is making his rounds the Carver kids are bickering at the corner convenience store a Frisbee is flying on the Reed s lawn Gary Soderson is firing up the backyard barbeque The only thing that doesn t quite fit is the red van idling just up the hill Oh boy, what a perfect book coverd shocking beginning There is much to like and fear in THE REGULATORSe summertime atmosphere is so nicee trip t [...]

Wentworth, Ohio Desperation, Nevada 2000 miles between I Googled it Sort of, cause these two places don t really exist until you open the pages of this book, where the weird becomes scary, the scary gets weird, and an ancient evil entity by the name of Tak takes over a once ordinary residential street But what I like most about reading Stephen King is the thing that was semi missing here my complete investment in the characters he creates by the way and I think most know this , Richard Bachman a [...]

In the end this book picked up and is worth three stars I think This and the companion piece Desperation is not among the King s triumphant achievements though First, I m having real troubles understanding the idea with a Bachman tie in to a King book at this late date Even if even the late Bachman must be allowed to write out of usual style, The Regulators is a very far cry yes, even considering Thinner from his other stuff More to the point, the mythos presented herein was probably enough for [...]

Actual 3.5Maybe if I had read this before I read Desperation I would have liked it That seems to be the consensus from many of the other reviews I read Anyway, having read Desperation prior to The Regulators, I was not able to enjoy this book nearly as much We re pretty much dealing with the same bad guy, and the same characters, only told from a different place and from a different perspective It s not that I don t like cross overs or stories that tie in together I actually love it, and King i [...]

It s been a while since I read this book I had some pretty fond memories of it, and it s always been my favorite of two companion books that King Bachman published together They are alternate realities, kind of mirror images, of each other But The Regulators is also a link to the Dark Tower universe as well We have the same characters plus some new , but in different roles and with different perspectives and personas than we saw in Desperation We have a different setting, suburban Ohio rather th [...]

It feels unusual to give this thing such a high rating I remember the beginnings of almost all of his novels surpassing the endings as far as my interest in King s writing goes Maybe I just prefer open ended scenarios a lot , whether it be with film or literature, and he tends to try to wrap the plot up at seemingly arbitrary points in the story His endings are hyperbolically ridiculous too Anyway, what I remember so vividly about this story was the insane suburban slaughter at the beginning One [...]

I read than 150 novels each year and have read most of King s stuff Obviously, with so much output from one writer, there are bound to be hits and misses This one was a miss, in my opinion but there is still enough here to make it worth the read.I had already read Desperation, the companion book to this volume, and came away with the feeling that I had just experienced a pretty good King novel It also was far from his best but I enjoyed it nonetheless So, naturally, I turned to this book, The R [...]

Description There s a place in Wentworth, Ohio, where summer is in full swing It s called Poplar Street Up until now it s been a nice place to live The idling red van around the corner is about to change all that Let the battle against evil begin Read by Frank Muller Muller gives this so much energy I remember when we all used to go camping, torches under the chin, we would take a turn at telling a story under chiaroscuro canvas it didn t matter if the subject was weak, if it was told right, eve [...]

There s no Stalky Little Boy Never was There s a THING inside of Seth not an id, not another manifestation of his personality, not a hitchhiker, but something like a tapeworm It can think And talk It talked to me today it calls itself Tak.This novel is a companion novel to Desperation which I read earlier this year, and I have to say, I enjoyed this one so much The story in this one was linear and easier to follow, and the characters are all real, less caricatured versions of themselves This [...]

Excellent While this was the third time I ve read The Regulators, it s the first time I read it immediately after Desperation.It s fun to compare the two while reading, to see what scenes are similar and what characters change roles.But this book is enjoyable to me than Desperation, as it has a much quicker edge of your seat pace.

Disfrute mucho este libro de King y aunque no es lo mejor de este autor es delirante, sangriento y muy muy entretenido Libro espejo de Desesperaci n el cual le hace mucho tiempo pero estoy segura que me gusto mucho menos que este, donde no dire mucho para no hacer spoilers pero es imposible imaginar algo m s extra o y quiz s por lo mismo aterrador.

One of the most frightening and horrible books I ve ever read Oh God, this story unfolds with a kind of unnatural speed and a huge amount of horror As I was reading, I almost wished i could stop because it was just too scary I m really scared of being in a situation where it doesn t seem like there s a way out.What Stephen King Richard Bachman does in this book is explore the unnatural beings in the Dark Tower universe and the imagination of a child He brings together two polar opposites Tak, a [...]

I read this in just a few hours a very fast read, with fast paced action and writing to match VERY cool to read upon finishing the companion book, Desperation although this one is not quite asep or as layered as Desperation , which, frankly, had much story and better character development I think that of these 2 novels, Regulators is the weaker book, and maybe this is why Stephen King relegated this title to his pseudonym instead of to himself The entire sequence of events in this novel occur o [...]

Buen libro de King Sinceramente es una novela que est muy simplemente escrita No tiene una narraci n compleja y de calidad sino m s bien pobre y con car cter aficionado Con esto quiero decir que no se esperen la misma calidad literaria de otros libros de este autor, porque de eso mismo carece Con respecto a la historia tengo que decir que es muy buena Desde la primera p gina te atrapa de manera r pida y profunda De hecho es un libro que lo empec a las 21 y me lo termin a la 1 Avanz s con mucha r [...]

Leggi la mia.InstaRecensione Metti mi piace e aggiungimi se ti fa piacere Come prima lettura di questo Halloween come non buttarsi sul re Avendo gi letto in tenera et l attualissimo IT ho deciso di scoprire la famosa duologia che mi ero lasciato indietro da tempo Tuttavia non credo che legger Desperation in tempi brevi Non mi ha certo deluso ma questo libro un accozzaglia di caos frenetico e violenza gratuita che mi ha fatto ripiombare nel cinema horror di serie B degli anni 80 Prevedibilissimo [...]

I ve tried a half a dozen times to re read this book and I just can t get into it Even the audio, narrated by Frank Muller one of my favorite narrators , couldn t hold my attention.I remember not liking it the first time I read it in the nineties, but at least I managed to finish it Not this time It goes against the grain to give up on a King novel but honestly, it s just aggravating the crap out of me and giving me a headache.Although I ve marked it DNF I hope to come back to it at a later date [...]

Not a bad story, but not very memorable, either The Regulators is typical Stephen King, with a small town setting and things that aren t always as they seem.

This is the companion book to Desperation, and although it s listed here as being written by Stephen King, it was actually Richard Bachman Ha ha, for those of you that know they are one and the same King Bachman uses the same character names in both books which makes for an exercise in memory if they are read close together For the first 100 or so pages I would think of the character from Desperation as the name was recycled in The Regulators As a testament to his skill, after that point, I was [...]

My brain is practically shot I ve been studying all damn day and believe me The Regulators and Food Sanitation doesn t mix well At some point I will try to give this a proper review Until then this will be just fine If not, sue me.Anyway, The Regulators is a slight step away from its mirror, Desperation I m not going to compare the two, you can do that yourself but I will say, they are both good in their own rights Maybe to long or scattered or the ending didn t work like it should or a hundred [...]

Likely my least favorite King book Weak all around.Writing 2Typical King fare Decent writing, but nothing to go nuts about.Story 1II have no idea what this book was about A demon possessed kid who could project his imagination onto the real world Ummma, I have no idea what the heck was going on.Characters 2Surprisingly weak for a King story No one I could relate to Too many cookie cutter suburbanites who weren t fleshed out enough for me to remember who was who.Other Factors 2Tied to Desperation [...]

I don t know how I missed this book over the years I ve read most of the Stephen King library The Regulators is good, solid King not, perhaps, one of my favorites, but a captivating and chilling read As is common in his novels, the characters are strong, and the constant Where does he come UP with this stuff question runs through the reader s mind It starts off strong action happens almost immediately and feeds the reader enough information in the beginning to hook them but not enough to let cur [...]

This was my first Stephen King and he hooked me.

4.5

A quiet neighbourhood suddenly comes under attack with a series of drive by shootings that kill,injure and terrify.The survivors of the attacks hide in their home as the coloured vehicles continue to come by,shooting at anything that moves.Gathering together,they decide that someone needs to go for help but who is to risk their life trying to save the others Oh this book started off great with the tension and anticipation during the attacks that are such a hallmark of King s writing.You were dra [...]

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I actually finished this ages ago I don t know how to feel about it because Stephen King like so many other writers do not know BEANS about autism.Currently reading this again Autism isn t the same thing as being catatonic Just because someone autistic doesn t seem like they are in the world doesn t mean they aren t If anything, autistic people are OVER stimulated by the world.Perhaps.Guh Stephen King like so many others does NOT understand autism It s really frustrating.

I stuck through this until the bitter end and didn t like it.

This is apparently a companion volume to a Stephen King novel, Desperation which I have not read It is a fast paced action packed read basically about a bloodbath which takes place in a suburban street which is highjacked into the Twilight Zone the mass shootings being carried out by brought to life characters from a old Western TV and films and b a made up cartoon series of the Power Rangers Masters of the Universe type Because a malevolent entity has possessed a young autistic boy and uses his [...]

This is the companion book to Desperation, and although it s listed here as being written by Stephen King, it was actually Richard Bachman Ha ha, for those of you that know they are one and the same King Bachman uses the same character names in both books which makes for an exercise in memory if they are read close together For the first 100 or so pages I would think of the character from Desperation as the name was recycled in The Regulators As a testament to his skill, after that point, I was [...]