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Summary: Intense characters and quickpaced writing.
Review: I really enjoyed this book. I've already read Desperation and the parallels are interesting. I had to pull Desperation back out and read it again to get the full enormity of the similarities. The contrasts and similarities between the two books make them both better stories when read together. I will definitely read both of them again.
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Summary: Very, very interesting
Review: I'm reading Desperation and Regulators at the same time. I havent' finished them yet (about 1/2 way thru on each), but I must commend King on his idea. There are fascinating parrallels and contrasts in the characters and plot. Collie is a psycho-villian in Desperation but a sort of Allen Pangborn in Regulators. The Carvers have a switcheroo. The people come to the evil in Desperation but the evil comes to them in Regulators. Personally, I feel that the Regulators is much better than Desperation. There isn't as much depth, but the characters are better drawn (on a side note, it seems that Bachman focuses on the characters that King did not, providing a more "2 halves of the whole" feel to these two books). Desperation's main shortcoming is the highly annoying David Carver, and the excess of attention given to him. I will probably write another review after I finish the books. Until then, I'm giving them three stars (a.k.a. a "neutral" rating)
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Summary: Not King's Best
Review: If you like to read about meaningless characters who get killed off quickly and with plenty of gore, this book is for you. Otherwise there was little substance here and didn't strike me with fear; rather answers on how bad a book King could write.There were also a ton of characters to keep track of. Luckily, they die off pretty quickly and I didn't have to keep track of them for long ( you'd need a piece of paper to do it ). Read Desperation, that was a touch better ( but not much ), but this book has very little to offer.
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Summary: Defending The Regulators
Review: Far below this review there are several other reviews that tend to look upon this novel with a very negative conotation. Well, I have a very different opinion. This novel was unlike anything I've ever read. It was fast past and kept you in the dark just long enough to create a sense, within the reader, of sympathy for the characters. It's so crazy that you have absolutely no idea what to expect next. This is a great read.
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Summary: Remember this isn't "Stephen King"
Review: This was an extremely enjoyable book, Desperation's "evil twin" if one could say that. Remember, this isn't the "real" Stephen King writing. The Regulators and Desperation have no true plot connection - the characters' names are reused in each book, yet flipped around to those of a different age and personality. It is in this way that The Regulators (if read before or after Desperation) is a melodramatic and freaky story. Don't expect the usual King. Instead, expect a horror story in the setting of an over-perfect (almost already completely surreal), town that gets even more surreal. If you read the back of the book before you start the full text (if you know what's about to happen right from the start), the novel is terrifying. Get it with Desperation and enjoy both of them as separate parts of a truly nasty whole.
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Summary: A SCARY BUT NOT TYPICAL S.K. BOOK
Review: Having read Desperation I have had the experience of reading Stephen King and "Richard Backman". To tell you the truth I liked the writing and the stylings of Richard Backman better. He has a strange way of throwing you into a situation, unknowing of what is going on, and slowing showing you the light. I loved the way that he incorperated the hand-written notes, the TV scripts, and the diary pages all together at the end of the chapters. Explaining what has happened and what will happen in the future of the book. When you read the book it is like a surprise at the end of the chaper, I felt like it was a reward. It kept making me want to read "just one more chapter!". Aside from the writing style there is also the gore. Richard Backman gore is not as bad as Stephen King,but it is still as graphic as ever. i would love to have anyone read this book, and recommend it to anyone!!!
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Summary: surreal
Review: I liked this one better than "Desperation" because it was so surreal. Surrealism really appeals to me. Unfortunately, a lot of people aren't appealed by it, and that is why there are so many poor reviews for it on this page. I found it exciting and visceral. I like Bachman's "who gives a @!#$" attitude. It IS Stephen King without a consciense, and I like it. Recommended.
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Summary: jolly rotten
Review: This is disjointed hodgepodge of ridiculous events, pipping 'Insomnia' for the mantle of King's worst work. Supposedly a companion volume for the much better (but still not great) 'Desperation', it reads more like an entry to the write a novel in an afternoon competition. Save your seven bucks.
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Summary: Stephen King's poorest novel.
Review: Every author has a bad day. Desperation was a quality book, unfortunately The Regulators is at the opposite spectrum. By far the worst book ever written by King.
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Summary: So bad could not finish it! This is highly unusual for me.
Review: Not King's best. Slow and convoluted story. Hard to get into with characters not credible.
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