The Regulators

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Summary: A suspenseful tale of surreal horror!
Review: Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman, has done it again! In The Regulators, King tells the tale of a young boy who is possessed by an unknown entity. This malign being uses the boy's memories and imgination to re-create the world around him, much to the woe of the young boy's family and neighbors. Things that the boy imagines, such as a team of television superheroes named The Regulators, come to life to wreak havoc upon a hapless Central Ohio community. The characters are all figments of the boy's imagination. The death they deal isn't... This book will keep the reader in total suspense from the moment the first "superhero van" rolls slowly into town.

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Summary: Total time-waster
Review: Stephen King has written some killer novels ("The Shining" is a masterpiece) but this is one long horrible piece of... well, he'll be more than happy to share this vulgarity and many others once you crack the cover. I have seldom felt a writer forcing a non-idea to onto the page as much as in this book. It reads like the worst piece of "fan" writing one has ever seen on the net. You can tell from reading the "positive" reviews here that something's not right -- they're trying to "get" it. King should take some time off and stoke his jets..

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Summary: a great book
Review: I pick this book up and could't put it down......I will have to say this was one book I am glad to have read. I always been a great fan of stephen Kings books but i glad i went back and read some the Bachman books...........I am looking foward reading the con..........Desperation.........

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Summary: Worth Reading very good book
Review: It all depends on which you read first so if you read Desperation first you might feel reading regulators is just repeating what you read i read regulators first and felt they were different books and both done beatifully but i would say that Desperation was a more difficult ending to predict so that would probably make it bette

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Summary: Rip Off
Review: I usually like King's books but there was no reason for him to write this one. Desperation is pretty good and tells the story of all the characters and TAK. How much money does he need?. The characters are all the same, the evil is the same as in Desperation. The only thing changed is the setting. These are identical stories. How many books does he want on the best seller list? One is not enough? I wonder if next time he will publish 3, then 4, why not 10? Just change the town and there we go. It just needs his name and it sells. He must be laughing all the way to the bank. At least I did not buy the book. -Mitc

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Summary: A well written, suspenseful book, although not for everyone
Review: The Regulators seems like a normal level Stephen King book (although written under his other name, Richard Bachman). It is well written, very suspenseful, and very surprising. The only problem that I see is that the book is not for everyone. It is violent and contains large amounts of vulgar language. There are a lot of adult items, so it shouldn't be read by the numerous child fans of King. But other than that there are no real flaws, and is a thrill to read

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Summary: A must read if you have read Desperation!
Review: This book is a *must* if you have read Desperation by SK. It is not quite as good as Desperation, because the mind of TAK is better described and more evil in Desperation. But the way that the caracters are the "same" in both books, are very *cool*. If you are looking for a book that looks like any of the other Richard Backman books, this is NOT the one. It is not like eg. The long walk!!
But as it says on the books: Desperation and The Regulators are twins

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Summary: Dead, Flat
Review: For an author like Richard B. (or SK) to write something like this is a huge disappointment. It wasn't worth the 2 digit price on it. Why is it so droll

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Summary: Pretty good, but I've read better...
Review: I thought that this book was pretty good... like the title says, though, I _have_ read better books. The Power-Rangers were a little unbelievable, so to speak, but the overall storyline wasn't all that bad

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Summary: Truly, not his best
Review: This book is certainly not one of Mr. Kings best; however, it is certainly typical of his more recent works. While the premise of "The Regulators" is OK, the book is typical Stephen King in that he does not know how to end his books. The central character here, Tak, is so transparently a "made up" monster, its almost funny. 150 pages from the end, I became very, very bored with the book. I have found that if Mr. King sticks to every day, real life situations, such as that found in "Gerald's Game" or "Cujo", he does much better. However, when he begins to make up his own monsters, such as Tak, and the one found in "It" (a truly horrible and evil book, and one I do not recommend to anyone) he does poorly. I am an avid King fan, and have been since "Carrie", but his two recent books have left me wanting -- wanting for something more substantial and real in his characters. I understand this is a companion book to "Desperation". I have purcahsed this book, but have not begun reading it. However, if its ending is anything similar "The Stand" or "The Regulators", I am tempted to return it to the store without ever opening it. Truly, Mr. King needs to get back to what he does best -- taking everyday, real-life situations and expanding it into something that's believable, and something ADULTS can enjoy.