The Regulators

· Sold by Simon and Schuster
4.4
102 reviews
Ebook
512
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Master storyteller Stephen King presents the classic, terrifying New York Times bestseller of those caught between the surreal forces of good versus evil in a small suburban Ohio town.

“The red van rolls past…humming and glinting. …Things are happening fast now, although no one on Poplar Street realizes it yet.”

It’s a gorgeous midsummer afternoon along Poplar Street in the peaceful suburbia of Wentwort, Ohio, where life is as pleasant as you ever dreamed it could be. But that’s all about to end in blaze of gunfire and sudden violence, forever shattering the tranquility and the good times here. For the physical makeup of Poplar Street itself is now being transformed into a surreal landscape straight out of the active imagination of the innocent and vulnerable Seth Garin—an autistic boy who’s been exposed to and possessed by a horrific, otherworldly force of evil, one with sadistic and murderous intent and who is willing to use whatever means necessary to grow ever stronger.

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4.4
102 reviews
Stephen Grose
April 16, 2022
Audiobook The narrative is *very* animated, and brings the pervy writing to life. I remember liking this book as a youth. As a mature adult, I can see it for what it is: and adolescent pervy story about magic and evil and describing female anatomy. It's gross. I deleted the book off my device after less than 2 hours. I couldn't do it. Stephen King should not write people of color or touch any sort of disability without heavy consulting from outside sources.
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Jason Easter
March 27, 2022
The only book I've ever read by King that I had to stop reading half way through. Not the story itself so much as the way its written. Its hard to explain but I can't stand they way everything that happens has a "like a such and such" type of tail behind it. And there's also way too many characters that don't contribute anything to the story but are constantly mentioned throughout. Really wish I hadn't paid for this ebook.
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Maschelle Mashburn
February 1, 2020
Stephen King wrote this book under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman early in his career. Much later, he released this book as part of a set of two books with "Desperation" being the other novel included in the set. It was stated on the jacket that you could read either book first and it would still be the right way to read the set. so I read "Desperation" first while my son read "The Regulators", and then we swapped. Wow! I have never had a bigger Head trip from Stephen King then he delivered when he released these two as a set. Both books have the same-named characters but the similarities end there . Each character had the same appearance but different personalities and living situations as well as the roles they played within the community of the characters. The choice to assign the same name but different personalities, roles & fates to each character is a constant exercise in falling back & regrouping when reading your chosen 2nd novel. Read both as a set! Fabulous!
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About the author

Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes the short story collection You Like It Darker, Holly, Fairy Tale, Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, Doctor Sleep, and Firestarter are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.

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