The Regulators

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!

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.

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.