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Regulator (1996)

von Richard Bachman, Stephen King

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Fiction. Horror. HTML:

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.

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  1. 50
    Desperation. von Stephen King (ElBarto, kxlly)
    ElBarto: Der Schwesterroman, erzählt eine ähnliche aber doch ganz andere Geschichte.
  2. 10
    Am Ende der Straße von Brian Keene (Scottneumann)
  3. 10
    Unhappy Endings von Brian Keene (Scottneumann)
  4. 10
    Eine Versammlung von Krähen von Brian Keene (Scottneumann)
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It's so weird to keep saying, "this is the first time I've read this in almost 30 years"...because with the King books, it really doesn't seem that long ago.

Apparently it really is. I dove into this the same way I did the last time, reading the Bachman novel first, before moving to the mirror novel. The last time, I chose the Bachman book first because, when I lined up the covers, it was the first one, on the left. This time, I did it because I remember liking the King novel more than the Bachman one, so I figured I'd end (hopefully) on the same high.

I've got to say, last time I read this one, I won't say I was underwhelmed, but I didn't love it. I guess you could say I was simply...whelmed.

This time around, I will say that, overall, I actually quite enjoyed it. It was a bit overwritten for my taste, which is interesting because, while I know this tends to be a common complaint with King, it's not one I typically voice. I love his writing, and if he digs down into a particular detail or plot point or tangent, I'm usually completely fine to go along with him.

But I found a lot of the descriptive passages and character intros toward the front half of this novel seemed a bit too much. And it was actually surprising how much King inserted mentions of a sexual nature. I'm not used to that with him, and I found it constantly surprising.

Here's the big thing I found this time around: While I usually enjoy a "big cast" King story, this one felt overcrowded. I more enjoyed the side note sections—the diary entries, the letters, etc.—that gave a bit more context to what was happening on Poplar Street, than I did the portions with all the other characters.

I found myself wishing that King had just focused tighter on Seth and especially Audrey, with smaller side trips to that large cast of characters and what they were going through.

Again, overall, the novel was more enjoyable the second time around. And I will say, there's parts of this story that I think hold some of King's best writing. But overall, there's a fair amount of miss for me too. ( )
  TobinElliott | Mar 3, 2024 |
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 love for both of the above into creating a vehicle for mayhem.

Found the explanation rather odd - I get that a malevolent entity might want to cause a bloodbath but it seemed odd that it was apparently trapped into doing it this way, though maybe that is meant to suggest how strong the autistic child's influence is over it. However, with the characters falling like flies and a lot of them not well differentiated, it soon became quite hard to keep tabs on who was who. People also joked and acted in extremely odd ways while under heavy fire. OK, stress affects different people in different ways, but some of it seemed downright peculiar. Not the greatest Stephen King novel in my opinion, and only a 2 star for me. ( )
  kitsune_reader | Nov 23, 2023 |
As much as it pains me to say anything unflattering about a Stephen King novel, I just didn’t care for this one. I’m sure it’s me and not the author. I couldn’t get into it. So many characters and so much weird, frantic activity. ( )
  NatalieRiley | Jun 17, 2023 |
Transcurre una apacible tarde de verano en Wentworth, Ohio. Como es habitual, en la soleada calle Poplar todo es normal: el chico de los periódicos los reparte en bicicleta, los niños juegan en las aceras, las barbacoas se preparan en los jardines y patios. Lo único extraño es la furgoneta roja que hay aparcada en una esquina. El misterioso vehículo no tardará en ponerse en marcha... y con él se desencadenará una atroz matanza. Cuando la noche caiga, los supervivientes del vecindario se encontrarán en un mundo pavoroso donde cualquier cosa es posible, en particular la macabra posesión de las mentes y de los cuerpos.
  Natt90 | Mar 14, 2023 |
Leggi la mia....
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Metti mi piace e aggiungimi se ti fa piacere!

Come prima lettura di questo Halloween come non buttarsi sul re? Avendo già letto in tenera età l’attualissimo IT ho deciso di scoprire la famosa duologia che mi ero lasciato indietro da tempo. Tuttavia non credo che leggerò Desperation in tempi brevi.
Non mi ha certo deluso ma questo libro è un accozzaglia di caos frenetico e violenza gratuita che mi ha fatto ripiombare nel cinema horror di serie B degli anni 80.
Prevedibilissimo e assurdo ma allo zio Steve si perdona tutto.
Consiglio di non perdersi dietro ogni singolo personaggio tra i millemila che si presentano perché... va beh dire perché sarebbe spoiler... ( )
  louchobi | May 12, 2022 |
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Bachman, RichardHauptautoralle Ausgabenbestätigt
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Fiction. Horror. HTML:

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.

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