The Regulators

By: Stephen King

Narrated by: Frank Muller

Master storyteller Stephen King presents the classic, terrifying New York Times bestseller about those caught between the surreal forces of good versus evil in a Midwestern horror setting—a suburban nightmare story in the fictional town of Wentworth, Ohio.

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.

The physical makeup of Poplar Street itself is 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.

Regulators

I am a Stephen King fan and have read many of his books. I didn't really care for Regulators. The story was all over the place and hard to follow. Some of the confusion is the use of the same characters as in Desperation although they aren't truly linked.

Frank Muller makes this story come alive and dead!

What else can I say? This is another GREAT story by Stephen King. Gives you the creeps with Frank Muller's narration.

Unpopular Opinion

I was not a big fan of the narrator for this one. I saw the rest of the reviews that praise him for being fun and interesting, but I thought his narration was distracting. Stephen King's novels are already creepy enough and do not need the reader to ham it up like a mock Orson Welles.

Listen to This Back to Back With Desperation

This is the quicker, more violent and gory sibling to Desperation. The best way to experience this book is after listening to Desperation. It gives you an appreciation of what King set out to do, and is a load of fun paired together or separate.

This was a lot of fun.

Very creative. Lots of energy. King's ability to make the unreal real shines. Good stuff.