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I liked the The Tommyknockers (4/5). Stephen King's version of a science fiction story. I've read it a couple of times, too. I hadn't mentioned it mainly because of the sort of criticism you noted. * The Regulators seemed more King than Backman - the previous Bachman books all had a style quite distinct from usual King. I didn't like them as much but I thought it was interesting to see how he had been able to write in such a different but still distinctive voice. Last edited by gmw; 06-21-2019 at 11:58 AM. |
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Aside from my personal opinion, on Goodreads, Desperation rates 3.81, The Regulators 3.7 and The Tommyknockers 3.52. On LibraryThing: Desperation 3.59, The Regulators 3.38 and The Tommyknockers 3.32. Someone out there besides me has managed to enjoy those 'forgettable' books. Aside from my enjoying the story and characters of each book, it was also nice to see King step outside of Maine for a bit. |
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06-21-2019, 02:44 PM | #18 | |
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Thinner (hardcover Bachman, paperback King) was very much a King-style book and Misery was intended to be a Bachman book before he got found out. I also think he chose to publish The Regulators as Bachman just to have a bit of fun rather than make some sort of statement on differing voices he can write in. Last edited by ZodWallop; 06-21-2019 at 02:49 PM. |
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Absolutely! I find it very interesting how people's tastes overlap or otherwise. Luffy already mentioned they enjoyed Desperation, so what looked like similar tastes in King stories is not a perfect overlap. (I guess, technically, a 3/5 is still a "like" from me, but it's a like with reservations similar to what I had with Pet Sematary.)
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