The Regulators, by Stephen King

When King is good, he’s very good. This, on the other hand, is just 500
pages of blood, gore, violence, and rude words. I’m still not exactly
sure what his good books add to that mix, but there must be something.

This is the companion to King’s novel Desperation, which I
read and reviewed some while back. I liked Desperation. It
had blood, gore, violence, and rude words too, but it was good. It took
place over a few hours in a small town in Nevada. This one takes place
over a few hours in a small neighborhood in the Mid-West. Some of the
same people are involved, sort of. It’s got some interesting bits in it.
But unlike Desperation, it failed to hold my attention.

I dunno. I guess you win some, you lose some.

(On the other hand, it’s not Pet Sematary, either. So I
suppose it isn’t truly dire.)