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Thread: Bracket #8: The Regulators (1996)

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    Default Bracket #8: The Regulators (1996)

    The Regulators, 1996

    Please vote for The Regulators using the following scale:

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    If you haven't read this book yet, please vote Never Read. Feel free to discuss your votes in this thread.

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    Awful, possibly his worst (to me).
    It seems I'm miles above the surface of the Earth

    I can see across the whole of London and beyond

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    I wanted to be nice and give it a 2 but yeah, my least favorite as well.

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    While not a fav, I don't think this is in the bottom 10 for me. Was going to give it a 3.5 then decided I didn't like it "that" much, so I downgraded to a 3.
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    A 3 from me. It pales in comparison to Desperation, but it's a fun "popcorn flick" of a novel. Been meaning to reread it again, actually.

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    Think I'm one of the very few who really liked it: 4.5.
    So much better than Desperation....

    sk

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    Quote Originally Posted by frik View Post
    Think I'm one of the very few who really liked it: 4.5.
    So much better than Desperation....

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    Which one did you read first?

    It's something I've noticed about myself. I read Desperation first so I like it much better than this book. I think it's because it used the exact same characters and after reading Desperation, it was weird to me seeing them portrayed differently.

    I do the same thing with cover songs. If I hear a cover before I hear the original, I usually like the cover better. If I hear the original first, I usually like that better.
    Hearts are tough, she said, most times hearts don't break, and I'm sure that's right . . . but what about then? What about who we were then? What about hearts in Atlantis?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Iwritecode View Post

    I do the same thing with cover songs. If I hear a cover before I hear the original, I usually like the cover better. If I hear the original first, I usually like that better.
    Exact same thing for me!
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    0. Likely will be one of only 2 novels that get this vote. I loathed this book. Like power rangers on acid.
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    Oh my, our first zero.

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    Dang it, I want to be the first to give out a '0'. Definetly got one in mind. Came close on Doloris Claiborne.
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    And I really wanted to give Wizard and Glass a zero, but thought that'd be too mean. Maybe I should have

    Out of curiosity why did you include a zero in the voting instead of a 1.5?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Heather19 View Post
    Out of curiosity why did you include a zero in the voting instead of a 1.5?
    This goes back to the discussion we had prior to the 2014 version, where it was decided to go with these particular ratings and I remember it was adamantly demanded that a zero option be added, since prior to that 1 was the lowest rating (it was just 1 though 5, whole numbers, and it was decided we needed more shades). I do not recall any reasons why a 1.5 was not added, to be honest.

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    I don't think King has any zeros for me, although I can definitely think of some zeros by other authors.
    It seems I'm miles above the surface of the Earth

    I can see across the whole of London and beyond

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    The poll has closed. The Regulators has earned a FAS (final average score) of 2.833333333 or 56.67%. It received a rating of 3.5 with 7 votes.

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