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Billy Summers by Stephen King

20 reviews

dirtandtrees's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Gun violence, Murder, War, Violence, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Child death, and Blood

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Trafficking

em_gordon's review

reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Domestic abuse, Rape, Murder, and War

mimccub's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Rape, Child abuse, and Drug abuse

aelis's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, War, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Alcoholism, Blood, and Child abuse

Minor: Alcoholism, Trafficking, Sexual assault, and Rape

imstephtacular's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Overall, I really enjoyed the story in this book. However, I was very put off by some problematic content (lots of fatphobic language, one particular scene of questionable choices around race). I wanted to like this book much more, but I could not ignore these instances. I liked the characters and the plotting overall, it’s just unfortunate that a lot of little moments built up and left a bad taste in my mouth and overshadowed the storytelling. I will say that I did like the ending of this one. King is hit or miss with endings and I thought this was handled well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Death, War, and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Body shaming, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Alcohol, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racism, and Rape

Minor: Suicide

fartandsoul's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Child death, Cursing, Gun violence, and Islamophobia

lbh211's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and War

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Murder, and Rape

cblunier's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Vomit

Moderate: Abortion and Pedophilia

caidyn's review

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This was almost 4 stars for me. Almost. I just felt that the story took turns and was disjointed. The plot changed multiple times and it felt like there were multiple stories all at the same time and nothing fully got fleshed out. Still enjoyed it, but I'd want to reread it now that I've gone through the whole thing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Terminal illness

redwrapped's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

King finally learned how to write a great ending! One that I didn't see coming, and one that was satisfying and stayed true to the plot. My one gripe is that he alluded to the Shining and I only found that to be a little too supernatural (or something) than this book is ultimately about, so it felt a little bit weird to place it there. But the themes of debt, sacrifice, and hard decisions are handled well. (And at the end, I cried a little.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, War, Violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Death, and Domestic abuse