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Billy Summers by Stephen King

26 reviews

funkaroo12's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, War, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Trafficking

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Drug use

mallory_amirian's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, War, and Blood

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

eternlbloom's review

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Pedophilia, and Panic attacks/disorders

dragonwithapen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Drug use, and Gun violence

athrillerreader's review

adventurous dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Death, Islamophobia, War, Sexual assault, Rape, Drug use, Murder, and Pedophilia

fkshg8465's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This was unexpected. It was an ordinary book. No weird paranormal or extra terrestrial or anything else that I soils expect from King. Instead, it’s a normal assassin with a heart trope. It’s also a book within a book trope. I think this combination might be why the book was too long. It had several natural ending points that were left unused, and there were too many side stories. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Violence, Death, Rape, Pedophilia, Drug use, Grief, and Gun violence

clotalksbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective sad slow-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? Yes

4.5

I feel wrung out after finishing this. At first I thought it wasn't my sort of book, and not one I would attribute to Stephen King. Some truly atrocious things happen, just as in life, and I couldn't read about it without wincing. 

The characters though, just felt so real. It showed how if you dig deep enough you can find good and bad in everybody, and it's up to you what you focus on. 

The little mentions to COVID in the future I felt were unnecessary and didn't really add to the story, but that is my minor criticism. 

It is not a book I could zoom through even though I wanted to find out what would happen, because it took a lot out of me emotionally and I needed to reflect. So it isn't one I can honestly say I enjoyed as such, but I wanted to keep getting to know these characters. 

There were a couple of nods to this being a King novel, more noticeable towards the end. The writing as always is brilliant. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, War, Violence, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Drug use, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Child abuse

icieri's review

emotional 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

Moderate: Child death, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, War, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual assault, and Violence

stellavb's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Death, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, War, Murder, Gun violence, Violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Drug use

bajablasthole's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Medical trauma, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, War, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Murder, Rape, Racial slurs, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Racism, Sexual assault, and Sexual content