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Billy Summers by Stephen King

44 reviews

veronikar's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, War, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders

liam_ted's review

emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, War, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

Moderate: Rape, Trafficking, Pedophilia, and Panic attacks/disorders

kzarate's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Pedophilia

nailartklaudia's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

rumoursfromlnez's review

dark emotional 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

4.75

One of the best endings for a book I've read in a while. Heartbreaking and heartfelt at the same time. Reading this felt like a wild fever dream but I enjoyed every second 🥹

"She stands looking across the gulf of cold air between this side and that, hands in her pockets, thinking she could create worlds. Billy gave her that chance. She is here. She is found."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and War

catcherntheryebread's review

adventurous dark inspiring 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? No

5.0

I am not typically a King fan (just personal preference) but WOW. Just wow. This was a PHENOMENAL story. Had me on the edge of my seat til the last page. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Blood, Gun violence, Rape, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

zoemaeboonz's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gun violence, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Murder, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Death

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

nikimorr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.5

Billy Summers may be my favorite character by Stephen King. I felt personally connected and attached to him. I never stopped rooting for him. Billy knew who he was and lived with it - not a perfect person but an aware one. 

I loved the first part of the book the most when Billy is living under a fake persona. He’s living a conflicted life but maybe is learning what it is like to live a “normal life” for the first time ever. That part of the story isn’t tied up perfectly, but it is left exactly as it should be. I appreciated that this part of the story could not realistically be wrapped up for Billy and therefore couldn’t be wrapped up neatly for the reader. Reading Billy’s autobiography was heartwrenching and a wonderful aside to the main story.

 The introduction of Alice at first felt to drag a bit, but then I realized the importance of building their relationship to make the subsequent events seem realistic. It truly is like multiple books in one. 

The only reason I gave 4.5 stars versus 5 is that I did not love the final “hit” for Billy. It felt very rushed and the storyline made me squeamish. 

The ending, however, was incredible. It ended exactly like it should have - but boy did I cry! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, War, Rape, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child death, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual assault, and Sexual 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