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Billy Summers by Stephen King

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bookishchaos's review

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challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was pretty good, the beginning was slow but it picked up 40% through.
I wouldn't call this "horror" as some might say but it's a psychological thriller with action and revenge.

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odette_tbdk's review against another edition

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

2.5

Reseña llena de spoilers.

No sé por donde empezar siendo honesta, al principio, este libro prometía mucho. La premisa principal del libro donde Billy va a estar encubierto en una ciudad para matar a un convicto se lleva a cabo en las primeras 200 páginas. Tirando todos los conflictos y personajes que habíamos construido hasta este punto A LA BASURA, no se vuelve a hacer más que pequeñas menciones de ellos y se siente desperdiciado.

Aquí es donde entra el mayor de mis problemas con este libro, las 400 páginas restantes, me pregunté a mi misma que iba a haber en ellas ya que el plot principal ya se había resuelto y me encontré con un relleno mal hecho.

Billy se esconde en esta casa que es casi un sótano. Esta parte es larga y no ocurre absolutamente nada más que Billy escribiendo su relato, el cual me pareció interesante hasta que terminó de relatar su infancia y prosiguió con su tiempo en la milicia, específicamente en la guerra de Iraq. Hubo muchas descripciones de armas y su ensamblaje que no servían para nada y fue una parte muy aburrida de leer, puede ser porque en general no me gustan los relatos de guerra, pero no fue nada más que sufrimiento que no me ayudó a empatizar con Billy debido a todo lo que hace a continuación.

Unos hombres dejan tirada a una muchacha enfrente del escondite de Billy, él sale en su rescate y hay una secuencia de escenas con tinte sexual (en la forma en la que se narra como Billy la salva y le quita la ropa que llevaba mojada por la lluvia) que me pareció grotesca, quise excusarlo con que es un libro de Stephen King, pero esto no es terror, son temas reales, que afectan a muchas personas, si él no sabe como se siente una mujer al ser violada, que mejor SE CALLE.

Bueno, en general, Alice (la muchacha rescatada) es muy sumisa con Billy, tiene la mitad de la edad de él y cae perdidamente enamorada, siendo él un asesino. Siento que King no sabe que las mujeres no actuamos así JAJAJA. Incluso accede a participar en el plan donde Billy va a matar a quién realmente lo contrató, el hombre en cuestión es un multimillonario pedófilo, qué sorpresa, y es camuflada como una chava de 16 años para poder entrar a su mansión, es simplemente repugnante como la expone a un abusador sexual habiendo sido ella misma una víctima del mismo crimen anteriormente.

PD: No Billy, vengar a una víctima de abuso sexual no te hace buena persona, solo fomentas más a la corrupción de la sociedad, gracias.

Siento que la gente que amó este libro leyó otro, le doy 2.5 estrellas porque estuvo bien escrito y me gustó el inicio, pero lo demás o simplemente no fue para mí o es una mierda.

No me cierro a leer otros libros de Stephen, pero me limitaré a los antiguos de terror.

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ju_harue's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.5

Foi meu primeiro contato com a escrita do King, e achei que foi um ótimo início, embora a escrita seja bem prolixa, a construção de personagens dele é ímpar, o que motiva a leitura até o fim.
Relacionar a história de volta ao passado, com o ato libertador de colocar em palavras, através da escrita de um livro, foi ótimo.
Camadas de densidade de cada personagem que vai aparecendo, até culminar em transferir talvez o cargo de protagonista vs enredo, achei maravilhoso. Me motivou a ler mais obras.

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akvolcano's review

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

Honestly I expected more from Stephen King. There is so much hype about him. This book is  messed up, and there is a lot of dehumanizing/gross parts that are unnecessary. The story was interesting, but it was due to the multiple personalities. I think out of all the book, I only enjoyed three or four chapters. I kept hoping it would get better, but it never really did. The writing itself wasn’t that great….I don’t see myself reading any more books from this author. He is a sick man. Don’t really recommend. #disappointedanddisgusted

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rubyhayes's review

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Long story short I liked it. I have no problem with a long book if it’s done really well but that was my main qualm with this book. It felt like there was just a little too much detail. I kept finding myself wanting to just reach the end. 

The book however does have a fairly interesting premise, I enjoyed the story. It grappled with the grey in life which was great to think about, and yes I did have a long time to think about it as it was a hefty book. 

I definitely thought the ending was done spectacularly on King’s part, I thought it was pretty genius and resolved the book-within-a-book narrative cleanly and with feeling.

Overall a fun read, it might take me a while to get to another Stephen King book though. 

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bajablasthole's review

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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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marine2907's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional 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

3.75


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carolibrary's review against another edition

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

3.75


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nazhiboom's review

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

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francesstcyr's review

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

1.5


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