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Billy Summers by Stephen King

8 reviews

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

akvolcano's review

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Sexual violence, War, Bullying, Child death, Death, Rape, Trafficking, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Violence, Excrement, Grief, Murder, and Vomit

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Racism, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Cursing, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Trafficking, Violence, Xenophobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Cancer, Homophobia, Misogyny, Murder, and War

jnlundy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Violence, War, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Child abuse, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Islamophobia

markruzickova's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Rape, and Murder

kshertz's review

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.25

I read this because somebody told me that it is not scary at all and I was interested in what Stephen King was writing nowadays. I feel like it is an interesting adventure but could have been a lot shorter. I also realized I have a big trigger warning about old white dudes writing about young girls and how they think they’re so hot and what they wanna do to them. That felt really gross and was hard for me to get through the book because of that. But you do get invested in Billy Summers and his whole adventure. I definitely wanted to keep reading until the very end

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Child abuse, Murder, Blood, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, and Sexual harassment

neptunereign's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Sexual assault, Blood, Child death, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and War

Moderate: Death of parent and Drug use

Minor: Trafficking

lillyturmel's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.5

different from the other stephen king books i’ve read, but still really good. i can’t pin point what i loved about it, it just felt good 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Trafficking, Child death, Rape, and Sexual harassment

brdoyle08's review against another edition

SO many overused and tired tropes. Alice being brought in halfway through with a sexual assault plot line that only serves to advance the male main character’s line was the moment I couldn’t get past. But, also the near constant fat phobia. Also, a black woman who lets her two kids run off to play unsupervised with the new single white guy next door? Yeah, that seems likely. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Gun violence