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Billy Summers

Stephen King

4.04 AVERAGE

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense
adventurous challenging hopeful inspiring slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Far from Stephen King's horror. Billy Summers is a hit man, but one that will tug at your heart strings and make you fall in love. He brings you along on his wild ride along with, Alice who falls for him will follow him down his rabbit hole if he lets her.
challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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
adventurous tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes

• Felt like Billy had some sort of savior complex
• Didn't rub me the right way how Alice as a character was used as a plot device for the story
• First half of book felt like a slow burn
•Second half is great
•Great narration style from King

Rating: 3.75/5
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
adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark sad medium-paced