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Billy Summers

Stephen King

4.04 AVERAGE

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

Excellent audiobook narrator! I haven't read much by Stephen King, but I think he's a great writer. This was definitely intense "crime" fiction with some very graphic scenes (not my usual reading material), but based on some recommendations by friends I gave it a try and really enjoyed it!
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes