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A review by susana82
Billy Summers by Stephen King
adventurous
challenging
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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Not quite what I was expecting, but I don't mean this in a bad way.
There is no terror, or supernatural stuff in this book (unless you want to consider the weird painting in Bucky's summer cabin). There are monsters, yes, but those are humans. Humans capable of the most terrible things. Bad people. And bad people deserve to die. Billy Summers takes care of those people, but on his last commissioned job things don't go as straightforward as he would have liked.
As usual in King's stories, there are welcoming people, there are places that feel cosy. I always find parts that make me feel so welcomed or want to meet those people and be part of what is going on. Stephen King always manages that.
Billy meets some good and interesting people that make you feel like all is good in this world, but that is only part of it.
Billy is on a mission, so we spend part of the story following him during his preparation. We get to see Billy in action. We get to follow Billy while he is writing his life story. We get to see Billy staying low. Billy saving a girl's life. Billy taking care of more bad people.
But things don't go as he planned, in the end.
Stephen King made us follow Billy for many pages, but towards the end, we need to face that there won't be a happy ending. There is an ending, a suitable one, perhaps. But as usual, Stephen King gives us the world, and then punches in the face and the stomach.
Thanks for that!
There is no terror, or supernatural stuff in this book (unless you want to consider the weird painting in Bucky's summer cabin). There are monsters, yes, but those are humans. Humans capable of the most terrible things. Bad people. And bad people deserve to die. Billy Summers takes care of those people, but on his last commissioned job things don't go as straightforward as he would have liked.
As usual in King's stories, there are welcoming people, there are places that feel cosy. I always find parts that make me feel so welcomed or want to meet those people and be part of what is going on. Stephen King always manages that.
Billy meets some good and interesting people that make you feel like all is good in this world, but that is only part of it.
Billy is on a mission, so we spend part of the story following him during his preparation. We get to see Billy in action. We get to follow Billy while he is writing his life story. We get to see Billy staying low. Billy saving a girl's life. Billy taking care of more bad people.
But things don't go as he planned, in the end.
Stephen King made us follow Billy for many pages, but towards the end, we need to face that there won't be a happy ending. There is an ending, a suitable one, perhaps. But as usual, Stephen King gives us the world, and then punches in the face and the stomach.
Thanks for that!