Each time I start a new KING novel, I feel like a child open up new Christmas gift box! Yes,I'm feeling like celebrating Christmas in August! Yaaaaayyy to me! ...more
Wow. This might be Stephen King’s best yet. The ending is perfection. Releases August 3 - get your preorders in! —J.D. Barker, NY Times bestselling author of A Caller's Game ...more
Absolutely amazing! Billy Summers will likely be in my top books of the year.
You know the feeling you get in where you finish a book, slowly close it, and just sit there trying to absorb it all? Yeah, that’s how this book felt for me, emotions, and all!
I was not expecting to enjoy this new book by Ste...more
Some may say that Mr King chose a theme that has been covered in several books earlier, and they are right, however, I just enjoyed meeting Billy and that is what matters to me. Billy's background is what shaped him and yet despite calling himself a bad man, he recognizes evil when he sees it, which ...more
Case in point: Billy Summers could easily have turned out to be a Dexter-like romp or a thriller in the vein of all hit men. It could have turned out a Stockholm-type romance spiced up with a little revenge ...more
Billy Summers is not an all-out horror story from King, it’s about an assassination and has a side-story about the Iraq war. The most horrifying thing here is the evil actions of men. You’re left hoping that the more vile characters here get their just desserts… It took me around 200 pages to proper ...more
Audiobook…. Read by Paul Sparks …..16 hours and 57 minutes
My overall thoughts….tidbits….but no spoilers…. are as follows: Great ride….entertaining…often heart endearing…. …more crime thriller/than horror…. …a story within a story…. …mostly ‘gruesome-graphic-lite’….but does include ‘outrage-fallout’ fr ...more