Billy Summers by Stephen King 🚘

“He has no problem with bad people paying to have other bad people killed. He basically sees himself as a garbageman with a gun.”

Billy Summers is a bad guy who takes out bad guys. Does that count for something? He’s a trained assassin hired for what he believes is his final job. The last big heist before retirement. He must kill one last man to make big and abandon the business forever. He’s done jobs like this times before. So, what could go wrong? Well, as we’ve learned from the movies, everything. 🚗

Oh, the feelings I have for this book. Here’s the thing: King could take the slowest storyline and keep me glued to the pages despite very little happening. It’s like magic and I have no idea how he does it. Listen, this book was good. It’s not like typical King, a bit more action thriller but character based as he does so well. I suggest you read it, you’ll enjoy it. 🔍

I liked Billy as a character but he seemed flawless for someone who self describes as bad. Besides the fact that he kills bad guys, everything about him was noble. I think there’s an amount of toxic behavior every individual has that is acceptable to still like a character and see them as believable. Did I like Billy? Yeah. Does he leave an everlasting impression? No, because he’s the archetype of the ‘good guy’ disguised as bad. People have flaws. Likable characters can have flaws. We’re all human. 🚗 3/5 ⭐️s!

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