“Billy Summers” By Stephen King Review

Billy Summers is a man in a room with a gun. He’s a killer for hire and the best in the business. But he’ll do the job only if the target is a truly bad guy. And now Billy wants out. But first there is one last hit. Billy is among the best snipers in the world, a decorated Iraq war vet, a Houdini when it comes to vanishing after the job is done. So what could possibly go wrong?

The best way to describe this book is to say that it is Stephen King’s story meeting up with Jack Reacher.

This book started off very good, but the more it went on the worse it got for me personally. Because it begins as a very good hitman story and then it turns out to this loving grandpa story where this hitman turns into this badass grandpa. 

To be honest I didn’t care for the characters in this book. Because they were really like flat. Of course they had very good backstories for the most part but they weren’t speaking to me.

The writing style here was very good. It was the best part of this book for me at least. It was pretty on the level with Stephen King. 

This book is a really quick read and it is good to read if you looking for a book where you can turn off your brain for a bit. 

There is a big wink to The Shinning at the end of this book where the Overlook Hotel is mentioned. 

I Give This Book 2 / 5

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