Book Review – Billy Summers

Billy Summers by Stephen King
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

After the mockery comparing Under the Dome to The Simpsons Movie, one would think Stephen King would be extra careful to avoid similarities between his novels and other popular mass media. And yet here we’ve got a tale so similar to the HBO series Barry that I found it impossible not to imagine Bill Hader in the title role the whole time I was reading this book. To make things worse, this isn’t exactly tightly plotted. For a story about a hit man, it hangs a lot of rifles on the wall without firing any of them. Halfway through, we get an awkwardly-introduced new character who seems to exist solely to give the protagonist someone to talk to. The main quest ends around the 80% mark. If this had been King’s first book, I doubt there would have been a second.

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