A review by breezrose
Billy Summers by Stephen King

Did not finish book. Stopped at 48%.
The story took a marked shift about halfway through when a character was introduced who was the victim of SA. The way King had Billy react to the character and her situation was disturbing and difficult to read. I was a bit surprised (maybe I shouldn't be?) that King didn't a. ask why an abused woman needed to serve as a plot point and b. if it was absolutely necessary to the plot (?) why he didn't attempt to handle it with more care. I immediately put the book down during a particularly disturbing passage.

Billy Summers was also a veteran, and while I don't mind hearing about those experiences to an extent I could have done without the xenophobia. I definitely wasn't the target audience for this book.

I was invested in the story up until that point, so I was disappointed. Billy Summers was devoid of personality and....an aspiring writer, but the hit man's "last job" plight had me turning the page. Based on reviews I read about the direction it took I made the right choice to stop reading when I did.
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