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If It Bleeds? King sure does; the master is no longer impervious

If It Bleeds by Stephen King

January 17, 2022 by Travis_J_Smith Leave a Comment

Late last year, I thought to myself it’d been a while since I last read something by the author who once was my favorite: Stephen King. Since he’d just released a new novel, Billy Summers, one I’d seen some rather positive press for, I picked it up from Walmart, although with some trepidation. It had been some time since King had written anything that captured my attention the way my favorites of his have; I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve attempted to make […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Suspense Tagged With: Billy Summers, if it bleeds, Stephen King

Travis_J_Smith's CBR14 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Suspense · Tags: Billy Summers, if it bleeds, Stephen King ·
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“He can’t change his past but he means to change his future. He also intends to have his payday. He earned it.”

Billy Summers by Stephen King

October 26, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

Been sitting on this review, because despite how fast I read the book, I couldn’t quite figure out how I wanted to rate it, or what I wanted to say about it. I think ultimately that I was very entertained by this book, even if it isn’t King’s best. A lot of it revisited past favorite themes of his, but some of it felt new. This is his first straight up crime novel*, and his first about a hit-man. *This honorific used to belong to […]

Filed Under: Suspense Tagged With: Billy Summers, crime, hit men, narfna, one last job, revenge, Stephen King, Suspense

narfna's CBR13 Review No:148 · Genres: Suspense · Tags: Billy Summers, crime, hit men, narfna, one last job, revenge, Stephen King, Suspense ·
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Library Bingo

The Dark Tunnel by Ross Macdonald

The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris

Billy Summers by Stephen King

The Broken Girls by Simone St. James

A Darkness More Than Night by Michael Connelly

August 9, 2021 by Jake Leave a Comment

I haven’t been able to keep up with the Cannonball Read Bingo, but I have been reading stuff for my library’s bingo, which helps because it encourages me to try things I’d either put off or left on my shelf to rot…   The Dark Tunnel ** Went back to the beginning with Ross Macdonald for this one. I love Ross’ Archer series and his standalones aren’t bad but this one is. Unfocused plotting, expository dialogue, characters conveniently bouncing in and out. Macdonald was trying […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: A Darkness More Than Night, Billy Summers, espionage, harry bosch, horror, Michael Connelly, Michigan, mystery, New York City, Race, Ross MacDonald, Simone St. James, Stephen King, Terry McCaleb, the broken girls, The Dark Tunnel, The Other Black Girl, thriller, Vermont, Zakiya Dalila Harris

Jake's CBR13 Review No:125 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: A Darkness More Than Night, Billy Summers, espionage, harry bosch, horror, Michael Connelly, Michigan, mystery, New York City, Race, Ross MacDonald, Simone St. James, Stephen King, Terry McCaleb, the broken girls, The Dark Tunnel, The Other Black Girl, thriller, Vermont, Zakiya Dalila Harris ·
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