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I have been a King fan for his whole career. Among the many remarkable things about him is that he has yet to run out of ideas. He's also very good at finding new ways to explore themes that have interested him his entire career. The passages where Billy writes his life story are some of the best in the book. It's when Billy finds an audience for his story that the book really starts to find its groove. This is another worthy page-turner from a master storyteller. This was another Stephen King winner for me and I highly recommend it
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Billy Summers is an Iraq war veteran and a killer for hire who sets out to avenge the crimes of an evil man. He decides to write his life story in a book. He is in a relationship with Alice Maxwell and they are going to avenge the rape that Alice endured. I liked how Billy helps Alice by using the the song The Teddy Bear Picnic. The first 200 pages of the book is a slow-burn but when Billy meets Alice the book takes off and the ending is the best. Some of the themes of the book are love, luck, fate, and a complex hero with one last shot at redemption. I liked that the bad guys get what's coming to them. I hate when authors put their political views in their books. King does this often and I think that detracts from the story! I think I prefer King's earlier horror books. This one is more of a crime story than horror. All in all, it is a nicely written tribute to writing and storytelling. This will definitely make for an interesting movie.