Book: Blockade Billy

 Book: Blockade Billy

Author: Stephen King

Pages: 132

This is my 44th read for the year

This is the story of William Blakeley known as Blockade Billy.  A young man who was discovered working a farm that turns out to be one of the best catchers ever to play the game of baseball.  However - Billy has a secret.  And this secret is what caused his name to be wiped from the history of baseball and for no one to remember who he was.  His time in baseball was short - and for good reason.

I liked this book pretty well.  It is quite short - even at its 132 pages - there is another story in the back - the story of Blockade Billy is about 70 plus pages.  There wasn't much depth to the story - we didn't get much background into why Billy did what he did, but overall, it didn't make a difference.  Some reviewers say the ending was a twist, but to this I say - come on.  This is Stephen King.  Of course people died.

Stars: 4