The first thing I will say is that I think in order to really enjoy this book you need to be a fan of both Stephen King and baseball. The first 75% or so of the book is all baseball, following the defunct New Jersey Titans. I guess you could call it a slow burn as it comes to the big reveal of the story but honestly, I really enjoyed it. The play-by-play of the baseball games were great, like reading a history excerpt on baseball, and the characters in the story were built up quickly and well to where they seemed like actual people, which is pretty impressive for a novella just slightly over 100 pages. Blockade Billy is also a very quick read that can be done in one sitting, and the payoff, in the end, makes the read well worth it.