abalvarez's reviews
68 reviews

Until Blackbirds I had only read Chuck Wendig's books on writing.

This is what it is like to read a Miriam Black book: imagine you are duct-taped to a rickety wooden chair bolted to the floor in a large abandoned warehouse where the only light is from a cracked skylight dripping water from a torrential downpour directly above the building. Your mouth is also duct-taped.

That is the feeling I had the entire time I was reading Blackbirds. It didn't matter if the scene was happening in the brightest of daylight or the darkest of night. I was always in the warehouse. In the dark. With water pouring down from the skylight.

I couldn't tear myself away from what was happening even if I wanted to.

I really liked this book. If you like your horror horrible then this book is for you.