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Blackhearts (2013)

by Chuck Wendig(Favorite Author)

4.12 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

3404207424 (ISBN13: 9783404207428)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Bastei Lübbe

series

Miriam Black

review 1: Oh Miriam Black, you crazy girl! I just love this character. Wendig has crafted one ballsy chic! Mockingbird continues to unravel the story of Miriam's fate (and her fight against Fate), as she bangs her head against walls (literally) in an attempt to save doomed troubled girls.I highly recommend this series. My one issue with this edition is that it's filled with typos - a big distractionfrom an otherwise engrossing tale. Please Editor Powers that Be, go in and clean it up.
review 2: Miriam Black, lady-death extraordinaire, is back and better than ever. Well, as good as can be when you're a drifter at heart with a mouth like a seedy restroom and the attitude to back it up. After the events of the last book and the revelation about how to possibly change the co... moreurse of fate, Miriam is decidedly more violent this time around. It's all for a good cause. Maybe. In this installment, Miriam is surrounded by her peers, at least in terms of maturity :) She is asked by Louis to help a friend, one who is convinced she is dying soon. Said friend is a teacher at a school for troubled girls (a school Miriam really fits right in to), and through several accidental touches with some of the students, Miriam learns some scary shit. Something big, bad, and ugly is after these girls. It was nice this time around to see a more caring side of Miriam. Although her oftentimes fruitless quest to change fate gets her more and more over the line in terms of morality, it was nice to see just how far she'd fight for someone she deemed an innocent. And dare I say, she ended her current battle with a few friends. Our Miriam? With friends? You don't say. Of course, she probably won't start exchanging Christmas cards or even meeting for a lunch date, but they're friends nonetheless. Also interesting this time around was more of Miriam's past was revealed. It's oftentimes quite heartbreaking and lends more of some understanding to see how someone grows into the bitter, crass person that Miriam is. And she still cares, maybe not openly, but it's easier to see why she's defensive. All of her 'endearing' traits - the humor, the insults, the inability to put down roots, are all a product of where she came from and what she's endured. Bottom line - Miriam feels and feels deeply, and her defense mechanisms equal her survival. I loved the baddie and I equally loved the comparison - is what they do any different from what Miriam does? Regardless of intention, regardless of one being "right" vs "wrong", at the end of the day isn't it really the same? That gave Miriam something to think about and the wheels are already turning in her vodka-soaked sponge of a brain. I would like to say Mockingbird ended on a high note and I guess in a way, it did. Miriam is back to doing what she knows and I do hope at some point she finds a balance between how she can still be mostly herself while having her "protector" by her side. Although at this point, she and her protector are looking like the poster children for co-dependent relationships, but I do wish them well, warts and all. less

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