Marsha's Reviews > Mockingbird

Miriam Black is back and she’s as caustic as ever. Miriam spills her bile on everyone—and she gets a glimpse of what happens to determined bad girls. I’m not talking about girls who’ve got a bad start in life but also girls who have every privilege and still deliberately flush their lives down the toilet.

In the previous novel, Blackbirds, Miriam managed to save Louis’s life. Now that she realizes that fates can be changed and her prophecies of people’s deaths aren’t unchangeable, she’s on a mission. But she’s a very reluctant savior. She’d rather stay out of the fight, especially when it comes with actual fighting. Just how often can she take these hits to the body and bounce back from them?

Mr. Wendig ramps up the supernatural in this novel. Signs multiply, visions permeate Miriam’s waking life, dreams and near-comas. Her touch now brings spasms, fits and blackouts that alarm everybody near her. Fun for the whole family!

Miriam also comes into contact with people who do want to know their fates and are content with their predicted future. Quite unusual. It fosters a link with humans, connections that Miriam has fought against tooth and nail. The book therefore posits a Miriam who may be changed herself—for better and worse.

Miriam is coming and this time she’s got a gun.