Comments on: BOOK REVIEW: Blackbirds by Chuck Wendig

By: Nick Sharps

Nick Sharps — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:22:48 +0000

Unless your child has truck-stop sex and curses like a sailor haha.

By: Andrew Liptak

Andrew Liptak — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 11:58:30 +0000

Yeah, I don’t think that I’d call it YA.

By: Jessica Nelson

Jessica Nelson — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 03:14:26 +0000

Readers are treated to more tidbits and background information in subsequent books, and all of those things we wonder about become clearer. I really liked Blackbirds. Mockingbird knocked me for a loop. I can’t wait for The Cormorant.

Absolutely not intended for juvenile readers, these books are loaded with grit, grime, foul language, and difficult (read: adult) situations.

By: OldMiser

OldMiser — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 02:23:58 +0000

“but not root for” –> “but root for”?

By: Chuck

Chuck — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 01:52:39 +0000

I do plan to keep this mystery unfolding throughout the books — MOCKINGBIRD, for those who have read it, is a good example. The mythology deepens there and will continue in the third book, THE CORMORANT.

Thanks for the great review here!

– c.

By: Nick Sharps

Nick Sharps — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 22:39:09 +0000

Good review! I really enjoyed the book, especially Miriam. I do wish the villains had a bit more development though. Or a lot more development…

By: Nick Sharps

Nick Sharps — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 22:37:58 +0000

Definitely not YA. Very adult book, this.

By: X2Eliah

X2Eliah — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 21:14:41 +0000

Hm. Is this a novel focused at the YA audience? Asking because the overall synopsis definitely sounds like a standard YA thing..

By: Paul (@princejvstin)

Paul (@princejvstin) — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 21:03:12 +0000

There’s points where the book is a bit of a letdown; there are elements of where this could be a truly epic story – and it might become that, over the course of future installments – but remaining stubbornly on the ground.

I do wonder if Chuck is going to parcel that out across the subsequent books, yeah.