Mockingbird Sings (Doorway Series Book 1)

And her relationship with Louis--who's on the road half the time in his truck--is subject to the piss and vinegar Miriam brings to everything she does. It just isn't going well. Still, she's keeping her psychic ability--to see when and how someone is going to die just by touching them--in check. But even that feels wrong somehow. Like she's keeping a tornado stoppered up in a tiny bottle. Then comes one bad day that turns it all on her ear.

Mass Market Paperback , pages. Published August 28th by Angry Robot first published January 1st To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Mockingbird , please sign up. I feel like I've heard almost all of the story before There's the girl's school all over again, and Lauren, and the English teacher Katie, and Applebee's.

Holly I think your audiobooks got mixed up and maybe you read mockingbird twice? There's no school or Lauren or katey or applebees in blackbirds. See 1 question about Mockingbird…. Lists with This Book. Sep 02, Dan Schwent rated it it was amazing Shelves: Miriam Black tried to settle down with Louis but it was like trying to contain an angry cat in a pillow case. Now she's trying to protect at-risk teenage girls from a serial killer with a swallow tattoo on his chest.

Can she stop him and save the girls or will the next death she witnesses be her own? Miriam Black returns in the sequel to Blackbirds , bigger, badder, and Blacker than the first book. Unlike most sequels, this one doesn't suck. In fact, everything about it is better than the first. Mo Miriam Black tried to settle down with Louis but it was like trying to contain an angry cat in a pillow case. Mockingbird is the story of Miriam trying to stop a serial killer and learning a few more things about herself, all the while continuing her self-abusive ways and foretelling the deaths of everyone she touches.

It all starts simply enough. A woman at a school for troubled girls wants to find out how she dies and Miriam winds up becoming friends with her and taking an interest in the girls. One of the things I really liked was Miriam having maternal feelings toward Wren, which leads to her trying to protect her from the man with the swallow tattoo. Miriam goes through the wringer and comes out a changed woman, not necessarily for the better. Also, Miriam got hit in the head so many times in this one I got a little nauseous. That's about all I can say without giving away more than I want to.

Since I nearly fived Blackbirds, it looks like I have no choice but to five this one. My feelings for Miriam Black has not faded. Now I'll tap my feet and check my watch until The Cormorant comes out View all 10 comments. Jun 23, Bradley rated it it was amazing Shelves: This is for all you peeps who have strong enough stomachs to get through the first Miriam Black novel! The second one has just as much colorful language as the first!

It had me chuckling with every grand disgusting description of place, person, and action. But that isn't all. Miriam tries soooo hard. But when there's a sick serial murderer gunning for her and the special supernatural bits she has inside her, she's force This is for all you peeps who have strong enough stomachs to get through the first Miriam Black novel! But when there's a sick serial murderer gunning for her and the special supernatural bits she has inside her, she's forced to go after him.

The UF is gritty and poor and trashy, but the language is fantastic and the pacing really quite great. Be prepared for some real raunch, blood, and death. Jun 14, Trudi rated it liked it Shelves: Yeah, you really have to suspend disbelief, there might even be a few dubious plot holes, but goddamn, as a dark heroine with a grim gift Miriam kicks ass. She's a viper, a scrapper, a take-no-prisoners and no bullshit kind of gal, morally dubious, who is just beginning to figure out what the right thing to do is. In this second installment, Miriam's 3.

In this second installment, Miriam's visions get her tangled up in something much more sinister and unholy than she could ever imagine. Shacked up with Louis from Book 1 in a trailer park, Miriam feels trapped and suffocated. Her feet are getting itchy and she wants to hit the road again, to resume the shiftless and violent life she was living before she and Louis met. As a favor to Louis, Miriam visits a private school for wayward girls to determine whether the hypochondriac English teacher is really dying from cancer. While on this errand Miriam learns that one of the students is going to die a horrible torturous death six years from now at the hands of a masked man with a sparrow tattoo.

Miriam's inadvertent discovery puts her onto the trail of a serial killer, placing her own life in serious peril. With her usual potty mouth, rude inappropriate humor, and feisty fighting skills, Miriam makes several return visits to the private school, and with each visit uncovers more girls who will meet bloody, untimely deaths unless she can figure out a way to stop it, squarely spitting in Fate's eye once more. I really warmed up to Miriam in this sequel. We get to see more of her vulnerable side, and get to learn more about her past, her relationship to her mother, and the tragic events that bestowed her precognitive curse on her in the first place.

As a character, Louis is much more fleshed out this time too. He's still a little bit of a "big teddy bear with the heart of gold" stereotype, but he's starting to find his voice, and his motivations are starting to ring true. I will definitely be keeping my eye out for more Miriam Black adventures. This is another Angry Robot book. Fuck I love Miriam Black. I didn't think it possible but this book was even better than the first in the series! And I fell even more in love with Miriam and Louis and couldn't help but root for them despite knowing that with how Miriam is, chances were slim.

I absolutely loved the storyline of this book, it was exciting and non stop action the whole way through. Some parts were most definitely incredibly disturbing but that's part of the charm of this series for me. This book was just as bloody Fuck I love Miriam Black. This book was just as bloody and brutal as the first and I loved every minute of it!

Mockingbird Sings (Doorway Series Book 1)

And although the ending did make me a little sad, I thought it was kind of perfect at the same time. Jan 06, Brandon rated it it was amazing Shelves: Can Miriam put a stop to his murderous ways? I knew the second I closed the book on Blackbirds, I had to get my greedy little hands on its sequel, Mockingbird. There were more than enough reviews out there that suggested that not only would I be pleased with the follow-up but that it may be better than the original. They also just about destroy Miriam on several occasions, leaving her broken, beaten and scarred.

Mockingbird is as violent and vulgar as its predecessor and I wouldn't have it any other way.

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Aug 20, Lou rated it it was amazing Shelves: This was a great improvement on the first book in the Miriam black experience. There is less profanity than the first and the writing is presented in an original short sharp no wasted words sentences. This was a great adventure into the Miriam black world. The Miriam Black Experience is about to depart the gate, and you're either strapped i This was a great improvement on the first book in the Miriam black experience.

The Miriam Black Experience is about to depart the gate, and you're either strapped in or left behind. Time to commit" Loved the reference to some great reads and writers in this excerpt.. Each song of an album, each page of a book, every panel of every comic, they're all doorways, little escape hatches where Miriam can flee the sad shadows of this life.

She's itching to see how this woman bites it. Desperate like a junkie. Miriam's hoping for some kind of ass cancer. Stuck up out of the sand, sometimes whispering in the wind.

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Power lines overhead like strings of black liquorice. Sometimes a house - a mini-mansion here, a rat-hole there. Then back to the pines and their slanting shadows. I could see the ripples. For every choice, a new ripple, a new disturbance of the water. All at the same time. Nov 04, Mr. Matt rated it it was amazing Shelves: I was expecting a let-down after Blackbirds. That first book was so good.

There was no let down. Mockingbird picks up the story of Miriam Black after the events of Blackbirds. Mockingbird picks you up by the scruff of your neck and shakes you back and forth savagely. Miriam has recovered from the trauma she endured in I was expecting a let-down after Blackbirds. Miriam has recovered from the trauma she endured in Blackbirds. Fate has other plans for Miriam. I burned through the book as the tension and pressure relentlessly grew more intense.

They grew until they finally exploded. In that way it reminded me of the Client Eastwood classic Western, Unforgiven. In Mockingbird we also see a less angry, less caustic Miriam. She still has her biting wit and snarky one-liners, but she has learned to … well …. Troubled teenagers and Louis and the other people she meets deserve more than the old Miriam, and we get a glimpse of that real Miriam.

Beneath the brash exterior and trash talk, she is a good person.

You can feel her heart breaking for the girls at the school and the web that they are trapped in. View all 3 comments. Why the fuck would you ruin such a good thing? Kelly tried to warn us, but we didn't listen. The second book fucking sucked. Miriam Black is back at it in Mockingbird. She and Louis are boring and lame. They live together now. He knows her dirty little secret and is ok with it. He drives truck, she is trying to work at a grocery store.

But Miriam is kind of a bitch. But she is bored. Louis had a feeling this wouldn't last so he had a backup plan.

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He has a friend you see, she teaches at a nearby reform school for degenerate girls. Care to clear this up for me? Anyway, this friend is a complete hypochondriac. And before you know it Miriam finds herself in a very bad situation…. But how will Louis come to her aid if she isn't where she is supposed to be? Suddenly Louis is fucking telepathic and speaks to dead fucking crows.

Shoot me in the fucking face, please. Need I go on? Here you took the unbelievable-turned-believable and made it completely fucking ridiculous. And I hate you now. So, the real question here is- will I bother reading the third book? Of fucking course I will. Because deep down I want to see him make it right again goddamnit. View all 8 comments. This series amazes me. It's so very different from anything else I've read, at least partially because it's so dark and edgy.

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While I loved the first book, this one was exceptional. Miriam Black has a gift that is not really a gift. When she touches people she can see how they die. At the start of this book she's working at a grocery store, wearing gloves, and hating her life, except for her boyfriend Louis. She begins to crave touching people and seeing their deaths, but then when she manages to This series amazes me. She begins to crave touching people and seeing their deaths, but then when she manages to avert a disaster she begins to think that maybe she can actually do something with this curse.

When she meets a girl and realizes that she's going to be killed by a serial killer in 6 years, and then meets another that will also die, she feels a need to try to save these girls and stop the murderer. This description makes her sound so noble, and she's so not. She is absolutely not likable, yet these books are incredibly addictive. This book takes an unexpected turn and I was glued to the book, while cooking dinner, which is such bad timing: This book seems like it's written for 20 somethings with major attitude but I'm nearly 40 and I can't get enough of this series.

And the narrator of the audio is absolutely amazing. She's unbelievably perfect for this role and she does a brilliant job. I cannot imagine doing this series any other way and they better never change the narrator because I would be terribly disappointed. Ghosts, restless and sad, stir inside her. Can Miriam Black BE any more badass? She is something else in this sequel. For those unfamiliar with this series, Miriam can see how someone will die just by touching them.

One year later Ghosts, restless and sad, stir inside her. One year later sees her somewhat settled down. But not for much longer! It feels like she's got a storm brewing deep inside her, a mean typhoon with an endless hunger. She might as well feed the beast. I don't want to say softer side, let's not go too crazy here!

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But a more real look at Miriam's emotions. There isn't a character quite like Miriam! I fucking adore her! Like, "She gets on her tippy-toes and kisses him. The kind of kiss where you can feel little pieces of your soul trading places as mouths open and breath mingles. That is just what he does.



This is why he is one of my favorite writers. The horror is amped up, the mystery is heightened. This is not a big murder mystery novel, anyway. This book was absolutely devoured! I cannot wait to see where Wendig takes our Miriam next! Five stars, two thumbs up, and a bunch of wiggly toes! Aug 12, Jenny Reading Envy rated it it was amazing Shelves: I was a little concerned about reading a second book, because I didn't want her to become routine.

It won't come out for the rest of you until October, sorry. But that will give you the chance to read the first book. Miriam is established as a loner in Blackbirds, and for good reason. In Mockingbird, the reader gets deeper insight into her past and the moment she becomes psychic. I wasn't expecting to find her where she was in this book, in several situations that require her to be a part of a community, and to connect with other people.

Her interactions with the teens and the frumpy teacher were really great, because instead of just being a hard-ass, she was somehow an awkward hard-ass. There was some humor to it, and I'm always caught off guard how Chuck Wendig can pull me from laughing at a subtitle like "fuckity fuck fuck" to being completely grossed out by certain moments involving feathers back to wondering about whether or not Miriam liked Punky Brewster as a kid, all within a matter of moments.

I'm skirting around the major plot line of the book because I don't want to ruin it for anyone. Paperback , pages. Published July 21st by Gemini Rising first published May 17th To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Morning Star Rises , please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Jun 21, Cindy Mccrary rated it really liked it.

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