A review by jlfred
The Blackbird Season by Kate Moretti

2.0

I thought I would like this book, because I really liked The Vanishing Year. And, I usually like non-sequential timelines, and occasionally like unlikable characters. But this one was too convoluted, too confusing, had too many unlikable characters who were also too boring to be unlikable in interesting ways. There were too many loose ends and tangents that went nowhere. And, I really can't stand stupid people, and this book has some seriously stupid people who repeatedly make stupid choice after stupid choice. Still, I gave it 2 stars because at least the language itself was beautiful.