What readers think of Blackbird, plus links to write your own review.

From the moment I read the first paragraph of this book, I couldn't put it down until complete. The author did a wonderfun job of making you feel everything that she went through. I would recommend this book as well as it's sequel "Still Waters" to anybody.

I bought this book on a whim, just picked it up, started reading and could not put it down. Still today I still think of the little girl. I cant wait for the second book

At first I found the book interesting but then it became somewhat boring. It seems that she was always attacking others which I found to be rather one sided. She writes it to portray a child's view but it is definitely an adults view of past events. I don't recommend it.

I was surprised by the book. It had been recommended to me by a friend. The writing style is completely unappealing and horrible slow. The child like writing is annoying, eg. 'This review is black text and short words.' and only gets in the way of the story. About the first 100 pages are repetitive and boring. The author tries to colour trivial things, leaving the reader hampered and unable to visualize the important parts. The author's "voice" is also whiney, and is always trying to impress the reader about how horrible her life has been, as she is trying to impress some friends with an amazing story.

I read 3 chapters and put it down. I got no feeling for the characters and never wanted to read on. This was a huge disappointment as i was expecting much more.

What a disappointment. The author writes in the voice of a child, but voices very adult feelings, etc., which makes for a very awkward read. Also, while her memoir purports to be non-fiction, I am highly skeptical of this. The story is implausibale at best, and makes no sense in many ways. (She paints a portrait of a loving extended family, but then claims the entire family deserts the children when first her mother, then her father dies, leaving her totally at the whim of an "evil" stepmother.) And, just when you begin to say, okay, MAYBE it really happened like this, I learn that the author claims to have not remembered most of her childhood until very recently. Very, VERY implausible. It made this book smack of either unreliable recovered memory, or out and out fiction, with the main characters dead and therefore not able to complain.
If you wish to read a really interesting, and highly readable, memoir of an unusual, trying childhood, read "Don't Let' s Go to the Dogs Tonight" instead.