by Blythe Woolston
What a surprising little book. Leaves a lot for the reader to decide and interpret. It's shortness could leave something to be desired for some, but I felt it actually added to the bleak atmosphere. Every word had to count. Taut, fascinating, and intense. About a teenage suicide bomber, and w...
To be honest, my reading of this book probably suffers from the fact that I read it immediately after The Different Girl. Which begs the question, if I had read in a different order, if I had read other books in between, would I feel differently? Although the voice is strong, it doesn’t quite come t...
Valley and her brother Bo have been raised by their survivalist father. Away from civilization. Distrustful of government. They witness their mother's death at the hands of Those People in the black helicopters. Most of America is oblivious to the existence of the black helicopters, but Da, Valley, ...
***Note: this review assumes that you've read the book.*** This book is a punch in the gut. Another reviewer has said (remarking on Woolston's bravery, I think), "This book doesn't care whether you like it," and it's true, in the best way. I think it's also true of Woolston's previous book, Catch ...
wow - don't know how I feel about this yet. 3? 3.5 stars? i just don't know....
This book was effing confusing, I tell you.It kept me hooked, because the main character narrating left you in the unknown all the time.I found myself asking questions that I never found the answers to.Who and what are these black helicopters?Are they really bad?I did like it, but I didn't connect t...
I don't agree with the US publisher's decision to put the spoiler on the book jacket. (It's on the back-flap in the author section.) Though the spoiler was mentioned in the deal announcement, which appealed to me to add it to my wish-list and chase up the author's backlist... But I think the story w...
Black Helicopters is a messed up little story, and while it's imperfect, it's totally worth the read. It's reasonably obvious from the synopsis that this story is about a suicide bomber, but it's about a lot more than that. It's about conspiracy theorists. To me, it was also about how strongly a ...
This review has spoilers. I simply cannot write it without them. If you intend to read this novel, I'd skip this review because I have to talk about the writing, and considering it has an unreliable narrator, it's impossible to not spoil something. Before I get started, Black Helicopters is not a dy...
This is sparse and compelling and disturbing and riveting. Read it in one sitting.
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