Blackbirds

Probably 4.5 stars and not the full 5 but anyway. I don't even know why I love this so much. It's written in present tense which makes it very immediate for me. The protagonist Miriam Black is vulgar, there's a lot of violence and it always left me feeling a bit dirty, reading about the seedy life of Miriam, drifting by highways and motels, with the power to know how people die, and glimpses of a dark past. It read like young Stephen King and was a page turner for me. Definitely not for everyone though.