To Sing Like a Mockingbird

Logan Reed: I’ll be honest: at first, I rolled my eyes at the ghostly narrator. It felt gimmicky. But the longer I read, the more it grew on me. There’s something eerie about hearing the confessions of a man who already knows how the story ends. The prologue hooked me with its melancholy tone, and by the time Chris Caballero was revealed as a cartel boss, I was fully invested.

What surprised me was how much empathy the author gives to flawed characters. Even the ‘bad guys’ aren’t drawn in black and white. My main critique is that some passages meander in philosophical musings when I wanted more plot. Still, it’s a unique take on the crime genre, and I can’t say I’ve read anything quite like it.