Rating: 
Summary: Mockingbird
Review: This is a hard book to rate. I didn't enjoy it all that much, definitely not as much as Stewart's other work; but at the same time I suspect that it's excellent of its kind, but that kind just isn't quite my thing.So what's its kind? This is magic realism, set in present-day Houston; quiet and understated, with a story that's about people coming to terms with reality, rather than about any great conflict or threat. I found it a little slow and mundane. Toni, the main character, has invented a connection with certain gods... they're really more like loa... from her eccentric, difficult mother. In Mockingbird, she has to deal with these gods, their possession of her, as well as her pregnancy. The gods are well described. But when they take possession of Toni... they tend to want to do things like playing the stock market. Whole pages of this book are devoted to online trading, with numbers and all. Probably someone's cup of tea; not mine. Lengthy description of the discomforts of pregnancy is vivid, but also tends to drag. There's not a lot of drama here. But, on the other hand, there isn't *intended* to be a lot of drama. It's not that kind of book. Recommended for people who like this sort of thing.
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