A review by muddypuddle
Heartstopper by Joy Fielding

3.0

There were many things to like about this book and a few things to passionately dislike. So which one should I talk about? There are three major points-of-view in this story: a high school English teacher, the chief of police, and the writings/braggings of the antagonist. The setting, a small town in alligator alley in Florida, worked well. I don't like coming across teachers in books that are not good role models to the profession. I'm appalled at the things that Sandy Crosbie allows her student to get away with - particularly being hugely mean to each other. She wants her cheating husband back (he's a worm) even though he flaunts his new floozy right in front of her. I have no respect for her at all, except, perhaps, in some of her parenting. And then we have the chief of police. What a piece of work he is! It all come together, though, and even though I had a pretty good idea who the antagonist was, the mystery kept me enthralled for much of my cross-country journey.