A review by waterfairy
The Shattering by Karen Healey
3.0
3 1/2 stars
Healey writes very good characters. They were not stereotypical nor did they start behaving out-of-character during the climax. Even the secondary characters have the authentic reactions to the things happening. Suicide and the LGTB theme was handled deftly. I really liked Keri - she tried to handle the stuff life threw at her properly and more importantly, relied on the help that was given to her. The few negative stuff was the ending - it was too good and somewhat fantasy-ish. Again, 3 kids running and solving this kind of issue was little unbelievable but I was able to suspend disbelief enough to finish it.
Healey writes very good characters. They were not stereotypical nor did they start behaving out-of-character during the climax. Even the secondary characters have the authentic reactions to the things happening. Suicide and the LGTB theme was handled deftly. I really liked Keri - she tried to handle the stuff life threw at her properly and more importantly, relied on the help that was given to her. The few negative stuff was the ending - it was too good and somewhat fantasy-ish. Again, 3 kids running and solving this kind of issue was little unbelievable but I was able to suspend disbelief enough to finish it.