A review by christinap
Splintering by Eireann Corrigan

3.0

This book is about a family made up of a mom, dad, and three chilren. There are two girls, and a boy. Mimi is the older sister, and Paulie is the younger sister (she's 15 years old). Jeremy is the brother, who is a senior in high school. Mimi is a beautiful young woman who is married to Matthew, and has a life that everyone envies. Then she finds out that Matthew left her for another woman. So, Paulie, Jeremy, and their parents go to visit Mimi. As the family visit at Mimi's home, someone high on drugs breaks into Mimi's home and tears the place apart in search of some "god"..The father who is seriously injured, but he survives. They charge the man with breaking, entering, and damaging the house. Before the break in, the family's life wasn't perfect, they had their issues..The reader is able to see how each family member deals with life before and after the break in. Lets read the book to find out how the family deals with the break in, and to find out whether or not the family can heal from the violence.

I like the book because it is in poem format. The book shows that a lot of families have their own problems, which makes Paulie's family and the reader realize that they are not the ony ones with problems. What I didn't like was that you really had to follow the poems closely. One poem could have been written/narrated by Jeremy, another by Paulie..so the reader has to keep track of who the writer/narrator of the poem is. Also, it is importrant to know that in the book, Paulie is a girl, not a boy!!