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A review by jwh891
Shattered by Kevin Hearne
3.0
Shattered suffers from what I like to call "middle book syndrome". In most series, the middle books have a tendency to become set up for the later books. Unfortunently, this creates a bit of a lull in the action.
However, that does not mean that Shattered is not without its battles, in fact the last arc of the book is one of the biggest battles that I remember from the series. And Granuaile has a pretty epic battle of her own in India.
But the majority of the plot for Atticus is that he is running around trying to piece together the plots of the divine and his place in them.
I think one of my favorite parts of the books in the inclusion of the POV of Atticus' arch-druid, who goes by Owen Kennedy. He is a crusty but well meaning old druid and his interactions with technology after a two thousand year stay on a time island are some of the funniest moments of the book.
When I saw that Hearne was including a third first person POV I got a little worried. Having multiple first person POV can be very confusing as it is difficult to give them enough of their own voice to keep them from running together, but Hearne has done a great job creating three distinct voices with their own style narrating the story.
One mold of the middle books this book breaks, is that it does not end on a cliffhanger. Hearne is always one of the best at having each book being a self-contained arc without loosing the larger plot. Too often middle books end in the middle of an arc, leaving you waiting for the next book. Thankfully Hearne doesn't do this. He do end with enough of a mystery to keep us wanting more, but no more than that.
However, that does not mean that Shattered is not without its battles, in fact the last arc of the book is one of the biggest battles that I remember from the series. And Granuaile has a pretty epic battle of her own in India.
But the majority of the plot for Atticus is that he is running around trying to piece together the plots of the divine and his place in them.
I think one of my favorite parts of the books in the inclusion of the POV of Atticus' arch-druid, who goes by Owen Kennedy. He is a crusty but well meaning old druid and his interactions with technology after a two thousand year stay on a time island are some of the funniest moments of the book.
When I saw that Hearne was including a third first person POV I got a little worried. Having multiple first person POV can be very confusing as it is difficult to give them enough of their own voice to keep them from running together, but Hearne has done a great job creating three distinct voices with their own style narrating the story.
One mold of the middle books this book breaks, is that it does not end on a cliffhanger. Hearne is always one of the best at having each book being a self-contained arc without loosing the larger plot. Too often middle books end in the middle of an arc, leaving you waiting for the next book. Thankfully Hearne doesn't do this. He do end with enough of a mystery to keep us wanting more, but no more than that.