A review by madmik
Crossing Stones by Helen Frost

2.0

I am, sadly, not as amazed by this book as a lot of other reviewers were. It's a short, good read, but I wouldn't recommend it to everyone. Muriel, Frank, Ollie, and Emma are all fascinating characters. I did love Muriel's character development, but I found myself losing interest in the story itself in the last 30 or so pages. It started to become repetitive and somewhat boring. I found myself wanting to skip the poems rather than wanting to read them. Do bear in mind that I'm not a fan of World War I stories in general. I will read them if I have to, but I don't usually enjoy them.

This book does have beautiful language, however. The formatting of the poems constantly got me and there are some really fantastic lines. It's very geared toward feminism and voices thoughts girls still have. I loved those parts about it.

Warnings:
- war
- violence
- missing limbs
- mild cursing
- death
- PTSD