A review by lindadielemans
Where the World Ends by Geraldine McCaughrean

I've been to St Kilda recently and had heard about the true story this book is based on, so I was really excited to read this. I even bought it over there, in the souvenir shop (the ranger hadn't even read it yet)! Unfortunately the narrative style is very distant, and the characters never really got to me despite all the hardships they endure. I wanted to feel what they felt, despair with them, but I just couldn't. The stac remained populated by cardboard people throughout the book. Finished it though, and near the end it got better. So... Two stars. It was ok, but not what I would have wanted from this incredible story!