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Fragile

Chris Katsaropoulos
Luminis Books (2009)
ISBN 9781935462279

 

Reviewed by Kam Aures for Rebeccasreads.com (08/09)

“Fragile” by Chris Katsaropoulos focuses on the lives of three main characters:  Amelia Geist, Holly Schneck, and Tris Holloway.  All are in some way broken.  Amelia is an older lady who is still a virgin as she has been saving herself for Tris, the man who left her over fifty years ago.  Tris is married and the decision that he made to abandon Amelia still haunts him after all of these years.  Holly, who is a hairdresser with issues of her own, becomes a part of the story after Amelia comes in to get her hair done for her fiftieth high school class reunion.

The style in which the book is written is very unique.  It is presented in broken fragments linking all of their lives together.  At first as I was reading I got a little confused when I was reading about Amelia going in to get her hair done and then all of a sudden mid-sentence the setting changes and the book is now talking about Tris.  Each time the author shifts to a different character he starts a new indented paragraph so it is easy to see when the story is going to jump somewhere else.  The way that Katsaropoulos makes the transition is kind of neat as although the focus shifts mid-sentence, it flows smoothly.  There were some instances though where I did find the shifts to be a little distracting and found myself stumbling and re-reading to regain focus.

Katsaropoulos does a wonderful job of developing the characters and intertwining all of their stories.  The tale which he creates is intriguing and attention grabbing.  If you are interested in reading a book unlike any that you have ever read before then I recommend giving this author’s first novel a try!


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