Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Harrowing and Beautiful

As a reluctant fan of YA literature, I browsed a copy of Splintering on a recommendation from a friend...and was blown away. It's quite an accomplishment, especially when set against the customarily dimmed backlighting of contemporary teen/YA fiction. A novel told in various poetic voices, Splintering accomplishes even more than it promises: the voices are at once harrowing, telling, and beautiful, echoing Corrigan's erudite literary background and balancing literary merit with accessibility. Splintering tells a story for all readers, and -- to it's credit -- comfortably targets a normally (though not in Ms. Corrigan's case) misunderstood audience. Long story short: regardless of your age -- or regardless of what you think about verse novels -- get this book.