Reviews - The Bone People: A Novel

644 reviews for:

The Bone People: A Novel

Keri Hulme

3.95 AVERAGE

brookilish's review against another edition

3.75

slow-paced

pertiwi6's review against another edition

2.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

trinamarie's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

missjessrose's review against another edition

3.0

This book started off strong for me, but I had a hard time reading about the ongoing child abuse relationship. Particularly midway through the book, it became difficult to pick back up and finish. The writing and story is creative and I appreciate the cultural Maori perspective. But I didn’t like the main characters and it was hard to keep reading about their abuse with both alcohol and the child. I’m sure the complexities of child abuse are important to write about, but I wasn’t in the state of mind to appreciate it at the time.

Anyways, when I finally pushed through to the finish of the book, the last third really surprised me and drew me back in. Glad the ending rounded out, surprised I made it there.