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maria_rb 's review for:
The Bone People
by Keri Hulme
This book left me reeling. I never thought I'd feel conflicted about child abuse and whether victims of child abuse should be removed from their abusers. And yet this book manages to paint a world wherein that question is asked.
I originally picked it up looking for a good book about New Zealand and its culture. Instead, I'm asking questions about what it means to be family, what it means to love, to belong to someone or a group, or a place, and what it means to hate the ones you love.
Beautifully, lyrically, and confusingly written, I love this book and its characters. I probably won't read it again any time soon because parts of it are just painful to read. Images painted in my mind from the world the author created won't fade any time soon.
I originally picked it up looking for a good book about New Zealand and its culture. Instead, I'm asking questions about what it means to be family, what it means to love, to belong to someone or a group, or a place, and what it means to hate the ones you love.
Beautifully, lyrically, and confusingly written, I love this book and its characters. I probably won't read it again any time soon because parts of it are just painful to read. Images painted in my mind from the world the author created won't fade any time soon.