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Bone Gap is an example of seemingly ordinary small town infused with just the right sort of magic; Bone Gap is an example of a seemingly ordinary book infused with just the right sort of magic.
The writing is charming charming charming. In all the ways you wouldn't expect and more. It sucks you into its pages before you're quite aware of what's going on. When the plot does finally emerge, you realize that it was there all along -- whispering and peeking at you from the cornfields.
I loved the various characters and their varied perspectives. In a book about what and how we see a person (a place! a plot!), this character shift was used to even better example. All of the characters are delightful. I loved Finn, his absent mindedness, his dreaminess. Petey with her prickles and her attitude. Roza, just wanting to be seen. The way the author contrasts beauty and ugliness. What matters to the beholder. What matters in what we see of each other.
Did I mention this is also a variation of a Persephone story? Insert two sets of heart eyed emojis here. It's a subtle reinterpretation but it's there nonetheless and done very well.
The writing is charming charming charming. In all the ways you wouldn't expect and more. It sucks you into its pages before you're quite aware of what's going on. When the plot does finally emerge, you realize that it was there all along -- whispering and peeking at you from the cornfields.
I loved the various characters and their varied perspectives. In a book about what and how we see a person (a place! a plot!), this character shift was used to even better example. All of the characters are delightful. I loved Finn, his absent mindedness, his dreaminess. Petey with her prickles and her attitude. Roza, just wanting to be seen. The way the author contrasts beauty and ugliness. What matters to the beholder. What matters in what we see of each other.
Did I mention this is also a variation of a Persephone story? Insert two sets of heart eyed emojis here. It's a subtle reinterpretation but it's there nonetheless and done very well.