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kiwikathleen 's review for:
The Bone People
by Keri Hulme
Isn't it fascinating how differently books strike you at different times. I orignally read this about seven years ago, and I took months over it. That implies to me now that I was only reading it because I felt I ought to. Despite that, my feeling on seeing it as part of a GroupRead Challenge was that I'd like to read it again.
I almost didn't read it, though. Got it out of the library and was so busy doing other things that it was due back and I hadn't got beyond the Prologue. It would probably have been practical to return it, however, I renewed it and started reading properly. And I'm glad I did.
I'm not going to say any more except to praise the writing. Keri Hulme has crafted a beautiful piece of literature. All the readers' senses are evoked; we are delighted with fragments of poetry, completely realistic and involving dialogue, and prose that conveys pictures of the scenery and the scenes and the people in such an integral way that you're not even aware you're reading descriptions. This book is a taonga, and it now goes onto my list of must-read-again-in-the-future, and buy-when-I'm-financial.
I almost didn't read it, though. Got it out of the library and was so busy doing other things that it was due back and I hadn't got beyond the Prologue. It would probably have been practical to return it, however, I renewed it and started reading properly. And I'm glad I did.
I'm not going to say any more except to praise the writing. Keri Hulme has crafted a beautiful piece of literature. All the readers' senses are evoked; we are delighted with fragments of poetry, completely realistic and involving dialogue, and prose that conveys pictures of the scenery and the scenes and the people in such an integral way that you're not even aware you're reading descriptions. This book is a taonga, and it now goes onto my list of must-read-again-in-the-future, and buy-when-I'm-financial.