purplemuskogee 's review for:

The Bone People by Keri Hulme
4.0
adventurous challenging dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Challenging and beautiful, I have so many thoughts about this one. I loved Kerewin as a character, wealthy owner of a Tower, making dandelion wine, and I have mixed feelings about the others. The writing is just beautiful and poetic despite dark themes of abuse, alcoholism, violence. It was a really gripping book that I'll keep thinking about.