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vwang3 's review for:
The Bone People
by Keri Hulme
Okay. So. I really, really adored the beginning of this book. It was so difficult emotionally, and it reduced me to a sobbing mess -- you think I'm exaggerating, but I actually cried my eyes out -- two days in a row. It had so much potential, and I loved it.
But then, I'll be honest, the latter part of the book kind of put me off. It represented, I think, my biggest issue with the book as a whole: too vague, too esoteric. There's a difference between leaving things up to the reader's interpretation and being entirely so vague that it's a chore for the reader to get through, and much of the latter part of the book was like that.
Maybe it's because I had a week in between reading most of the book and finishing it, too, which made it feel disjointed, but that's just how the resolution of the book felt to me.
I should definitely reread it, because I truly did love the beginning.
But then, I'll be honest, the latter part of the book kind of put me off. It represented, I think, my biggest issue with the book as a whole: too vague, too esoteric. There's a difference between leaving things up to the reader's interpretation and being entirely so vague that it's a chore for the reader to get through, and much of the latter part of the book was like that.
Maybe it's because I had a week in between reading most of the book and finishing it, too, which made it feel disjointed, but that's just how the resolution of the book felt to me.
I should definitely reread it, because I truly did love the beginning.