meganmilks 's review for:

The Bone People by Keri Hulme

4.0

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i really dug this book on many levels and take the uncomfortable position that it could and probably should have been edited down by 20-30%. i admire the anarchy and unwieldiness at the same time. kerewin holmes is an impossibly awesome person who knows everything about everything, so it's hard not to be skeptical about her character. but she does fuck up bigtime at one point at least. the book is a sympathetic portrayal of child abuse and alcoholism, but also about a family brought together neither by blood or sex. which is kind of terrific.