Eerie Indiana Virtual Book Club: "Bone Gap" Discussion Post

[evilinsanemonkey]

First, I apologize profusely for forgetting to put this up on Saturday. But I figure I'll get it up today and we can spend the week just chatting about the book. Have it be a nice relaxed thing!

So without further ado, let's talk about Laura Ruby's Bone Gap!

Some questions to get you started:

General

+ Do you think Petey is right about why Finn likes her? Do you think it matters?

+ What do you think the place Roza was taken is?

+ How does this book handle family?

Eerie

+ In what ways does this book make you think of Eerie?

+ What do you think the characters of Eerie and the characters of Bone Gap would think of each other?

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Next book: The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
Discussion: April 22

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Also we need a tie breaker! "May Bird and the Ever After" and "Lumberjanes" are tied, so let me know which one you'd like to read first!

Comments

[evilinsanemonkey]

To start with, I just want to say I absolutely loved the style of this book. It had such a lyrical feel to it and it was kind of gorgeous in its prose.

I'm not Braining well enough to actually answer the questions I came up with right now, but I will muse on them and answer later.

AS FAR AS EERIE GOES

Finn reminds me so much of Simon ohhhh my god.

Also that whole thing about the corn talking was So Very Eerie.

[froodle]

such a lyrical feel to it and it was kind of gorgeous in its prose

Yes! this is kinda what I was trying to say when I said It was beautifully written, only better expressed! there were times, the nighttime excursions with the horse and Miguel with the corn, that it had the sweet lulling rhythm of a tale told at bedtime

[deifire]

Yes! I really liked this writing style and want to read more by this author. There was something a little Neil Gaiman-esque (when Gaiman's in fairy tale mode) about it, except also distinctly Midwest USA.

[deifire]

Finn reminds me so much of Simon ohhhh my god.

So much!

There's also something about Sean that's a little bit Simon--or at least a more world-weary Simon--and a little bit Sara Sue.

The Rudes would fit right into the background of Eerie. So would Charlie Valentine.

Oh, yes, the corn! It was mostly knowing there was something weird going on with the corn in this book that made me suggest it for Eerie book club, and I'm glad I did. (It also indirectly influenced the background of a scene in my Eerie fic, where the person skating with the corn comes back.)

[froodle]

The Rudes are the guys that the Bob brothers hero worship.and they're the kids that Nick and Eddie occasionally hang out with when they're feeling a bit wild, only to retreat in horror after a bit because the Rudes take it way too far.