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

[froodle]

I *loved* it. So beautifully written! I also liked that it used myths i personally wasn't familiar with. Like it took me ages to realise I was reading about the guy who puts his death in an egg and I didn't even twig it was a Persephone myth til right near the end.

Also, give it up for the Beast! What a good ugly boi.

I thought the places Roza was taken were fairy tale worlds, that he'd cross to with some more of transport similar to how the black mare takes petey and finn for their nightly rides. They didn't make sense but they had the feel of dream logic or a story for a very young child

I could see why the reveal that Finn was faceblind mattered to Petey, because she had so many people telling her she was ugly and for her that played right into it. But Finn liked her face and I guess it's that thing where, you're attracted to someone's face and maybe your idea of perfect face isn't my idea of perfect face, but does it matter of the end result is we get to look at our favourite faces?

I also liked the idea of "things everybody knew" and how it's presented as an absolute even though in fact its mutable and shifting all the time

The ghost that eats out of the Cordero fridge was, prior to the reveal that it's Roza filtered through Miguel's sleeping mind, felt purely Eerie to me.

And the corn talked,and moved, AND IT WANTED TO HELP AND WAS BENIGN ALL ALONG ON MY GOD THAT WAS GREAT!

[evilinsanemonkey]

I actually really liked that touch w/Petey being concerned about Finn's face blindness, I thought it really fit with her character and her experience and what she was used to people thinking about her and it hurt and I wanted to give her a hug.

The Corn was SO GREAT. Like I like that it was a character in and of itself. Like Ruby gave the landscape life, in a way.

[froodle]

it really fit with her character and her experience and what she was used to people thinking about her and it hurt and I wanted to give her a hug.

Omg SAME damn I wanted to hug her in that moment!

[evilinsanemonkey]

Petey is such a great character.

I feel like she and Sara Sue would get along dangerously well. Throw Melanie in and no one stands a chance.

[deifire]

I would love that fic!

[froodle]

YESSSSSSS I NEED IT

[froodle]

Oh my God YES! I can see the Rudes and the Bobs running wild, getting into all of Sara Sue's stuff and Petey tearing strips off them while Sara Sue hangs back, kind of aghast but also kind of completely in love with her.