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

[deifire]

(Late to the party due to life interference and going to answer all of these at some point, but starting with this one.)

How does this book handle family?

So many different ways. I love the whole thread of found family running through the book.

Family of origin is a complicated thing. Roza missing her grandmother. For Finn and Sean's mom, family is something to escape. For Sean, it's an obligation.

I also loved that it got at the whole feel of a small town as a family of sorts, where people look after each other and out for each other and are constantly judging each other and in each other's business, outsiders may or may not be taken in and welcomed, folks have long memories and once you've been assigned a role in the life of the town, it's a difficult one to change.

[evilinsanemonkey]

I also loved that it got at the whole feel of a small town as a family of sorts

OHHH yes. That was so spot on!

[froodle]

once you've been assigned a role in the life of the town, it's a difficult one to change.

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