Bone Gap is a story about perception and reality, and how people rarely have the two things aligned when it comes to thosePeople look, they don't see.
Bone Gap is a story about perception and reality, and how people rarely have the two things aligned when it comes to those around them.
Roza is a beautiful woman who appears suddenly in the town of Bone Gap and is taken in by two brothers, Sean and Finn. Sean is the strong and steady older brother who has looked after his younger brother Finn since their mother left town to get remarried. Finn is a beautiful boy who keeps to himself and is thought of by the townspeople as easily distracted, earning him various nicknames such as Sidetrack. So when Roza disappears one day as suddenly as she appeared, no one really takes Finn seriously when he tells them she was kidnapped by a strange man whose face he can't really describe.
The story alternates between Finn and Roza, and what unfolds is an impressive piece of storytelling. For all that he doesn't care much for people, Finn does see Priscilla, or Petey as she prefers, and as he draws closer to her, he is able to deal with some of his unhappiness at not being able to do anything to help Roza. Roza meanwhile has a story of her own that begins long before her kidnapping, when her beautiful face became a burden that she could never take off.
This is a wonderful example of magical realism done right. This book very much deserves a place on the Andre Norton shortlist for 2016. I haven't finished reading all the shortlisted books yet, but two of the others on the list, Cuckoo Song and Archivist Wasp I read last year and put on my favourites-2015 shelf. I will definitely be putting Bone Gapon my favourites-2016 shelf....more
There are two Earths, parallel worlds, but one is collapsing and everything is beginning to disappear. Instead of waiting to disappear, the people of There are two Earths, parallel worlds, but one is collapsing and everything is beginning to disappear. Instead of waiting to disappear, the people of the unstable world come up with a plan to infiltrate the stable Earth with sleeper agents: children trained from a young age as soldiers to kill and live as their doubles on the stable Earth in secret until the war begins.
This is the story of one such little Nikita who struggles against the tattered remains of her humanity while she simultaneously longs to hold on to it. Lirael is alone, but she is not; she has cloaked herself in the life of a dead girl, and finds that she can't keep the bonds of family from sinking into her.
This was a surprisingly well told tale, particularly for a first novel. I would say Everett is an author to watch....more
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