Bone Gap in 2016 Hub Reading Challenge

May 18, 2016 Amy! rated it really liked it

Shelves: magical-realism, fantasy, family, zzz2016-women-authors, young-adult, audiobook, summer, life-in-a-small-town, yalsa-hub-challenge-2016

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Mar 23, 2015 Emmaj rated it liked it

Shelves: 2015

It took me a few chapters to get into the rhythm of it.
I'm not sure it needed the magical piece. It almost made it too much - it was a great book without it ...more

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Jan 21, 2016 Katrina rated it liked it

This book had so much potential. Some parts of it were so creative. But Ruby used so many magic realism components without giving much more context than "sometimes there are gaps" and it just didn't work for me. ...more

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Jun 08, 2016 Ann rated it liked it

Shelves: read-2016, hub-challenge-2016

When "Bone Gap" is good, it's very good, but I found much of it hard to follow (this coming from a BIG-TIME lover of magical realism). ...more

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Apr 17, 2015 Elisabeth rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2015, fiction, all-time-favorites, ya, printz-award

Beautiful, lyrical, spellbinding writing. Well-defined, strong, completely human characters. Themes of community, beauty, and belonging. A dash of romance, a sprinkle of magic, and a whole heck of a lot of charm. Plus, now I want a beehive. Read this book!

I got this book through ILL from Benton County Library System in MS.

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Mar 05, 2015 Sheree rated it liked it

Shelves: yalsa-2016

What a strange book this is! I definitely liked it--but wasn't blown away by it. However, I think it might be one that lingers in the back of my mind for a while... Well written and uniquely designed, both thematically and tonally, but I didn't connect with it completely. I'll have to think more about it. ...more

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