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I'm reading The Bone People by Keri Hulme, and I'm quite fascinated by it. It took some getting into--Hulme uses unconventional line breaks and punctuation that were a little bit off-putting at first, but now that I've gotten used to the style it flows quite easily and the jumpiness of it no longer bothers me. And the story is intriguing in the extreme. Secrets abound and dark pasts are hinted at, and I'm convinced that there's something very creepy going on beneath the surface... It's very engrossing. I'm particularly intrigued by Simon, not least because he reminds me of Therru. They're both children of mysterious origin, both rescued from near death, both missing attributes that most of us find essential: Therru with her one blind eye and Simon mute, and both with the ability to see the world in ways that others can't.