A review by gen_wolfhailstorm
Bone Music by David Almond
3.0
Actual rating: 3.5 / 5
This was a random pick up from a recent library trip. Sometimes I see something I've never heard of before and decide to just try it out. I feel like the library is the safest place to take a chance on a book!
I didn't recognise the authors name before, but he wrote Skellig- a book I've been meaning to revisit for some years. I believe we did a class read and watched a movie adaptation when I was in year 8 or 9 and its been haunting the back of my mind since.
Bone Music is a whimsical read, but under the surface there is hint of some darker and engaging topics. Sylvie's mum works with "troubled boys", the boy next door has wanted and acted on ending his life, Sylvie's mum is unhappy in her marriage, there's a neighbour with a Nazi past... its got some heavier tones indeed, for what otherwise feels like a mystical middle grade story.
For a good few pages, I wasn't really feeling much, other than mild irritation at Sylvia's aloofness, but when Gabriel was introduced, things got more interesting. He reminded me of Lanny from the self titled book by Max Porter and I really enjoyed reading the scenes with him.
This was charming and haunting and gave me this weird whimsical feel. Despite feeling jarring at how the kids spoke (very poetic) it was a very beautiful story, discussing re-wilding the planet and ourselves, and the magic of nature and city life combing at the heart of it.
Pick it up, give it a go and enjoy! >(^_^)<
Gén
This was a random pick up from a recent library trip. Sometimes I see something I've never heard of before and decide to just try it out. I feel like the library is the safest place to take a chance on a book!
I didn't recognise the authors name before, but he wrote Skellig- a book I've been meaning to revisit for some years. I believe we did a class read and watched a movie adaptation when I was in year 8 or 9 and its been haunting the back of my mind since.
Bone Music is a whimsical read, but under the surface there is hint of some darker and engaging topics. Sylvie's mum works with "troubled boys", the boy next door has wanted and acted on ending his life, Sylvie's mum is unhappy in her marriage, there's a neighbour with a Nazi past... its got some heavier tones indeed, for what otherwise feels like a mystical middle grade story.
For a good few pages, I wasn't really feeling much, other than mild irritation at Sylvia's aloofness, but when Gabriel was introduced, things got more interesting. He reminded me of Lanny from the self titled book by Max Porter and I really enjoyed reading the scenes with him.
This was charming and haunting and gave me this weird whimsical feel. Despite feeling jarring at how the kids spoke (very poetic) it was a very beautiful story, discussing re-wilding the planet and ourselves, and the magic of nature and city life combing at the heart of it.
Pick it up, give it a go and enjoy! >(^_^)<
Gén