View source for The bone people/YMMV

{{work}}{{DISPLAYTITLE:''the bone people''/YMMV|noerror}}
* [[Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory]]: The book is full of Maori and Christian symbolism. Kerewin is a literal virgin, making her the Virgin Mary to Joe's Joseph and Simon's Christ. 
* [[Mary Sue]]: Kerewin. She's an expert Aikido martial artist, a brilliant artist, guitar player, a chess whizz, she can drink anyone under the table and she wins the lottery before the book starts.
* [[True Art Is Angsty]]: This novel has {{spoiler|child abuse, stomach cancer, spirtiual and cultural alienation, a pedophile}} and more. 
* [[True Art Is Incomprehensible]]: The prose at times, though Your Mileage May Vary. 
* [[Unfortunate Implications]]: The way child abuse is portrayed. {{spoiler|specifically, having an abuser redeemed after a dodgy spiritual quest in the woods}}
* [[Values Dissonance]]: None of the characters see anything wrong with letting the eight-year-old Simon drink and smoke.

{{worksubpagefooter}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:bone people, the}}