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Summary: A Great Work with Mixed Reviews
Review: I love the work. Period.Don't understand why people either love it or hate it. To me, it was magical - both the book & the movie.
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Summary: A good book, but I wouldnt go as far as fantastic
Review: I am an 8th grader, and I read this book after hearing about the film Practical Magic. Everyone probably thinks this story is mostly about witchcraft, but it doesnt really emphasize on it considering Hoffmann doesnt know that much about it. But overall, it is a fairly good story, about the bonds betweenm these very different sisters and their lives. But the characters were rather undeveloped, and you hardly find any information about who the hell these people are. And the characters personalities were rather bland, because first, there was Gillian, wild, sexy, Sally, plain, Antonia, beautiful, and Kylie, awkward. Women are no simple creatures, and are made of all different elements. If Hoffmann really does understand the feelings of her female readers (which i believe are all of the readers) this should show in her writing. A great story, but these are not very realistic characters. Women want someone they can relate to. If the author followed this form, I believe the book would've had much more praise than it recently has.
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Summary: Ugh! What a travesty that this book was published!
Review: Drag, drag, drag. I kept reading for two reasons: the first, I had nothing better to do one Sunday, and the second, I kept hoping something significant would happen. It didn't. This story had no climax, no capture, no passion. Who wants to read about the somber day to day lives of boring spinsters? (Of course I did, what a waste). Alice Hoffman is off my reading list. Her use of profanity was unwarranted and did not emphasize meaning in anything. Her characters were flat and the overall flow was slow if not stagnant. The ending was short and curt, as if she was just as bored writing it as it was to read. Unremarkable!
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Summary: Interesting combination of fantasy and real life drama.
Review: I read this book before it was made into a movie and found it to be an interesting combination of fantasy and real life situations. The Owens' sisters witchcraft allowed them to do what many of us wished we could do when faced with various situations in our life.
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Summary: Fanciful and light, whimsical
Review: A helluva lot better than the movie
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Summary: If you want to read "magic realism," read "Turtle Moon."
Review: As a former English teacher and lover of good fiction, I have enjoyed Alice Hoffman's "Turtle Moon," "Illumination Night," and "Seventh Heaven." When my daughter offered "Practical Magic," I snapped it up, and read it in a day, while attending a conference in Boston. I couldn't believe the poor quality of the writing, when compared with "Turtle Moon," say. Use of the f--- word was gratuitous, and the plot was strained to say the least. The witchy aunts (up there in Salem, I presume,) were interesting, once Hoffman got around to coloring in their sketches, in the last few pages. Lust, not true love, seemed to be the driving force. Come on, this is for ninth graders. What about the rest of us, who expect much more from Alice Hoffman? If you really want to enjoy Magic Realism, read "Like Water for Chocolate!!"
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Summary: MORE LIKE UNPRACTICAL MAGIC
Review: I finished this book in about 3 days realizing that the only thing that was noteworthy was the fact I had lost 3 days in my life to which I could have been reading something that was worthy of my time rather than wasting my time on this book. I read the book and saw the movie at the same time. If Hoffman had written a book with the same heart as the movie, maybe then I would not be so harsh. Plus, did she even do any kind of research for this book? Being a Wiccian,I am very disappointed.This girl needs to learn a few things about magic and the occult before she writes a book on it!!!!
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Summary: My favorite book ever!
Review: I don't know why all the other reviews are so horrible! I read this book a long time ago, and have read it tons of times since! It's sad, but yet heartwarming. I can't put it down!
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Summary: :O)
Review: This book was more about sisters and the power of females than it was about magic. If they wernt all so self absorbed the plot might have gone somewhere but they spent most of the time bickering over clothes and who was prettier. It was ok but I wouldnt read it again.
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Summary: Fairy Tale Classic
Review: The people who've been giving this book a negative review must never have had fairytales told to them during scary thunderstorm nights. It has that sort of quiet, thoughtful quality. The "frightening" part was how much the sisters lives are like my own family's life. I read it twice in as many days, finding something new in it both times. It's meant only to make you stop and think for a moment.
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