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Summary: well-written but depressing!
Review: I didn't get what happened: initially it seemed to be an okay plot, but then it twisted and turned and it was about abuse ( i think)... It was depressing, and i really didn't enjoy it too much toward the end.
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Summary: I highly recomend it!
Review: I read this book because of a high school class, and I think that Alice Hoffman is a great fiction author. She uses what seems to be real life people in a real life situation. I recommend everyone to read it.
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Summary: A BIG Disappointment
Review: I was looking forward to reading this novel. I'm so sorry I wasted good money on it. Although the words themselves were well chosen, somehow I never got really interested in the characters. I could not sympathize with any of them and frankly, didn't care what happened to them. In the end, I finished the book because I figured it might improve. Unfortunately I was wrong. The messages of addiction, self-hatred and self-indulgence were disturbing and twisted. I saw no redeeming value in this book. I gave it away to the library because I didn't want it around.
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Summary: Good start ... but falls flat
Review: I really liked this book at the beginning and thought it would be a great read and story. It was hard to put down. But then it started to take a turn for the worst ... characters got dark, wimpish and pitiful. I started to hate them all and was mad at the author for taking a good book and making it depressing.
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Summary: Best I have ever read!
Review: I too read this book very quickly - actually while vacationing in New England. I thought Alice did a fabulous job of keeping me into the book and interested in where the story was going. I really felt a part of the growing relationship of March and Hollis. I have been looking for other titles by this author.
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Summary: Wish I'd skipped this one
Review: I tried this book because I loved Practical Magic. Here on Earth was so dark. The cast of characters were all miserably unhappy, twisted, and wounded. There was no humor or joy. Every major relationship in the book was flawed and pathetic. I found little to like about this book other than Hoffman's story telling abilities.
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Summary: REAL LIFE
Review: I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED ANN HOFFMAN'S NOVEL. I FOUND IT TO BE REALISTIC, AND REFRESHING. IT IS NOT A NOVEL FOR EVERYONE. I THINK IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A FAIRY TALE ROMANCE, THAT WILL TAKE YOU AWAY -THIS IS NOT THE BOOK FOR YOU. IT IS A NOVEL ABOUT REAL LIFE, REAL DISAPPOINTMENTS, AND REAL CHOICES. An INSIGHTFUL JOURNEY, AND A MAGNIFICENT PIECE OF LITERARY WORK!
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Summary: I couldn't put it down it was so good.
Review: I thought that Here on Earth was one of the best books that I have ever read. It does have some parts that are not for children to read but I thought it was very good.
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Summary: The least appealing Hoffman book
Review: I have enjoyed many other books by Alice Hoffman. This one is terrible. The writing is overstated and the chracters and plot too extreme. I would recomment "Practical Magic" , "At Risk", or "Turtle Moon" as much better Hoffman works.
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Summary: Truly Terrible
Review: This book is awful. As previous reviewers have said, it takes a great writer to write in the present tense, and Alice Hoffman is not such a writer. The writing is also cliche-ed, and worse, is trying to be grandiose and literary, while falling flat. I found I didn't care about the characters, nor did I find them believable. I only finished the book because it is an incredibly quick read, and because I wanted to know whether it ever improved. I feel like Hoffman didn't feel like writing any more after 275 pages, so she tacked on the neatest ending. Don't bother to buy it.
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