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Summary: I loved this book, Alice Hoffman is a great writer.
Review: The reason I picked this book, is that I had read Practicle Magic by the same auther, which was also a great book. Turtle Moon is about an officer Julian Cash, Lucy Rosen, her son Keith, and a baby. Keith can't wait to get away, and he does when a women is murdered and her baby is left behind. Keith takes off with the baby. Julian and Lucy take off after him. I like how this book keeps you guessing, you never know whats going to happen next. Everything is so unexpected and exhilarating. You know practicly all there is to know about the characters, well that is everything the author wants you to know. There is very good detail, just the right amount. I didn't incounter one boring spot,some not as exciting as others, but all in all I don't think anything was really bad in this book. This book is different then anything other book I've read and that's another reason for me liking it so much. Each charater has a story told and each one is so interesting. I'm not really sure what this books tipe is, it's a twist of; mystery, love, suspense, and a fairy tale. In conclusion I would highly recommend this book for others.
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Summary: Thriller touched by magic and better for it
Review: There's always a little magic or fantasy in Alice Hoffman's stories and "Turtle Moon" is no different. In small town America, in a little place called Verity, where emotional refugees from upstate New York like Lucy and the unfortunate murder victim seek shelter from their private storms, we are joined midway and quite suddenly by Angel, a phantom figure and the afterlife reincarnation of Julian's cousin who had died tragically behind the wheels during an in-car fight many years ago. Up to this point, the cast of characters and plot deveopment were pretty much standard psycho thriller fare but the arrival of Angel changed all that. His benign ghostly presence and gentle haunting over the affairs of Verity's folks gives the novel an otherworldly feel that very nearly transforms TM into a fable. As a murder mystery, TM succeeds in maintaining the suspense right through the end. While we're following the emotional ups and downs of Verity's inhabitants, we still want to know whodunnit. The dry scorching heat floating off the pages of TM aggravates the grief of these [people] - they're all running away from spouses, parents, betrayals or memories - but Hoffman isn't a pessimist. Her faith in human nature is like a beacon of light that remains undimmed throughout. Consider. Even the "worst behaved boy in the world" finds courage in the face of extreme adversity. Likewise, the growing romantic attachment between Lucy and Julian can only be mutually healing. They both seek redemption for their past. Hoffman only loses her balance once, lapsing into sentimentality when she has the bad boy Keith fall for the dog and pays the price for it. TM is otherwise an excellent and wonderfully entertaining book that you can
enjoy and finish within a day.
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Summary: Great Read
Review: This book is fantastic. If you enjoy reading Alice Hoffman, you will love this book. Her style of writing is unmatched and makes the pages turn themselves. Definately recomend this book to anyone.
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Summary: Great Read
Review: This book is fantastic. If you enjoy reading Alice Hoffman, you will love this book. Her style of writing is unmatched and makes the pages turn themselves. Definately recomend this book to anyone.
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Summary: Wonderful Reading
Review: This book was very entertaining. It takes place in a town in Florida called Verity. It is a place that is always hot and humid and always very crazy in May. This May someone was murdered and Kevin gets too involved. He runs away with a baby and appears to be the murderer. Together, Kevin's mom, Lucy, and Julian, a police officer, find out who the real murderer is and they fall madly in love. It is a very enchanting story of love and family ties. I really enjoyed reading this book. I think most readers who enjoy reading about love should read this book. It flows well and keeps you wanting to know more. I couldn't put the book down until I was done.
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Summary: Hypnotic
Review: This is a wonderful Alice Hoffman, maybe slightly better than *Practical Magic*! The cast of characters are memorable, each with a past and are three dimensional people, unique and their names fit them. You can identify with each and every one. The Angel added a lovely touch to the story, who lives in the gumbo lingo trees, and his affection for Shannon. Shannon's mother's ex-boyfriend, Julian, helps Lucy search for her son Keith, and a murdered woman's baby, causing them to go all around Verity, and even up to Long Island. Wonderful, memorable, hypnotic. Alice Hoffman has done it again. And her descriptions of Great Neck and accuracy of high schools are fantastic!!! :) *Turtle Moon* is a definite winner.
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Summary: GREAT BOOK
Review: This is my first Alice Hoffman book, but I know it won't be the last. I loved this book. It moves right along, so you don't have to skim over three paragraphs of room decor descriptions. She makes magic seem real with her matter-of-fact style.
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Summary: Luminous, poignant and full of unexpected visions . . .
Review: Trying to tell someone else about the plot of TURTLE MOON becomes a mangled process of half-sentences which usually end with "just read it, you'll see." At all times engrossing, Ms. Hoffman's writing has the peculiar ability to break your heart and illumine your life at the same time. I've rarely read a book that made me laugh and sob in such quick succession. The images and characterizations in TURTLE MOON go beyond "furthering the plot", to some more delicate plane of storytelling. Phrases like "boys who dreamed so deeply of the houses where they grew up they'd wake damp with sweat, smelling of cut grass" aren't just descriptive, they're as real as touching someone. Part magic, part deep-seated practicality, TURTLE MOON is haunted and haunting. . . and it makes me dream of home
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Summary: A Great Dramatic Mystery
Review: TURTLE MOON is all a mystery should be. It is scary, seductive, sensual, complex, and logical. Furthermore, it has a supernatural element. I found TURTLE MOON totally enjoyable, although I wished at times the narrator would have slowed her pace.
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Summary: Captivating story with dark edges . . .
Review: Turtle Moon is the fifth book by author Alice Hoffman that I have read. Like many of her other novels, Turtle Moon is filled with a little mystique and an edge of darkness. Turtle Moon takes place in a town called Verity, which is the most humid spot in eastern Florida. Verity is a town where divorced women seem to run to. It is a town where one could find crushed turtle shells on the roads, and it is also a town where weird things happened in the month of May.Lucy Rosen is one of those divorced women who had run to Verity, and who was also bringing up her troubled son, Keith, on her own. Lucy found her life turning upside down when, on one gloomy night in May, one of her divorced neighbors, Karen Wright, is murdered in her apartment. Not only is Karen's body found in apartment 8C, but Karen's baby daughter is missing . . . and so is Lucy's teenage son, Keith. As a result, Julian Cash, a broody, silent cop, takes over the case, and find himself taking a special interest in Lucy, as well as her son. Lucy's main objective is to find her son, and to find out who really killed Karen Wright, so suspicion concerning her son will be dropped. Turtle Moon weaves a telling tale of suspense until the very end. Like many of Alice Hoffman's other books, she leaves her characters' futures uncertain and up in the air. The story is moving and the characters are real. Besides the aforementioned main characters, there's other supporting characters, who add to the wistful feeling of the town of Verity. Turtle Moon is a story that is enjoyable, interesting, and well-written, making Alice Hoffman one of the most intriguing writers of our time.
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