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Angel Landing

Angel Landing

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: I enjoyed the excellent character development.
Review: Although this was not my favorite novel by Alice Hoffman, it had the well-realized characters and description of place which always makes me unable to tear myself away from the stories and really care for the people in them. I did note one error in your synopsis which states that Natalie feels neglected by her husband and takes up with her patient. The character, Carter Sugarland, is her long time boyfriend, not husband, who will never make a commitment to Natalie. The synopsis makes it sound as though Natalie left her husband. This sort of review misrepresents the book and leads me to believe the writer of the synopsis did not read the book.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Definitely an Early Work
Review: I have read a number of Alice Hoffman's books and consider her work "high quality brain candy" - easy to digest but more thought provoking and interesting than a lot of the bestseller junk. Angels Landing was a quick read, but disappointing. I thought the characters, particularly Finn, were contrived and predictable. They all felt like caricatures. On the other hand, I can't be too hard on the book ... I did read it through in an afternoon.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Definitely an Early Work
Review: I have read a number of Alice Hoffman's books and consider her work "high quality brain candy" - easy to digest but more thought provoking and interesting than a lot of the bestseller junk. Angels Landing was a quick read, but disappointing. I thought the characters, particularly Finn, were contrived and predictable. They all felt like caricatures. On the other hand, I can't be too hard on the book ... I did read it through in an afternoon.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: not what I had hoped for
Review: I recently picked up Here on Earth and was really impressed. So I rushed out to get more Alice Hoffman books. I picked up Turtle Moon, Angel Landing, and The Drowning Season. I dove into Angel Landing and thought, why did I buy these?

After the intense characters in Here On Earth these characters were pretty blase. Finn was a bit textbook for my taste. I think we were supposed to base all of his adult behavior on his childhood woes and that just doesn't work for me. The only one I really liked was Minnie. She was quirky but had a real heart and conviction for things.

I am disappointed that I didn't get the good vocabulary in this book. I like to be challenged as a reader and I wasn't with this book. It won't keep me from reading another book by Alice Hoffman. There are too many good reviews of her other works to sway me from my pursuit of finding good material to fill my days.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: not what I had hoped for
Review: I recently picked up Here on Earth and was really impressed. So I rushed out to get more Alice Hoffman books. I picked up Turtle Moon, Angel Landing, and The Drowning Season. I dove into Angel Landing and thought, why did I buy these?

After the intense characters in Here On Earth these characters were pretty blase. Finn was a bit textbook for my taste. I think we were supposed to base all of his adult behavior on his childhood woes and that just doesn't work for me. The only one I really liked was Minnie. She was quirky but had a real heart and conviction for things.

I am disappointed that I didn't get the good vocabulary in this book. I like to be challenged as a reader and I wasn't with this book. It won't keep me from reading another book by Alice Hoffman. There are too many good reviews of her other works to sway me from my pursuit of finding good material to fill my days.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Worst book
Review: This is the worst book i've read by ALice hoffman.All her other novels were brilliant,but this was disappointing.The characters in the book are weird and they are not likeable.The story just doesn't seems real.....


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