The Rules of Magic by Alice HoffmanAugust 18, 2017 10:07 pm
The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
That was fun. I usually love Alice Hoffman books. And though I liked this one and was kind of sad finishing it, it was slow. It was so wordy while not getting anything done or convincing me that anything got fixed.
As the movie, Practical Magic deals with the curse of the family that should never fall in love, that is the theme here, too. And since romance novels bore me I found myself doing other things than reading, so it took longer to finish than it should.
Don’t get me wrong, it is worth picking up and reading. Would be a great vacation read. But if you are like me, the book, the characters, don’t seem to gel until near the end. I must admit to misting up near the end so I must have finally gotten into it.
I wish I knew how to improve this read. Maybe I needed the audio rather than text-to-speech? A real voice or bunch of actors playing the story for me? I do remember pulling out of the book thinking ‘show don’t tell’ but then as I looked at it I couldn’t figure out how that could be done.
Don’t take my word for it. You may love this book. Like is as far as I can reach.
Posted by darsword
Categories: Books, Kindle, Reading, Reviews
Tags: Alice Hoffman, book-0-5, fantasy, Fiction, historical-fiction, i-have-book-1, Kindle, magick, netgalley, Paranormal, prequel, realistic-fiction, text-to-speech-enabled, witches
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