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The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman

9 reviews

shoham's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.25

I liked all of it, it was wonderful! And then... The ending came to ruin it all. I listened to it on audiobook and I was fucking devastated.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexism, Police brutality, Murder, Pedophilia, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Slavery, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Body shaming, Misogyny, Animal death, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, and Grief

Minor: Child death, Death, Drug use, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Alcohol, and Mental illness

and this is clearly a very weird book, so beware of that

justagir1's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Slavery, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Murder, Gun violence, Hate crime, Death, Classism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Alcohol

joensign's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Confinement, and Body shaming

Moderate: Gaslighting, Police brutality, Forced institutionalization, Alcoholism, Body horror, Classism, and Pedophilia

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Murder, and Drug use

booksbooks1's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

its slow at first, but picks up later

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Death

Minor: Animal death, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Murder, and Violence

lolasherwin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Drug use

livlostinstereo's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

After reading the Owens' Family books from Alice Hoffman (which I highly recommend!), I was recommended to read The Museum of Extraordinary Things over all of her other books. When I saw that my library had it, I just couldn't resist.
What a fantastic book. I struggled to put it down. Once again, Alice Hoffman delivers a masterclass on writing characters that feel so vividly real. Coralie and Eddie are wonderfully well-rounded characters.
The ONLY reason this isn't a 5 from me is because the ending felt slightly rushed. That's not to say it wasn't good - it just felt a bit rushed in comparison to the pace of the rest of the book.
But nothing will stop me from rereading this with the same love I have reread The Rules of Magic with time and time again.
The historical fiction of this story is truly immersive and just makes you want to read and learn more about the various events referenced.
If you read anything this winter, please let it be this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Death, Gaslighting, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Medical content, Physical abuse, Rape, and Self harm

Moderate: Torture, Police brutality, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Grief

wildestdreams's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Rape, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Body horror, Antisemitism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Body shaming

Minor: Animal cruelty

pirate's review

dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Animal death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, and Child abuse

thequiltyreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Suicide attempt, Animal death, and Child abuse

Minor: Rape