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g_efroni's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use and Drug abuse
jen_e_fer's review against another edition
5.0
I've read this book over and over. It reminds me of "The Outsiders" but with a female main character.
sundaydutro's review against another edition
Very violent. Couldn’t get into the story.
gothicgunslinger's review against another edition
5.0
I've read a couple other titles by Alice Hoffman, but this was by far my favorite. The characters felt the most real to me and she didn't get bogged down in her weird touchy-feely magic thing she does. Just a searing account of what it's like to be involved with a gang. Amazing.
marceelf's review against another edition
4.0
http://anurseandabook.blogspot.com/2014/09/property-of-by-alice-hoffman-yes-that.html
What They Say....On the Night of the Wolf, the Orphans drive south on the Avenue, hunting their rival gang, the Pack. In the lead is McKay, their brooding, courageous President. Left waiting at the clubhouse is the Property of the Orphans, tough girls in mascara and leather who have declared their allegiance to the crew. Tonight, a new girl has joined their ranks. She waits only for McKay.
Drag races, dope, knife fights in the street. To the seventeen-year-old heroine of Alice Hoffman’s stunning first novel, the gritty world of the Avenue is beautiful and enthralling. But her love for McKay is an addiction—one that is never satisfied and is impossible to kick. Deeper and deeper she falls, until the winter’s day when she decides to break the spell once and for all.
A strikingly original story about the razor-thin line between love and loss, Property Of showcases the vivid imagery, lyricism, and emotional complexity that are the hallmarks of Alice Hoffman’s extraordinary career.
What I Say.... This is one of the few Alice Hoffman books that I had not read. She is hands down one of my favorite authors. I don't think anyone can write magical realism, addiction or life derailing love/obsession like Hoffman does. So when I saw an Alice Hoffman book on NetGalley as an ARC for review - I jumped!
This book was first published in 1977, and the book is definitely dated, but the story is timeless. A young girl hungering for a bad boy, a bad boy who looks to drugs to escape his life, all while chasing his belief of what honor means, way past a time where he has any honor left.
Hoffman's books are often uncomfortable to read, they cause a visceral tightening in your stomach as you watch people make the wrong choices, take the wrong path, fall into ruin. But the hallmark of
her writing is making you passionately care, even when it causes you discomfort.
This book only had a bit of magic written into it, in the form of a locket, but it was still there. Her focus on magical realism became more apparent in her later work, but this book was no less powerful without it.
You could hand me a book with no cover and within a few pages, I would know it was an Alice Hoffman book. Her voice is that strong, and her style is that sure. Love her.
What They Say....On the Night of the Wolf, the Orphans drive south on the Avenue, hunting their rival gang, the Pack. In the lead is McKay, their brooding, courageous President. Left waiting at the clubhouse is the Property of the Orphans, tough girls in mascara and leather who have declared their allegiance to the crew. Tonight, a new girl has joined their ranks. She waits only for McKay.
Drag races, dope, knife fights in the street. To the seventeen-year-old heroine of Alice Hoffman’s stunning first novel, the gritty world of the Avenue is beautiful and enthralling. But her love for McKay is an addiction—one that is never satisfied and is impossible to kick. Deeper and deeper she falls, until the winter’s day when she decides to break the spell once and for all.
A strikingly original story about the razor-thin line between love and loss, Property Of showcases the vivid imagery, lyricism, and emotional complexity that are the hallmarks of Alice Hoffman’s extraordinary career.
What I Say.... This is one of the few Alice Hoffman books that I had not read. She is hands down one of my favorite authors. I don't think anyone can write magical realism, addiction or life derailing love/obsession like Hoffman does. So when I saw an Alice Hoffman book on NetGalley as an ARC for review - I jumped!
This book was first published in 1977, and the book is definitely dated, but the story is timeless. A young girl hungering for a bad boy, a bad boy who looks to drugs to escape his life, all while chasing his belief of what honor means, way past a time where he has any honor left.
Hoffman's books are often uncomfortable to read, they cause a visceral tightening in your stomach as you watch people make the wrong choices, take the wrong path, fall into ruin. But the hallmark of
her writing is making you passionately care, even when it causes you discomfort.
This book only had a bit of magic written into it, in the form of a locket, but it was still there. Her focus on magical realism became more apparent in her later work, but this book was no less powerful without it.
You could hand me a book with no cover and within a few pages, I would know it was an Alice Hoffman book. Her voice is that strong, and her style is that sure. Love her.
alice2000's review against another edition
1.0
This is Alice Hoffmans first novel and if this had been the first one I ever picked up I would never have read another one. I got to about page 110 and had to drop it. Not at all what I've come to expect of Hoffman.
adi_rocks_socks's review against another edition
dark
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Drug use, and Drug abuse
kiara_adir's review against another edition
4.0
Gritty and intense. An incredible debut for Alice Hoffman.
hollymalone's review against another edition
4.0
Bsittersweet as only Alice Hoffman can write. Beautiful and beguiling, tapping into a 1950s/1960s JD subculture when drugs are gaining a foothold, creating crises on multiple levels. The protagonist is in a crazy/sexy/cool love that threatens to destroy her, and she has to ask herself if walking away from that kind of once-in-a-lifetime passion is worth it.
elephant's review against another edition
3.0
I received this book free to review from Netgalley. I chose it because I totally love Alice Hoffman's writing. I did not realize that this was her first book. For an author's first novel, it is good. It tells the story of a nameless girl who is in love with a gang leader and becomes his girlfriend. We are not told much about the girl - it seems that her life is only important in relation to McKay, the gang leader and perhaps that is why the author gave so little detail about the girl. The book began rather awkwardly and if I had not been reading to review and if the author had not been Alice Hoffman, I would have quit reading it rather quickly. I am glad, sort of, that I took the time to read it. We see some of Alice's lovely writing style when she talks about the magic necklace and in some parts of the book. The story is raw and gritty and the main character is not really likeable. It is an interesting story about gangs and drugs and the girls who get involved with them. I am glad, however, that I got it for free.