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erainbowd 's review for:
Turtle Moon
by Alice Hoffman
I bought this book today for a long subway ride to Morningside Heights. I thought I'd read a chapter or two. I finished it a few minutes ago. I tried to do other things but I just couldn't put this book down. Like a lot of Alice Hoffman's work, it has a magical realistic touch. And unlike a lot of magical realism, it feels very realistic; its details evocative of a real life somewhere. Yet, there is still magic. I think this is why I love Alice Hoffman's work. She creates worlds where magic is entirely credible, like it could happen to me or someone close to me. She also creates such richly human characters that it feels like they are the someone close to me.
The heat of this book is palpable. In other books, people talk about it being hot but in this one, somehow, she made me really feel Florida. It might warm a person up in the middle of winter!
The heat of this book is palpable. In other books, people talk about it being hot but in this one, somehow, she made me really feel Florida. It might warm a person up in the middle of winter!