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jozi_girl 's review for:
The Museum of Extraordinary Things
by Alice Hoffman
3 1/2 stars
This was a bit of a baffling read for me – I was both thrilled and disappointed.
I loved Coralie and her side of the story, how she grew up in the Museum of Extraordinary Things, how her innocence got stolen from her and finally to see her become strong enough to break away (her parts deserve 4 stars)
But the flip side of this coin was disappointment at the other protagonist, Eddie. I just didn’t connect with him or his troubles. The sections dealing with Eddie’s story made me very fidgety putting down this book and reading TWO other novels before revisiting this story.
What I did enjoy was the section describing the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire as I also recently read another book that dealt with this piece of history.
Unfortunately the love story also felt a bit forced to fit into the direction the author wanted the story to go and the ending was just too nicely wrapped-up for my liking BUT all in all it was not a bad reading experience.
This was a bit of a baffling read for me – I was both thrilled and disappointed.
I loved Coralie and her side of the story, how she grew up in the Museum of Extraordinary Things, how her innocence got stolen from her and finally to see her become strong enough to break away (her parts deserve 4 stars)
But the flip side of this coin was disappointment at the other protagonist, Eddie. I just didn’t connect with him or his troubles. The sections dealing with Eddie’s story made me very fidgety putting down this book and reading TWO other novels before revisiting this story.
What I did enjoy was the section describing the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire as I also recently read another book that dealt with this piece of history.
Unfortunately the love story also felt a bit forced to fit into the direction the author wanted the story to go and the ending was just too nicely wrapped-up for my liking BUT all in all it was not a bad reading experience.