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A review by pocketsized_pageturner
The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman
2.0
Usually, I am a huge fan of magical realism. I went in with high expectations for this book and it just fell flat.
What I thought was going to be a slow burn of 3 siblings figuring out their family history and who they are in the world - turned out to be the same story repeated in 4 sections.
It was dull and frustrating that no one seemed to learn anything about anything. Attitudes and opinions that you normally attribute to the teenage years of a character stayed with all of the main characters throughout the book.
It was a disappointing read for me.
What I thought was going to be a slow burn of 3 siblings figuring out their family history and who they are in the world - turned out to be the same story repeated in 4 sections.
It was dull and frustrating that no one seemed to learn anything about anything. Attitudes and opinions that you normally attribute to the teenage years of a character stayed with all of the main characters throughout the book.
It was a disappointing read for me.