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meghanwmcd 's review for:
The Museum of Extraordinary Things
by Alice Hoffman
First thoughts after finishing it: Yeah good time i cried
The switch between sections of first person POV (& chapters alternating between Coralie and Eddie) and then third person was definitely odd but I ended up really really liking the choice. It fit to have the sections of learning they’re separate histories, and especially recollections of the events before, being in first person and using those sections to dive into the characters' minds and feelings to develop them. I usually hate first person but the fact that the entire book wasn’t in first and that POV served an actual purpose made me enjoy and appreciate it.
The story itself – it just.. hurt in a good way. It was the same kind of pretty prose that hurt that The Immortalists (by Chloe Benjamin) had. Very much enjoy that genre!
The switch between sections of first person POV (& chapters alternating between Coralie and Eddie) and then third person was definitely odd but I ended up really really liking the choice. It fit to have the sections of learning they’re separate histories, and especially recollections of the events before, being in first person and using those sections to dive into the characters' minds and feelings to develop them. I usually hate first person but the fact that the entire book wasn’t in first and that POV served an actual purpose made me enjoy and appreciate it.
The story itself – it just.. hurt in a good way. It was the same kind of pretty prose that hurt that The Immortalists (by Chloe Benjamin) had. Very much enjoy that genre!