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Practical Magic

By Alice Hoffman

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| Paperback | 9780425190371

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Book Description

For more than two hundred years, the Owens women had been blamed for everything that went wrong in their Massachusetts town. And Gillian and Sally endured that fate as well; as children, the sisters were outsiders. Their elderly aunts almost seemed to encourage the whispers of witchery, but all GillContinue

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I really was not at all impressed with this book. The plot rambles horribly, and many parts of the book seem pointless to the plot line. I kept reading until the end hoping for it to get better. It didn't.

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Heather Landry said on Mar 11, 2010 | Add your feedback

Movie

The movie is really good, and the book is better.

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Jordanbisbee said on Aug 27, 2009 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

My thoughts

I enjoyed this story of two pairs of sisters whose lives were touched by magic. I especially liked how both Gillian and Sally and Kylie and Antonia learned to take risks, trust their feelings and appreciate each other over time.

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krin5292 said on May 26, 2009 | Add your feedback

Favorite author, not my favorite book

This wasn't my favorite. Like all of Alice Hoffman's books, it weaves an interesting, beautiful story, but to my way of thinking she overuses the "f" word to the point that it's just plain crude. I am interested in seeing the movie (didn't realize there was one).

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Marion the librarian said on Jan 26, 2009 | Add your feedback

Read this way before the movie came out... Delightful story. Have to read some more Alice Hoffman!

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Embla said on Jul 7, 2008 | Add your feedback

The problem is that I LOVED the movie so I thought I would read the book. Let's just say the movie is VERY loosely based on this book. As in, some of the characters names are still the same.

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GeekGirl said on May 17, 2008 | Add your feedback