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| Title | : | The Museum of Extraordinary Things |
| Author | : | Alice Hoffman |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 368 pages |
| Published | : | February 18th 2014 by Scribner |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Fantasy. Magical Realism. Romance. Adult Fiction |
Alice Hoffman
Hardcover | Pages: 368 pages Rating: 3.74 | 44142 Users | 5662 Reviews
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Coralie Sardie is the daughter of the sinister impresario behind The Museum of Extraordinary Things, a Coney Island boardwalk freak show that thrills the masses. An exceptional swimmer, Coralie appears as the Mermaid in her father’s “museum,” alongside performers like the Wolfman, the Butterfly Girl, and a one-hundred-year-old turtle. One night Coralie stumbles upon a striking young man taking pictures of moonlit trees in the woods off the Hudson River. The dashing photographer is Eddie Cohen, a Russian immigrant who has run away from his father’s Lower East Side Orthodox community and his job as a tailor’s apprentice. When Eddie photographs the devastation on the streets of New York following the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, he becomes embroiled in the suspicious mystery behind a young woman’s disappearance and ignites the heart of Coralie.
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| Original Title: | The Museum of Extraordinary Things |
| ISBN: | 1451693567 (ISBN13: 9781451693560) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | New York City, New York(United States) Coney Island, New York(United States) Greenwich Village, New York City, New York(United States) …more Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York(United States) …less |
| Literary Awards: | Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2014) |
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4.5 Stars! I really loved this book. The magic, the storytelling, the history, and the characters were spot on. At first, I didn't care for the constant Italic sections, but quickly got over that.The chapters alternate between Coralie and Ed Cohen. Two broken individuals, each trapped in their respective lives, and needing each other to break free of the restrictions they've placed on themselves. The World is theirs...Coralie, a child growing up with Professor Sardie in a house filled withListen, and youll hear a story being told, one you may need to know.My introduction to Alice Hoffman isnt exactly memorable.Practical Magic which spawned the 1998 film, starring Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, and Goran Visnjic, seemed to primarily focus on the progression of plot, as opposed to character development. In between chapters, I seem to recall there being interludes containing various ingredients, mostly natural herbs, which, in light of the rest of the 1995 novel, added a little
I love Alice Hoffman. I just think I've read too many "quirky freak show/circus people in fantasy or alt-worlds" lately. Or just in my life. This is a nice book though, the writing is lovely as always, I just felt like the ending didn't kind of live up to the beginning somehow? It felt rushed. Basically this book reminded me of the Night Circus a lot, which I loved more and read too close to this, so there's probably that that's making me circumstantially biased. It's a very nice book! And I'm
The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman, published by Scribner.Category Fiction/Literature Publication Date February 18, 2014This book goes beyond Fiction/Literature with adding Romance and Historical Fiction to the story. The story takes place in the early 1900s in New York City. Alice Hoffman gives insight what it must have been like to live at this time in a city that contained unbelievable wealth and unbelievable poverty. She frames her story around two major fires that took
I loved all the history in this novel, the burgeoning Coney Island, the freak shows and all the strange sights to see on the Boardwalk. The descriptions of these things were amazing and this was the best characterization in this novel. I am a big time Hoffman fan, but this was not one of my favorites of hers. It did include some of her trademark magic realism but her characters, just did not draw me in, at least not after the first part of the book.There are two separate story lines going on and
This book took forever. In fact I think it sort-off cause a reading slump.Firstly I have to say that this was a new genre for me, and judging by this book one I'll never read again. I just couldn't get myself to care about the History in this book. Yes it was horrific, yes it was hart breaking, but it just never spoke to me. The writing was beautiful, although very repetitive at stages. And this dragged the story out just that extra bit to much for me. It felt like nothing happened in a few
3.5 STARS Gosh, I really have mixed emotions about this latest Hoffman offering. The first part of the book did not initially draw me in or hold my interest, and it took almost half-way thru to see where the story was headed with any connection between Eddie and Coralie, the protagonists. There are great secondary characters though, particularly Maureen and Mr. Morris as well as the vile Professor Sardie (Coralie's father) who exploits every animal and human alike including his own daughter all
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