I had high hopes for this one. The beginning was entertaining, but I quickly lost interest. Maybe it was my ADD kicking in. It failed by 50-page test, so I'm not sure how to rate this since I didn't finish it. It wasn't necessarily bad writing. It could be that I just wasn't in the right mood for th...
This was my first Alice Hoffman book but it will not be my last. The Museum of Extraordinary Things is a tale of the human spirit, the limits it can be pushed to, and the simple, beautiful things that bring it back to life. OK, it’s about more than that. Hoffman captures the essence of 1911 New York...
The Museum of Extraordinary Things Alice Hoffman My rating: 5 of 5 starsCoralie 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 Merm...
In 1922 Coney Island was in the beginning stages of the tourist attraction it became. New York still had woods in which to roam and hunt. People could still swim in the Hudson River and fish along its banks. Coralie Sardie swims it all the time, even when ice begins to form on the surface. She f...
Arc provided by Scribner through Netgalley Told in dual points of view, The Museum of Extraordinary Things paints a vivid portrait of the american society in the beginning of the twentieth century. In her unique voice, Alice Hoffman, mixes historical facts with her trademark magic realism st...
The Museum of Extraordinary Things is a novel that belongs in the very museum that gives it its name. Alice Hoffman’s brilliant weaving of history with the fictional lives of Coralie and Eddie make it difficult to believe that these two did not actually live the lives that were told of in this book....
The cast of characters within The Museum of Extraordinary Things is large, diverse, and highly entertaining. It includes mobsters and reformed mobsters, immigrants, those who prey on immigrants, opportunists, the wealthy and the poverty-stricken, the curious and the ambivalent, idealists and realist...
What a ride!! I'll be posting my review tomorrow...right now I have to pull myself together and get my emotions back in check. Wow! This is my favorite of the year so far. It may seem like I am giving the book away, but I promise that I am barely touching the surface. Okay, here goes:*************...
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