PRACTICAL MAGIC by ALICE HOFFMAN

Title: Practical Magic
Author: Alice Hoffman
From: E bay
Price: $15.11 (with postage)

Today I finished reading this book, and for lack of a better expression, OMG. I absolutely loved this book. The way it is written is interesting in that it switches between the point of view of the characters without making an announcement of the perspective switch and without confusing the reader. There could be three different characters point of view in one chapter without it being muddled or having to make a clear notification of the point of view switch to the reader.
The story is gripping and I couldn't put it down for a good couple of hours sometimes. It isn't an overly long book but the story is still complex and interesting with different story lines all wrapped around and in-twinning with each other. The ending was beautiful and wrapped everything up wonderfully but still left some things to the imagination, which I really enjoyed. I found this book after falling in love with the movie that was based off of it, Practical Magic, 1998 staring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman. The book and movie have similar yet very different story lines. The book has many more characters and story lines than the movie and the characters are represented quite differently than in the movie, but what I liked about the book and the movie was because the movie was only loosely based off the book it wasn't a complete failed attempt to replicate it in film. I think that even if I had read the book first I would have loved the movie. The movie and book have separated themselves from each other beautifully and I've found that I can love them both as their own individual thing and don't find myself comparing them at all.

This book really was magical and I highly recommend it to everyone. It has romance, passion, jealously, drama, friendship, love, humor and of course, practical magic.