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Practical Magic

By: Alice Hoffman
Narrated by: Christina Moore
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Alice Hoffman's enchanting witch's brew of suspense, romance and magic -- now a major motion picture from Warner Bros.
When the beautiful and precocious sisters Sally and Gillian Owens are orphaned at a young age, they are taken to a small Massachusetts town to be raised by their eccentric aunts, who happen to dwell in the darkest, eeriest house in town. As they become more aware of their aunts' mysterious and sometimes frightening powers -- and as their own powers begin to surface -- the sisters grow determined to escape their strange upbringing by blending into "normal" society.
But both find that they cannot elude their magic-filled past. And when trouble strikes -- in the form of a menacing backyard ghost -- the sisters must not only reunite three generations of Owens women but embrace their magic as a gift -- and their key to a future of love and passion.
Funny, haunting, and shamelessly romantic, Practical Magic is bewitching entertainment -- Alice Hoffman at her spectacular best. Magic Fiction Fantasy Witchcraft Contemporary Family Life Sagas Genre Fiction Paranormal & Urban Heartfelt Women's Fiction Classics Feel-Good Scary

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Although there is a serious lack of magic in a book about witches, I did enjoy this. By the end I was left with the overwhelming feeling that this book was about the family, the sisters in particular and I'm okay with that.

I adored how the relationships for both Gillian and Sally happened, they fell hard and fast. A love we can all hope for.

The movie version will always remain my favorite of the two, but this was still a good book.

It's not the movie, but I did enjoy it

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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

yes it actually held my attention all the way thru unlike a lot of books i have listened to which within 3 hrs lose me ...... this one held me and left me wanting more on this storyline

What was one of the most memorable moments of Practical Magic?

i loved it all

What about Christina Moore’s performance did you like?

all

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

it already has a movie

i loved this book

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love the story but the narrator ruined it for me. She made all characters sounded like old ladies. Even the men. It made them seem snippy and unlikeable because her tone was confrontational.. I like the book but it's hard to listen to

the narrator was ok but

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Surprisingly different from the movie but still has the flavor of it. I was surprised that it didn't connect more to the first book. The reader was great except she mispronounced a word which drives me nuts. Forte is a French word people use quite a bit to mean a strength or ability. She pronounced it like the for kids build and not "fortay" as it should have been. Took me a minute to get her meaning.

Most enjoyable!

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An enchanting story with beguiling, vivid descriptions. The characters were charming and relatable, transforming over the course of the story with each new experience. They forged realistic bonds and reacted in likely ways. The tale held depth, meaning, morals, and lessons which many stories lack these days. Among those were lessons of family, confidence, caring, trust, fear, beauty, understanding, and love. It followed no preset algorithm based off what the masses wanted. But was a story of necessity. The kind which is better for one’s heart and soul, rather than the repetitious time-wasters many readers have grown to expect. There were no Jungian archetypes. Each character held depth and authenticity. There was no cookie cutter repetitive plot with superficial problems. The problems were real and believable, despite being somewhat magical. This story was a unique work displaying how the paranormal can impact real world lives. I should like to read it again soon.

Beautifully Ironic

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