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The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman

7 reviews

siriface's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, Violence, and Murder

librarymouse's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

The Museum of Extraordinary Things was one of my favorite books as a teenager. I reread it recently to see if it's still holds up. I didn't remember Coralie being so religious as a child, though it tracks with the conservatism forced upon her by her father.

I didn't remember how it ended when I went into the book. I read another review or somebody said that the epilogue ruined it for them, but I think that might be the nicest way that Alice Hoffman could have tied up the loose ends. All Coralie ever wanted was to live a normal life. What she got was a normal life that she did not have to change herself to achieve, a husband who loves her, and a skill in fiber crafting that the part of herself she'd considered a deformity makes her exceptional at. I wish Maureen the world and then some. She's a wonderful character throughout the novel, but to know that she came to the professor beautiful and unscarred, and then stayed to raise Coralie after professor threw acid in her face makes her all the stronger mother figure, regardless of whether or not Coralie is biologically hers. I am glad for the implications in the epilogue that Eddie reconnected with his father and to some extent his religion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Minor: Genocide

shoham's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.25

I liked all of it, it was wonderful! And then... The ending came to ruin it all. I listened to it on audiobook and I was fucking devastated.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Misogyny, Self harm, Slavery, Transphobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Alcohol

and this is clearly a very weird book, so beware of that

joensign's review

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Gaslighting, and Classism

Minor: Drug use, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

meg_elyse's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Antisemitism, and Alcohol

Minor: Pedophilia, Kidnapping, and Murder

georgiesutton's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I felt like the extensive use of italic font really took away from my experience reading this book. It made it hard to get into and made me not want to pick it up as much despite being somewhat invested in the storyline. I did find the romance element a bit unfounded (even though that’s the point), it just wasn’t as believable. I did like this book but wish I’d gone for the audio book instead. 

The title drew me in but it was too character heavy for me with the plot switching tenses and timelines in a way that did not add to the storyline and I just wish it had given me a bit more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Antisemitism, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal death

guinevere_s1994's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

I enjoyed this book. Which surprised me because after reading practical magic and being a bit disappointed (its my favourite film) I was expecting to dislike it . This book had a few sad moments but I really cared about their characters and wanted to find out what happened to them. It was easy enough to read, a nice slow pace which I needed after reading a book that was much more action and speed. With my last book I had to take regular breaks to digest everything that happened but with this I could sit and read it for a few chapters and not feel tired which was nice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, and Antisemitism