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Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman

16 reviews

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

zannayo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Car accident, and Death of parent

corinnereads7's review against another edition

dnf, felt quite sexist. too cheesy and unrealistic with the romances while shallow with the relationships between the Owens women/girls. focuses intensely on how hot they are, including the 13 year old girl who has a glow-up when her hair is dyed blonde and then is immediately abandoned by her male best friend because he’s too attracted to her or something? and instead of writing him off as an asshole and getting better friends, she bakes him his favorite cake. she’s then chased across a cornfield by grown men whose graphic thoughts about a CHILD the author kindly details for us. gross.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

atlanticgiantpumpkin's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

As an autistic woman, I spent a lot of the book thinking “Is this actually how people think?” Because everything was very exaggerated.  I do feel like it went on a bit at times giving unnecessary details, but it was wonderful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual violence, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

At one point, one of the girls is chased down in a field by men trying to rape her.

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

dark hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I just finished rereading this, and I have to admit it’s been awhile since I’ve read it - simply because I don’t really reread books. 

This is a book I’ve long considered one of my all time favorites, but I think that honor may be given to Magic Lessons (which is part of this series, and tells the story of Maria Owens). 

BUT, this book is still great... I just think Alice Hoffman has perfected telling the stories of the Owens women the farther she gets into the series. I cannot wait for the final installment (The Book of Magic) to come out later this year.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Child death

kimberlybetweenstanzas's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Sexual assault

Minor: Sexual content and Stalking