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Reading Alice Hoffman is like a wonderful escape from the mundane into a magical world with a strong sense of place. She always captures me with her very first sentence. "The last major crime in the town of Verity was in 1958, when one of the Platts shot his brother in an argument over a Chevy Nomad they had bought together on time. Usually it's so quiet you can hear the strangler figs dropping their fruit on the hoods of parked cars, leaving behind pulp and tiny black seeds..." You know it's going to get even better. And it does. When I grow up, I want to be Alice Hoffman. Her interior life must be a wonderful and fantastic place. (Actually, I suspect I'm a tad bit older than Hoffman!)


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Turtle Moon Alice Hoffman 9780099429166 Books Reviews

I loved this novel. The prose was good, Plot and characters interesting, and Florida setting well described setting. People and events were realistically describe without graphic violence.
STORY BRIEF
Karen is divorced with a baby. She is on the run from her ex-husband and moves to Verity, Florida. Twelve-year-old Keith is the meanest boy in town and lives with his divorced mother Lucy. Julian is a policeman who uses dogs for police work. Julian rarely uses words and believes that bees and mosquitoes don’t sting or bite him because he is too ugly. There is a murder. Keith runs off and may be a witness.

REVIEWER’S OPINION
This book is fantastic for its unique, odd and mesmerizing characters. I loved reading about these odd people, but as a story, there were too many unanswered questions and too much sadness for me. Throughout the book, too many people lose loved ones. The worst part of the book was the death of a character at the end. Two days after reading the book, I was still grieving. Why must great authors do this? Why do authors want to depress their readers? On balance, I do recommend the book, but only if you think you can handle the sadness at the end.

Please see VB's comment at the end of this review for some excellent points.

CAUTION SPOILERS
Some of the things I liked about the book follow. I loved Julian’s and Lucy’s odd relationship. I’ve never seen anything like it. They never talked or acknowledged it. Julian always assumed she would leave him because he was ugly or for some other reason. I was intrigued that he was attracted to her because she was lying. I loved the way Julian just looked at the high school yearbook pictures of two people and could tell much about them, and he was right. I loved Julian’s oddities and perception. I loved the relationships between a boy and a baby, and also between the boy and a dog.

I did not like that there were so many unanswered questions. Why did Karen leave her husband? What was so bad about him? Why did his parents want the baby so badly? Why was Lucy unhappy with a far away look in her high school yearbook picture? Why did she leave Evan and New York? Why didn’t she and Keith ever get along? Why did Julian decide not to pursue the man who had hired the kidnapper? I assume it was to keep the boy from having to testify. I could be wrong. The story around the character Angel was vague, confusing, and incomplete - especially his interaction with Shannon. That was so confusing that I’m not sure what my questions are. I’d be more willing to accept all the unanswered questions if the ending had been happier.

DATA
Narrative mode 3rd person. Story length 275 pages. Swearing language moderate to strong. Sexual language none to mild. Number of sex scenes 2. Total number of sex scene pages 3. Setting unspecified time, think 1980s, Florida and New York. Copyright 1992. Genre human relationships fiction with mystery and romance.
For me to give five stars it has to be a book that shouldn’t end; a book I can’t stop thinking about; a book that makes me cry. This is such a book. With an economy of prose, each word means something and each word is chosen with care so the reader knows exactly what to feel for her characters. Hoffman is an incredibly talented writer and takes the story of a handful of people, intertwines their lives and crafts a story so the meaning of life will never be the same.
A really great book that IS fast paced, something IS always happening. The characters are very different and full of interesting feelings. Kind of not like most people. The happenings that occur in their lives are strange and very interesting.. You won't want to stop reading.
One of the most beautiful and haunting books I’ve ever read. I reread it several times a year. I can feel the sweltering heat of Verity and the cool, lush green of the north. I see a small, secret part of me in every character. Should be included on any 100 books to read list. You won’t regret a moment of time spent here.
As usual Hoffman delivers a gorgeous novel of mystery and depth. I loved the story of the mothers' community in Florida, hiding from ex-husbands.
Turtle Moon is an unraveling of what happened one sultry night in a Florida Apartment Complex when someone was murdered. A troubled boy goes on the run with the baby as the mother attempts to piece together what happened.
Great reading!
Kind of a divergence for Alice Hoffman in that 'Turtle Moon" is somewhat of a mystery – nearly a who-done-it. Fun for that reason and with deliciously complex and human characters in a series of challenging situations that are the meat of a good thriller. And the story's descent into the realm of the supernatural seems utterly believable and adds a wonderful element of pathos to the tale. Nothing like an unhappy ghost looking for closure to touch the heart of the reader. And Hoffman's description of the unbearably thick and oppressive heat of a Florida May makes me endlessly glad I live in the Pacific Northwest.
Reading Alice Hoffman is like a wonderful escape from the mundane into a magical world with a strong sense of place. She always captures me with her very first sentence. "The last major crime in the town of Verity was in 1958, when one of the Platts shot his brother in an argument over a Chevy Nomad they had bought together on time. Usually it's so quiet you can hear the strangler figs dropping their fruit on the hoods of parked cars, leaving behind pulp and tiny black seeds..." You know it's going to get even better. And it does. When I grow up, I want to be Alice Hoffman. Her interior life must be a wonderful and fantastic place. (Actually, I suspect I'm a tad bit older than Hoffman!)