Of course, wishing can't make it so, but this little girl, an avid reader of fairy tales, believes it can. This was rather depressing and I loved it even more for that. Hoffman's genius allows the lovers to hang in suspended animation until the outside world intrudes, more threatening than the near-fatal electrical disruptions that have defined their lives. Every one had teeth and claws.” After settling near her brother in Florida, the narrator is struck by lightning. Start by marking “The Ice Queen” as Want to Read: Loved it! "The Player" (1992): Directed by Robert Altman, written by Michael Tolkin. Nancy. I was pleasantly surprised when I started reading this book. I understood that; I even applauded it. This is a love story... between two people, between family members, yes, but also between life and death. Was a bit repetitive and I skimmed a few pages but I like the authors way of seeing things. I liked the writing style of this book and the story as well....However, i feel like it wasn't for me. I found it to be very beautiful, but have to admit that I'm not sure how to convey why that was. At times I had decided I would give this book only 4 stars, but Ms. Hoffman wraps it up so superbly that I decided on adding that ultimate star.
It was an unexpected love story. It is neither erotic nor a wonderful love story as far as I'm concerned ! We have to deal with a significant amount of pain in this one as well, as a little girl who is burdened with the guilt of believing that she has caused her mother's death begins the process of learning to feel again through the cataclysmic event of getting hit by lightening when she is an adult. This is the first Alice Hoffman novel I have read and can't wait to read her other books. Overall it was interesting and good. According to a snippet from a "Times" review on the front cover, it is meant to be a wonderfully erotic love story. I've finished, but I don't want to put it away yet. I loathed this book. I have become enamored with Alice Hoffman after neglecting her books for years (I think her last two books were both exceptional). The narrator, when she is eight-years old, wishes her mother to be dead on an impulse as she is driving away on a winter evening. The "magical realism" part of it didn't seem fictional to me. The fear so well known yet so well hidden by us plays an amazing role in this story and helps the novel reach out for the reader. I write the above because if you're tempted to abandon the book before you get to the end (as I did), you'll be cheating yourself out of an amazing, meaningful, and completely touching peIf you too are slogging through this and think the author may be just a wee bit too enamored with her love for metaphor and symbols, and you think the main character is not sympathetic, but kind of a pitiable loser, then you're thinking as I did through almost the first 3/4 of this wonderful and touching novel. I love that the supernatural was introduced discretely.Well it had to happen I did not like The Ice Queen I am sorry to say it was a dark magical tale of a woman's hardships growing up with a horrible mother who abused her, unfortunately this sent triggers as I have depression & Anxiety, the woman was constantly talking about death I just had to stop I DNF due to these triggers, although miss Hoffman writes another outstanding book, it just wasn't one of my favourites of hers.Well it had to happen I did not like The Ice Queen I am sorry to say it was a dark magical tale of a woman's hardships growing up with a horrible mother who abused her, unfortunately this sent triggers as I have depression & Anxiety, the woman was constantly talking about death I just had to stop I DNF due to these triggers, although miss Hoffman writes another outstanding book, it just wasn't one of my favourites of hers.If you have experienced the kind of loss that I have experienced- and I know a lot of people have- it can nonetheless feel like no one really gets it. THE ICE QUEEN is like that.When I worked in publishing, I would often read books just out of curiosity about what the author's style was like, or what drew their fans in. But then I found this book.
I like fairy tales and this book was full of fairy tale references - the story itself is really a fairy tale. I've always found it hard to answer and so I would mention my favorite authors instead.
The "magical realism" part of it didn't seem fictional to me. The narrator, when she is eight-years old, wishes her mother to be dead on an impulse as she is driving away on a winter evening. When she learns of a local legend named Lazarus Jones, dead for 40 minutes after his own strike, she feels compelled to track him down. A magical story of passion, loss, and renewal, this work is Hoffman at her best. Wishes are brutal, unforgiving things.
I was profoundly moved my it. I write the above because if you're tempted to abandon the book before you get to the end (as I did), you'll be cheating yourself out of an amazing, meaningful, and completely touching personal journey that will totally bring you to tears. Sometimes what we think is bad though turns out for the good, and our control is illusory anyway.This book made me realise that I do believe in magic as a real thing. Non-members are limited to two results. This is a love story... between two people, between family members, yes, but also between life and death. Welcome back. Getting hit by lightening, ah what a terrible thing! I found it to be very beautiful, but have to admit that I'm not sure how to convey why that was.
About the Book - The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street: A Novel The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street: A Novel by Susan Jane Gilman Paperback Book Description Now in paperback, bestselling author Susan Jane Gilman's IndieNext Pick novel about an immigrant girl's transformation into an indomitable businesswoman in early 20th century New York.
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