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The Museum of Extraordinary Things

Alice Hoffman

Hardcover | Pages: 368 pages

Rating: 3.74 | 44142 Users | 5662 Reviews

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Original Title:	The Museum of Extraordinary Things
ISBN:	1451693567 (ISBN13: 9781451693560)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	New York City, New York(United States) Coney Island, New York(United States) Greenwich Village, New York City, New York(United States) …more Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York(United States) …less
Literary Awards:	Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2014)

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Coralie Sardie is the daughter of the sinister impresario behind The Museum of Extraordinary Things, a Coney Island boardwalk freak show that thrills the masses. An exceptional swimmer, Coralie appears as the Mermaid in her father’s “museum,” alongside performers like the Wolfman, the Butterfly Girl, and a one-hundred-year-old turtle. One night Coralie stumbles upon a striking young man taking pictures of moonlit trees in the woods off the Hudson River. The dashing photographer is Eddie Cohen, a Russian immigrant who has run away from his father’s Lower East Side Orthodox community and his job as a tailor’s apprentice. When Eddie photographs the devastation on the streets of New York following the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, he becomes embroiled in the suspicious mystery behind a young woman’s disappearance and ignites the heart of Coralie.

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Title	:	The Museum of Extraordinary Things
Author	:	Alice Hoffman
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 368 pages
Published	:	February 18th 2014 by Scribner
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Fantasy. Magical Realism. Romance. Adult Fiction

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I love Alice Hoffman. I just think I've read too many "quirky freak show/circus people in fantasy or alt-worlds" lately. Or just in my life. This is a nice book though, the writing is lovely as always, I just felt like the ending didn't kind of live up to the beginning somehow? It felt rushed. Basically this book reminded me of the Night Circus a lot, which I loved more and read too close to this, so there's probably that that's making me circumstantially biased. It's a very nice book! And I'm

This is my first Hoffman book. I had no interest in her earlier works, haven't yet read Dovekeepers (on my list), but was intrigued by this story. I'm from Long Island and grew up with Coney Island and its mythic shadow. So I'm coming at this reading as sort of a Hoffman virgin. And the book for me was well done enough that I enjoyed it and want to read Dovekeepers for sure.What worked and didn't work? I guess from a fellow writer's pov, I know how hard it was for her to accomplish all she did.

This book took forever. In fact I think it sort-off cause a reading slump.Firstly I have to say that this was a new genre for me, and judging by this book one I'll never read again. I just couldn't get myself to care about the History in this book. Yes it was horrific, yes it was hart breaking, but it just never spoke to me. The writing was beautiful, although very repetitive at stages. And this dragged the story out just that extra bit to much for me. It felt like nothing happened in a few

Two words horribly disappointing. I'd be really relieved if Alice Hoffman stepped up to say she was busy cataloguing her library of obscure Latin books on topography and so paid someone else to write this novel for her. Because that's how unlike Hoffman's usual books, this latest offering is. This novel contains none of her signature lyrical sentences and not one character you can admire or understand. There is nothing whimsical here, no brooding relationship; it is not a story you wish you

4.5 StarsThe Museum of Extraordinary Things tells the dual tale of Coralie and Eddie. Coralie's father owns The Museum of Extraordinary Things, located near the historical Dreamland amusement park on Coney Island, Brooklyn, in 1911. Coralie was born with webbed fingers and has to pose as 'human mermaid' in the museum. Eddie is running away from an Orthodox Jewish lifestyle and is a photographer. Coralie and Eddie's lives become intertwined the same year as the Shirtwaist Factory Fire and the

Two confessions:1. My first Alice Hoffman book2. I was concerned I would constantly compare it to Night CircusSo, having finished the book I:1. I want to read more Alice Hoffman2. What Circus??Dont get me wrong I loved Night Circus but for different reasons. Coralie and Eddies stories kept me equally enthralled as these two young people each struggled to find their own way in the world despite and because of their families and backgrounds. I thought the ties to historical events were well

I bought this on impulse and wish I hadn't.While at times the writing the lovely, I found the subject matter distressing.An ex magician runs a museum of "natural wonders" on Coney island, he's a vile and disgusting man who exploits everyone who works for him including his daughter.There are so many ugly things in this book, parents who sell children, vulnerable people who are exploited, cruelty to animals, the cruelty of people to each other. The book also contains lengthy descriptions of two