Certainly that’s not true, or at least – not always true? There’s definitely more to love than that! We don’t need to be told that only pretty ones are loved, moreover – we absolutely don’t need to be told that one pretty woman’s looks can act like a spell and take true love away. We are constantly barraged with messages that we’re not beautiful enough – every woman is today. I know the author probably did not mean it that way, but having always felt one of the plainer ladies myself, it was… a little hurtful to read it. Where is companionable love, where’s soul love? Where is the rest of it? Aside from that, it makes it sound like only incredibly beautiful women are loved. The book makes it sound like physical love is pretty much all there is to it!I refuse to accept that – certainly, that’s not my experience. However, I had a few problems with this story – for example, the portrayal of love. You can feel the same style, the same passion – even though it’s an older work of hers. Had I read this book on its own though, I would probably have loved it much more – as I love nearly anything that Alice writes. That’s not necessarily bad, of course – it’s just that after having loved the movie as a young teen, it’s impossible to, well… Unsee it.
The movie has quite a few differences to the book, so if you expect the same story – forget about it. I was really excited to read Practical Magic, because I really loved the movie, but I suppose that’s what made my experience worse than it would have been, had I approached the book as a blank slate. Which wasn’t just a book – it became a beautiful movie too! In fact, that’s how I come to know this wonderful story of Alice’s – through seeing the movie when I was a child, or maybe a teen.Īnd then we waited for years, without even knowing we were waiting. Back in the 90’s when I was but a wee lass, there was Practical Magic. Check out on Goodreads Get at Book DepositoryĪs we’re nearing the release of The Rules of Magic, let’s look back to where it all began.
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