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A much softer side of Tim. I love every song listen times a day very relaxing. One person found this helpful. Sound pretty much the same as his other albums.
Nothing special. Great Album one of the best county albums of See all reviews. Top reviews from other countries. Good singing. Good album. In the early days of Tim McGraw's career, I thought some of his songs were ok but I was not overly impressed and not much of a fan.
That changed with his release Southern Voice and I have been a fan ever since. For me I think the songs were stronger on that and on subsequent releases.
This is another very good album with strong songs and strong vocals. It is a really good listen from start to finish.
Nothing to skip over. If you are a Tim McGraw fan, I think you will enjoy this one and if you just like good country music with good songs you might well do so.
Not traditional country but Tim McGraw never was. His best? Maybe not but that is a matter of subjectivity like any review.
I think it one of his best. I really like the songs and the performances. It is an album with a relaxed vibe that draws you in. Good album,. I must say I loved this release, his best output from the era, looks like he's back on track.
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Sheryl Crow. Not From California. Hold You Tonight. If I Was A Cowboy. War Of Art. There are several storylines going on in this book and they entwine easily and beautifully.
Hoffman very talentedly makes you both hate and empathize with most of the characters, and she never truly distinguishes a "hero" or a "villain. View 2 comments.
Oct 25, Alayna rated it it was ok. Parts of this book were very good - it sort of wraps you into this small town, nostalgic way of life, that I really appreciated.
I just am not convinced, can I say that I didn't really like the turns the characters took, and I didn't really feel the characterization very much.
They were more stereotyped and superficial than I could fully get behind. Not all of the characters were developed in such a way that I really believed it Also, some of the descriptions esp.
I liked it, but if it were candy it would be too sugary sweet, it left that sort of taste Apr 06, Virginia rated it did not like it.
This quite possibly rates the worst book I have ever read. The characters range from stupid to hedonistic The only reason I finished was that I hated the main character so much, I was hoping to read of his undoing.
I did briefly believe that either the friend Susie or the daughter Gwen would make this a much more enjoyable book by putting Hollis in his place, but alas that happens quite anti-climatically with him destroying himself, and they end the book not as near as strong characters as could This quite possibly rates the worst book I have ever read.
I did briefly believe that either the friend Susie or the daughter Gwen would make this a much more enjoyable book by putting Hollis in his place, but alas that happens quite anti-climatically with him destroying himself, and they end the book not as near as strong characters as could have been made of them.
I guess I'm supposed to believe I am reading into the mind of a battered woman and her abuser, but I had a tough time believing that a successful woman with a very loving husband would give all that up for such a relationship.
Also everyone around turns a blind eye to this woman's suffering, which I found totally irritating. I honestly have never been so mad at myself for reading a book.
Hope this review helps someone else to decide to pass on it. Forgot to mention that it is rife with the 'F' word and disgusting sex scenes.
Shelves: romance. This was a quick read for me. A scary portrayal of infatuation, fear and love. A sad portrayal of what happens when someone loves 2 people.
I really like the character, Gwen - I thought she was a great representative for teenagers. Jul 13, Elle rated it it was amazing. She's full of fanciful quirk -- not the harsh, dry quirk of carefully selected oddness, but a more delightful whimsy that seems to spring straight from the emotional side of nature.
Okay, okay -- I saw her setting the climax Okay Okay, okay -- I saw her setting the climax up a mile away For shame!
So we all know that endings are the hardest part, and for a book this wonderful, okay, I can't help loving the book anyway, but GOSH DARN IT, you just don't skip such a critical juncture in the book, especially when you've been hopping in and out of that character's POV for the entirety of the novel.
There's just no excuse for that. Oh, speaking of POV, I really loved the way that the narrative effortlessly hops in and out of the entire town's POVs, without losing the reader's comprehension or interest.
Flawlessly done, and most engaging and enjoyable! I think I'll buy it for my collection. Jun 03, Victoria rated it it was ok. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers.
To view it, click here. Unfortunately, this is the first Alice Hoffman novel I read I only forged ahead to a couple of her other works through encouragement from my aunt.
At first the book seemed slightly promising; a woman and her daughter returning to a childhood home that holds a lot of memories.
But very quickly, I realized I really didn't like March. She seemed whiny, indecisive, and just very lost in general.
And then, as soon as we started getting the picture on Hollis, the bad taste in my mouth got worse. An d Unfortunately, this is the first Alice Hoffman novel I read An dark, suave, but highly abusive, insecure, and often downright nasty man?
And March is still passionately in love with this guy? Their relationship grew more and more painful to read, culminating in it being downright revolting.
I was horrified at the terrible damage that March's stupidity had inflicted on her daughter and others in the town by the end, and her revelation at the end had no meaning because of how sudden and utterly obvious it was.
As is usual with these books, there are one or two redeeming characters that keep the book from becoming truly awful.
March's savvy teenage daughter Gwen, who sees everything her mother blindly ignores, is one of them. The bond she forms with the horse and her relationship with the gentle Hank, another redeeming character, are sweet.
Otherwise, this book felt like one skewed moral after another. Recognize this story? Wealthy father brings home street urchin, sister likes him, brother not so much.
Already damaged by life on the streets and experience in juvie, he is pushed over the edge by the brother's rough treatment.
Obsessed with acquisitiveness, he takes off for parts unknown, makes his fortune, and returns to buy up everything that belongs to those who've annoyed him.
If you guessed Wuthering Heights, you'd be correct - one reviewer drew that comparison, and rather gushingly. This b Recognize this story?
This book asks the question, "What might have happened if Heathcliff had gotten the girl back? The writing is so focused on advancing the action and getting everyone through their required scenes that the author fails to develop strong characters.
It was difficult to understand what made them tick; themes of consuming love, betrayal, second chances, and family dysfunction were all there, but left me unmoved.
I got the theory, but couldn't buy into the result. Perhaps it's no surprise - you just can't squeeze Bronte into big-print pages and achieve the same depth.
Readable, but disappointing. Aug 27, Ashleigh rated it it was ok. I really wanted to like this book but try as I might, I couldn't find very many redeeming qualities in it.
Both the setting and the characters were stereotyped and cliched and I had a difficult time taking the novel very seriously.
It was set in a stereotypical small town with very predicable characters such as the outcast, the gossip,and the recluse.
As far as fiction goes, this novel brought nothing new to the genre and only succeeded in boring me with shallow characters who had no qualities t I really wanted to like this book but try as I might, I couldn't find very many redeeming qualities in it.
As far as fiction goes, this novel brought nothing new to the genre and only succeeded in boring me with shallow characters who had no qualities that made me feel strongly about them.
The author did not delve much into character history which made her characters even less appealing then they would have been had she focused more of her attention on their pasts.
Here on Earth could have been a powerful novel about domestic issues and small town affairs but because it lacked good characterization and contained far too many cliches and stereotypes, it won't be on my list of recommended reads.
Oct 02, Debbie rated it it was amazing. Holy smokes. I suspect those readers are not familiar enough with her writing style, her sprinklings of magic, her crystalline words.
I was not sure where this book was headed-which is a very good thing- because it slowly unfolds. It is a story of obsession and weaknesses and choices.
My favorite character? Alice Hoffman has written a new version of Wuthering Heights , this time set in a remote, modern day New England village.
Hollis is the dark-eyed orphan heartthrob brought into the Murray household. March is the spitfire who falls insanely in love with Hollis and he returns the favor.
Alan is March's slimy brother who persecutes Hollis. Many readers have observed that Wuthering Heights's story of mad love is a bit over the top.
Yet in Hoffman's version, Hollis and March's intense, life-long romance is perfectly credible. Dec 18, Anita rated it liked it. Although this is a good read, it is a somewhat odd book.
It deals the underside of "love" - in this case, obsession, control and abuse. This is the mother's story.
The daughter's story deals with redemptive of qualities of love. And other supporting characters demonstrate other sides of love: selfless love, forbidden love and disappointed love.
As I write this, I realize I should have liked this book much more than I did, given the themes. The problem may be that the primary character - the moth Although this is a good read, it is a somewhat odd book.
The problem may be that the primary character - the mother - is not someone you actually connect with or root for. Apr 19, Rebecca McNutt rated it did not like it Shelves: romance.
I wasn't expecting much from this book to begin with, but my god, this was so bad! It had no creativity or originality; it was so generic it wasn't even funny.
And the dialogue all sounded choppy, forced and artificial. The characters were totally unmemorable, there was very little imagery and it dragged on at many parts.
For me, one of those is Wuthering Heights retellings. Naturally, I found this book, saw it was a retelling of one of my favorite novels, and aggressively hit the mouse button to put it on my TBR.
Her descriptions of the quaint, fictional New England town of Jenkintown, Massachusetts were so descriptive and evocative of an idyllic fall on the East Coast that it made me want to move back East and experience fall in an area where they experience actual seasons.
Besides those elements, it was all downhill from there, children. All downhill. Oprah, Are You Okay?
What I gather about her selections is that they deal with a lot of heavy issues and are books that are designed to make you seriously think about important social topics.
Frankly put, this book is a literary bodice ripper. This book is so anti-Oprah Book Club that part of me wonders how she ever wound up making the decision to include this in her prestigious club.
The poor editing and numerous grammatical errors also added to the puzzle that was how this book managed to snag a spot.
This book is no exception. For example, Heathcliff is an orphan foundling boy that Mr. Earnshaw finds wandering, brings home, and just makes him part of the family.
Alice Hoffman decided to just straight up twin and have her version of Mr. Murray do the same thing: he just finds Hollis, brings him home, and he just… becomes a part of the family like that.
No, honey child. No one in their right mind would be able to get away with this kind of nonsense. And nobody in the town bats an eye at that?
And their relationship in and of itself is illegal in the state of Massachusetts and punishable by up to 20 years in jail? Purple Rain: The prose in this book is so purple.
If it were any more purple Barney the Dinosaur would have competition. Dale had insisted he take a shower each day, but also of some other scorching scent, which March would later come to believe was anger.
Stupid and Vicious and Cruel: Wuthering Heights is a book about vicious and cruel people who are vicious and cruel to everyone around them.
Hoffman not only took that element and ran with it, she plunged off a cliff with it and ended up face planting in the process. And she made Hollis her Heathcliff , an absolute monster.
He manipulate her daughter, Gwen, into agreeing to get her mother to move in with him at his house where he leaves her completely isolated. She was just as tempestuous and temperamental as Heathcliff was, and she would have fought back.
March just becomes a submissive shell, leaving behind all the characteristics and traits that made her literary counterpart mean something.
May 02, Nikita T. Mitchell rated it it was amazing Shelves: forever-faves. I must say that I am in love with this book.
It has made it to the top of my must read list for others of course. I have read a lot of reviews online of the book - there are tons since it was an Oprah Book Club selection.
Let me just say that I read it in highschool and strongly disliked it - its not nice to say hated, you know.
I must admit it seems like Hoffman stole some of her basic plot from I must say that I am in love with this book. So for those of you who have some time on your hands, pick this book up.
And if you have read the "classic" Wuthering Heights let me know if you think they both have the same appeal. If you haven't read it, don't waste your time.
Apr 27, Sandra marked it as given-up. DNF at page This is a modern version of Wuthering Heights. I liked Wuthering Heights but I didn't love it.
I'm glad I read it because it is a different classic, and a different romance. The fact that I buddy read it helped a lot.
Now, I don't think I can't go through this again. I disliked every minute I spent with this book. Maybe she is not my type of author. I still have some by her in my TBR.
Let's see. Jan 02, Kristen rated it it was amazing. I had a strong emotional reaction to the book even before I found out it was based on Wuthering Heights, one of my obsessions.
When March Murray returns to her hometown after some 15 years, she alternately dreads and craves a reunion with her childhood sweetheart.
Hollis, now a wealthy and darkly handsome man, knows it's only a matter of time before she comes to him. When the two reunite, despite March's husband and daughter, they descend into a twisted and passionate relationship that might destroy them both.
Complicating things are Hank, the son of Hollis's enemy whom he's raised since infancy, and Gwen, March's 15 year old daughter. The two teens fall in love, though their relationship is far healthier and sweeter than the older generation.
Hollis was "adopted" by March's father, a respected attorney, and terrorized by Alan, her wastrel brother. When Mr. Murray dies, Alan relegates Hollis to the attic and treats him like an untouchable.
It's this horrible youth that hardens an already stoic nature, and Hollis grows into a bitter, angry man who sleeps with half the townswomen and smothers March with his sick love.
Will she give him a well-deserved kick in the ass? Will Hollis actually change for the better? Will Gwen and Hank run away together?
No to every question. That's why this book, and Wuthering Heights, are so emotionally devastating. Characters never achieve happiness or transformation.
What March believes is love with Hollis is simply nostalgia for the boy she loved as a girl, and his brand of love is nothing but desperation to dominate the woman who got away.
Why does March believe she loves Hollis? He was there when she was an eleven year old kid and was mistreated by her brother.
She saw a hurt and terrorized "bad boy," mysterious and aloof. He was her first lover and they left each other as teens before she could ever realize just how unhealthy and villainous he really is, which is why she still retains an attachment to him.
Hollis is incapable of love, but he is very much capable of possessiveness and lust. March was the one that got away, the girl who loved and petted him through his horrific childhood, and ultimately chose another man.
He wants to own her and disdains not only her friends, but her daughter. His warped selfishness is evident when he tells March, after they meet again for the first time, that "that baby" was more important to her than he was.
Correct, sir. The only kindness we see on Hollis's part is his adoption of Hank, Alan's son, after Alan falls into alcoholism after his wife dies in a fire.
Hollis feeds and provides for Hank, though he certainly never cuddles or praises him, and Hank is the only one to mourn when the book reaches an inevitably pitiful conclusion.
Hoffman is an adept storyteller, weaving beautiful descriptions, ripe emotions, and superstition together masterfully. Character development has never been her strong point, I don't believe, especially when she writes a novel of modest length Second Nature, another novel, is a good example of this , but this is not a glaring problem with Here on Earth.
You do get snippets and pieces of the characters that make them seem alive, but never a deep sense of who they really are and therefore, it can make you especially disdainful of their bad decisions and faults.
The setting here is charming, as her settings usually are, and I so enjoy her descriptions of nature and the locales of the town.
Hoffman loves magic and superstition, she seems to relish throwing in tidbits about midwives or what townspeople think cures this and that, and tying knots to secure a man's love, and how to make a child stop crying, et cetera, et cetera.
It all makes for a magical experience and you wonder if there really could be places like the ones in her books. I love this book, I really do.
I don't understand why I love it so much, along with Wuthering Heights, but this story speaks to something in me, as well as to many others.
I give it 5 stars! Sep 18, Alex Wells rated it really liked it Shelves: mythic-fiction , dark-romance. I'm a big fan of Alice Hoffman, especially when her books veer into the magical or the mythic, in books like Practical Magic or the Ice Queen.
But even when her characters aren't blatantly magical, her stories have a mythic, and even allegorical quality, that I love. This is true of Here On Earth, which is the Bluebeardian story of a woman who comes back home and revisits the desperate love affair of her childhood.
This book gives the first impression of being a romance, but it doesn't take long I'm a big fan of Alice Hoffman, especially when her books veer into the magical or the mythic, in books like Practical Magic or the Ice Queen.
This book gives the first impression of being a romance, but it doesn't take long before the dark, haunted aspects of the characters and the story warn the reader that something isn't quite right.
What started out as a tale of two lovers against the world begins to look more like a consuming and violent power struggle, or perhaps a dark fairy tale where the heroine falls asleep in the den of a monster and we're desperately hoping she'll wake up in time.
Hoffman adds further drama and interest by dragging the main character's teenage daughter along for the ride. Her daughter's transformation from sulky teen to awakened young woman, and her ability to save herself from the destruction her mother seems to be heading toward, is one of the blessings of this book.
Beautiful treatment of some familiar themes: "coming home" and "abusive relationships". March Murray returns to her childhood home when the woman who was her caretaker - nanny, housekeeper, cook - dies.
Judith Dale took over when March's mother died when March was very young, and stayed in the family house after the Murray family had all left it, by permission.
March is here in Jenkintown, on the east coast, with her teenage daughter Gwen, to attend the funeral and to attend to Judith's remainin Beautiful treatment of some familiar themes: "coming home" and "abusive relationships".
March is here in Jenkintown, on the east coast, with her teenage daughter Gwen, to attend the funeral and to attend to Judith's remaining possessions.
March's husband Richard did not come along. He has many classes and field trips to manage. He did, however, grow up here too, and has reason to be concerned about Marsh's trip.
When March was small, her father arrived one day with a boy a few years older than she, Hollis, who had apparently been scraping out a living on his own.
He was in pretty bad shape and had little experience with a normal life. March's father simply announced that Hollis was one of the family now.
Unfortunately, not everyone in the family was happy to include him. March's older brother Alan feels a great deal of resentment at this intruder and never fails to find ways to remind Hollis that he is not really a member of the family.
March, on the other hand, becomes quite fond of Hollis. As she grows older, she becomes more than fond. There is a quality about Hollis that draws her irresistibly, and he is similarly drawn to her.
Their relationship becomes so intense that March manages to miss a lot of the rest of her life. She spends her time either with Hollis or thinking about him.
But it isn't all happy sailing. There comes a time when Hollis demands March's attention in a way that irritates her and she tells him to go away.
He does. And he does not come back. Eventually March goes on with her life but she secretly carries around her love for Hollis and knows she can never love anyone else the same way.
Now it is nineteen years since she has set foot in this town and she knows Hollis is here, living here, still.
She tells herself she will not see him but others know better. Hollis himself waits, knowing she will come to him. By this time Hollis has become a rich man and owns half the town.
He has been married once, but that wife died. He lives with Alan's son, whom he has "adopted" after Alan took to drink and failed to care for the boy.
Hollis may be able to buy out anyone else in the town but he's not well liked, except by the women he lets in from time to time.
What happens when March and Hollis finally meet? Where does it lead? The romance of the century turns out to be different "here on earth" than it was in fantasy.
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I love every song listen times a day very relaxing. One person found this helpful. Sound pretty much the same as his other albums.
Nothing special. Great Album one of the best county albums of See all reviews. Top reviews from other countries. Good singing.
Good album. In the early days of Tim McGraw's career, I thought some of his songs were ok but I was not overly impressed and not much of a fan.
That changed with his release Southern Voice and I have been a fan ever since. For me I think the songs were stronger on that and on subsequent releases.
This is another very good album with strong songs and strong vocals. It is a really good listen from start to finish.
Nothing to skip over. If you are a Tim McGraw fan, I think you will enjoy this one and if you just like good country music with good songs you might well do so.
Not traditional country but Tim McGraw never was. His best? Maybe not but that is a matter of subjectivity like any review. I think it one of his best.
I really like the songs and the performances. It is an album with a relaxed vibe that draws you in. Good album,.
I must say I loved this release, his best output from the era, looks like he's back on track. I will even forgive him his array with an orchestra.
Report abuse. Lovely music, a joy to listen to. Delivered early, lovely surprise for me. Once again love the CD. Loved all the tracks and so pleased I made the purchase.
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Learn more about Amazon Prime. This book asks the question, "What might have happened if Heathcliff had gotten the girl back? The writing is so focused on advancing the action and getting everyone through their required scenes that the author fails to develop strong characters.
It was difficult to understand what made them tick; themes of consuming love, betrayal, second chances, and family dysfunction were all there, but left me unmoved.
I got the theory, but couldn't buy into the result. Perhaps it's no surprise - you just can't squeeze Bronte into big-print pages and achieve the same depth.
Readable, but disappointing. Aug 27, Ashleigh rated it it was ok. I really wanted to like this book but try as I might, I couldn't find very many redeeming qualities in it.
Both the setting and the characters were stereotyped and cliched and I had a difficult time taking the novel very seriously.
It was set in a stereotypical small town with very predicable characters such as the outcast, the gossip,and the recluse.
As far as fiction goes, this novel brought nothing new to the genre and only succeeded in boring me with shallow characters who had no qualities t I really wanted to like this book but try as I might, I couldn't find very many redeeming qualities in it.
As far as fiction goes, this novel brought nothing new to the genre and only succeeded in boring me with shallow characters who had no qualities that made me feel strongly about them.
The author did not delve much into character history which made her characters even less appealing then they would have been had she focused more of her attention on their pasts.
Here on Earth could have been a powerful novel about domestic issues and small town affairs but because it lacked good characterization and contained far too many cliches and stereotypes, it won't be on my list of recommended reads.
Oct 02, Debbie rated it it was amazing. Holy smokes. I suspect those readers are not familiar enough with her writing style, her sprinklings of magic, her crystalline words.
I was not sure where this book was headed-which is a very good thing- because it slowly unfolds. It is a story of obsession and weaknesses and choices.
My favorite character? Alice Hoffman has written a new version of Wuthering Heights , this time set in a remote, modern day New England village.
Hollis is the dark-eyed orphan heartthrob brought into the Murray household. March is the spitfire who falls insanely in love with Hollis and he returns the favor.
Alan is March's slimy brother who persecutes Hollis. Many readers have observed that Wuthering Heights's story of mad love is a bit over the top.
Yet in Hoffman's version, Hollis and March's intense, life-long romance is perfectly credible. Dec 18, Anita rated it liked it. Although this is a good read, it is a somewhat odd book.
It deals the underside of "love" - in this case, obsession, control and abuse. This is the mother's story.
The daughter's story deals with redemptive of qualities of love. And other supporting characters demonstrate other sides of love: selfless love, forbidden love and disappointed love.
As I write this, I realize I should have liked this book much more than I did, given the themes. The problem may be that the primary character - the moth Although this is a good read, it is a somewhat odd book.
The problem may be that the primary character - the mother - is not someone you actually connect with or root for.
Apr 19, Rebecca McNutt rated it did not like it Shelves: romance. I wasn't expecting much from this book to begin with, but my god, this was so bad!
It had no creativity or originality; it was so generic it wasn't even funny. And the dialogue all sounded choppy, forced and artificial.
The characters were totally unmemorable, there was very little imagery and it dragged on at many parts. For me, one of those is Wuthering Heights retellings.
Naturally, I found this book, saw it was a retelling of one of my favorite novels, and aggressively hit the mouse button to put it on my TBR.
Her descriptions of the quaint, fictional New England town of Jenkintown, Massachusetts were so descriptive and evocative of an idyllic fall on the East Coast that it made me want to move back East and experience fall in an area where they experience actual seasons.
Besides those elements, it was all downhill from there, children. All downhill. Oprah, Are You Okay? What I gather about her selections is that they deal with a lot of heavy issues and are books that are designed to make you seriously think about important social topics.
Frankly put, this book is a literary bodice ripper. This book is so anti-Oprah Book Club that part of me wonders how she ever wound up making the decision to include this in her prestigious club.
The poor editing and numerous grammatical errors also added to the puzzle that was how this book managed to snag a spot. This book is no exception.
For example, Heathcliff is an orphan foundling boy that Mr. Earnshaw finds wandering, brings home, and just makes him part of the family. Alice Hoffman decided to just straight up twin and have her version of Mr.
Murray do the same thing: he just finds Hollis, brings him home, and he just… becomes a part of the family like that.
No, honey child. No one in their right mind would be able to get away with this kind of nonsense.
And nobody in the town bats an eye at that? And their relationship in and of itself is illegal in the state of Massachusetts and punishable by up to 20 years in jail?
Purple Rain: The prose in this book is so purple. If it were any more purple Barney the Dinosaur would have competition. Dale had insisted he take a shower each day, but also of some other scorching scent, which March would later come to believe was anger.
Stupid and Vicious and Cruel: Wuthering Heights is a book about vicious and cruel people who are vicious and cruel to everyone around them.
Hoffman not only took that element and ran with it, she plunged off a cliff with it and ended up face planting in the process. And she made Hollis her Heathcliff , an absolute monster.
He manipulate her daughter, Gwen, into agreeing to get her mother to move in with him at his house where he leaves her completely isolated.
She was just as tempestuous and temperamental as Heathcliff was, and she would have fought back. March just becomes a submissive shell, leaving behind all the characteristics and traits that made her literary counterpart mean something.
May 02, Nikita T. Mitchell rated it it was amazing Shelves: forever-faves. I must say that I am in love with this book.
It has made it to the top of my must read list for others of course. I have read a lot of reviews online of the book - there are tons since it was an Oprah Book Club selection.
Let me just say that I read it in highschool and strongly disliked it - its not nice to say hated, you know. I must admit it seems like Hoffman stole some of her basic plot from I must say that I am in love with this book.
So for those of you who have some time on your hands, pick this book up. And if you have read the "classic" Wuthering Heights let me know if you think they both have the same appeal.
If you haven't read it, don't waste your time. Apr 27, Sandra marked it as given-up. DNF at page This is a modern version of Wuthering Heights.
I liked Wuthering Heights but I didn't love it. I'm glad I read it because it is a different classic, and a different romance.
The fact that I buddy read it helped a lot. Now, I don't think I can't go through this again. I disliked every minute I spent with this book.
Maybe she is not my type of author. I still have some by her in my TBR. Let's see. Jan 02, Kristen rated it it was amazing. I had a strong emotional reaction to the book even before I found out it was based on Wuthering Heights, one of my obsessions.
When March Murray returns to her hometown after some 15 years, she alternately dreads and craves a reunion with her childhood sweetheart.
Hollis, now a wealthy and darkly handsome man, knows it's only a matter of time before she comes to him. When the two reunite, despite March's husband and daughter, they descend into a twisted and passionate relationship that might destroy them both.
Complicating things are Hank, the son of Hollis's enemy whom he's raised since infancy, and Gwen, March's 15 year old daughter.
The two teens fall in love, though their relationship is far healthier and sweeter than the older generation.
Hollis was "adopted" by March's father, a respected attorney, and terrorized by Alan, her wastrel brother. When Mr. Murray dies, Alan relegates Hollis to the attic and treats him like an untouchable.
It's this horrible youth that hardens an already stoic nature, and Hollis grows into a bitter, angry man who sleeps with half the townswomen and smothers March with his sick love.
Will she give him a well-deserved kick in the ass? Will Hollis actually change for the better? Will Gwen and Hank run away together?
No to every question. That's why this book, and Wuthering Heights, are so emotionally devastating. Characters never achieve happiness or transformation.
What March believes is love with Hollis is simply nostalgia for the boy she loved as a girl, and his brand of love is nothing but desperation to dominate the woman who got away.
Why does March believe she loves Hollis? He was there when she was an eleven year old kid and was mistreated by her brother.
She saw a hurt and terrorized "bad boy," mysterious and aloof. He was her first lover and they left each other as teens before she could ever realize just how unhealthy and villainous he really is, which is why she still retains an attachment to him.
Hollis is incapable of love, but he is very much capable of possessiveness and lust. March was the one that got away, the girl who loved and petted him through his horrific childhood, and ultimately chose another man.
He wants to own her and disdains not only her friends, but her daughter. His warped selfishness is evident when he tells March, after they meet again for the first time, that "that baby" was more important to her than he was.
Correct, sir. The only kindness we see on Hollis's part is his adoption of Hank, Alan's son, after Alan falls into alcoholism after his wife dies in a fire.
Hollis feeds and provides for Hank, though he certainly never cuddles or praises him, and Hank is the only one to mourn when the book reaches an inevitably pitiful conclusion.
Hoffman is an adept storyteller, weaving beautiful descriptions, ripe emotions, and superstition together masterfully.
Character development has never been her strong point, I don't believe, especially when she writes a novel of modest length Second Nature, another novel, is a good example of this , but this is not a glaring problem with Here on Earth.
You do get snippets and pieces of the characters that make them seem alive, but never a deep sense of who they really are and therefore, it can make you especially disdainful of their bad decisions and faults.
The setting here is charming, as her settings usually are, and I so enjoy her descriptions of nature and the locales of the town.
Hoffman loves magic and superstition, she seems to relish throwing in tidbits about midwives or what townspeople think cures this and that, and tying knots to secure a man's love, and how to make a child stop crying, et cetera, et cetera.
It all makes for a magical experience and you wonder if there really could be places like the ones in her books.
I love this book, I really do. I don't understand why I love it so much, along with Wuthering Heights, but this story speaks to something in me, as well as to many others.
I give it 5 stars! Sep 18, Alex Wells rated it really liked it Shelves: mythic-fiction , dark-romance. I'm a big fan of Alice Hoffman, especially when her books veer into the magical or the mythic, in books like Practical Magic or the Ice Queen.
But even when her characters aren't blatantly magical, her stories have a mythic, and even allegorical quality, that I love. This is true of Here On Earth, which is the Bluebeardian story of a woman who comes back home and revisits the desperate love affair of her childhood.
This book gives the first impression of being a romance, but it doesn't take long I'm a big fan of Alice Hoffman, especially when her books veer into the magical or the mythic, in books like Practical Magic or the Ice Queen.
This book gives the first impression of being a romance, but it doesn't take long before the dark, haunted aspects of the characters and the story warn the reader that something isn't quite right.
What started out as a tale of two lovers against the world begins to look more like a consuming and violent power struggle, or perhaps a dark fairy tale where the heroine falls asleep in the den of a monster and we're desperately hoping she'll wake up in time.
Hoffman adds further drama and interest by dragging the main character's teenage daughter along for the ride.
Her daughter's transformation from sulky teen to awakened young woman, and her ability to save herself from the destruction her mother seems to be heading toward, is one of the blessings of this book.
Beautiful treatment of some familiar themes: "coming home" and "abusive relationships". March Murray returns to her childhood home when the woman who was her caretaker - nanny, housekeeper, cook - dies.
Judith Dale took over when March's mother died when March was very young, and stayed in the family house after the Murray family had all left it, by permission.
March is here in Jenkintown, on the east coast, with her teenage daughter Gwen, to attend the funeral and to attend to Judith's remainin Beautiful treatment of some familiar themes: "coming home" and "abusive relationships".
March is here in Jenkintown, on the east coast, with her teenage daughter Gwen, to attend the funeral and to attend to Judith's remaining possessions.
March's husband Richard did not come along. He has many classes and field trips to manage. He did, however, grow up here too, and has reason to be concerned about Marsh's trip.
When March was small, her father arrived one day with a boy a few years older than she, Hollis, who had apparently been scraping out a living on his own.
He was in pretty bad shape and had little experience with a normal life. March's father simply announced that Hollis was one of the family now.
Unfortunately, not everyone in the family was happy to include him. March's older brother Alan feels a great deal of resentment at this intruder and never fails to find ways to remind Hollis that he is not really a member of the family.
March, on the other hand, becomes quite fond of Hollis. As she grows older, she becomes more than fond. There is a quality about Hollis that draws her irresistibly, and he is similarly drawn to her.
Their relationship becomes so intense that March manages to miss a lot of the rest of her life.
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