Practical Magic

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After seeing a bunch of my friends talk about how much they love the movie (that I've never seen), I thought I'd pick up the book and see where that got me. I enjoyed the story, but the way the book was written – extremely passively – wasn't my favorite. I will, however, definitely be watching the movie whenever I get the time to!

When it comes to the story, it's never exactly clear if Sally and Gillian's aunts are actual witches or not. It's also not super clear if magic exists, either, or if it's all just luck. It's all vague enough that you can believe whatever you want to, which is fine by me. I choose to think there was magic, but also some of it was just luck. A MIDDLE GROUND between the two options, I suppose.

The characters are all interesting enough, but again, the writing is so flat and passive that it's almost boring. I don't know that I'll pick anything up by this author again, if this is how she writes all the time. We'll see.

BUT either way, Practical Magic was a timely spooky-season read. I'm going to give it three stars. Noooooooooow to find the movie. Somewhere.