The Museum of Extraordinary Things

I loved the sense of place and time of this book. I also loved Eddie's journey and his struggle to define himself in a rapidly changing world. I loved Hoffman's use of imagery, especially fire and water. What I didn't love was the fact that Eddie and Coralie's stories didn't cross until two-thirds of the way through the book and that Coralie was such a passive heroine. I'm also not a big fan of Hoffman's version of romantic love, but if you follow her work you have to accept that people fall in love at first sight and have mystical connections that can't be broken. Romances don't really develop, they just are. Still, this is one of my favorite Hoffman novels since Practical Magic. Highly recommended.