Green Angel
Ratings7
Average rating3.9
15
Ratings7
Average rating3.9
Alice Hoffman is at her magical best in a new novel about loss and healing.When her family is lost in a terrible disaster, 15-yr-old Green is haunted by loss and by the past. Struggling to survive physically and emotionally in a place where nothing seems to grow and ashes are everywhere, Green retreats into the ruined realm of her garden. But in destroying her feelings, she also begins to destroy herself, erasing the girl she'd once been as she inks ravens into her skin. It is only through a series of mysterious encounters -- with a ghostly white dog and a mute boy -- that Green relearns the lessons of love and begins to heal as she tells her own story.
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I'm curious as to just how many young adults enjoyed this book because I don't think this was a book that would widely appeal to the young adult set. It is lyrical and magical, but it is painfully slow and very, very thoughtful. The book is a quick read, but I felt like the pacing was too drawn out. Nothing happened, and yet everything happened. There are no details, but it was almost as if this was a novella that takes place between two books in a series. Like how Veronica Roth wrote short stories focusing on other characters between her Divergent books. I was a lovely book, albeit sad, but it was a beautiful little story about forgiveness.
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2 primary booksGreen Angel is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2003 with contributions by Alice Hoffman.
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