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The River King
The River King | Alice Hoffman
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From the best-selling author of The Dovekeepers, The River King confirms Alice Hoffman as "one of our quirkiest and most interesting novelists" (Jane Smiley, USA Today). People tend to stay in their place in the town of Haddan. The students at the prestigious prep school don't mix with locals; even within the school, hierarchy rules, as freshman and faculty members find out where they fit in and what is expected of them. But when a body is found in the river behind the school, a local policeman will walk into this enclosed world and upset it entirely. A story of surface appearances and the truths submerged below.
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VanessaCW
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I quite enjoyed this story. It‘s very descriptive and very much a slow burner. Not a lot happens really apart from the death of a boy who has been bullied. I was a little disappointed with the ending as I didn‘t think justice had been served. It‘s well written though, very Alice Hoffman with its magical realism feel. 3.5⭐️

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VanessaCW
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Reading a physical book from my own bookshelves for a change - it‘s a reading group pick.

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RavenclawPrincess913
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Eggs
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Beautifully told story that takes place on the campus of a coed prep school...one day a body is discovered in the river...who is brave/tenacious enough to investigate this so-called suicide??

#authoramonth2021 @Soubhiville

SusanLee I have this in my TBR 😍 Prob need to push it up the list 2y
Eggs 🤗📚❤️ @SusanLee (edited) 2y
Read-y_Picker Sounds great!
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Eggs @SusanLee @Read-y_Picker her writing is amazing 😉 2y
SusanLee @Eggs 👍🏻😊 2y
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Updrifting
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If you hope humanity will transcend, this story will crush those dreams, although a sort of justice is served. Exquisite writing, too.

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TheBookgeekFrau
The River King | Alice Hoffman
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Here‘s why I love #Litsy (aside from the obvious of having finally found my people💕): It gives me a reason to sit in my library and really look at and think about all the books I have read through my life. To go back in time and remember when I read it, who I was then, what the world was like at that time; and to remember the actual stories themselves so long ago read, like this one read 18 years ago. #MyLifeInBooks #IAmSweetMarch #KingInTitle

Jess7 💕💕💕 6y
TrishB Oh - I‘ve had this on the tbr forever!! 6y
JuliaTheBookNerd 📚💙❤️💚 6y
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Shemac77
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Beautiful book. The plot was a little weak but the imagery stunning.
#readeverydayeverywhere
#paramedic kitten
#nslitten
#readingissexy

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Shemac77
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Evening reading with tea after a drunky weekend.

#readeverydayeverywhere
#paramediclitten
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shawnmooney Drunky weekend? 😂😂 Sounds like we have more in common than bibliophilia! 🥂🥂 7y
Shemac77 Surprise birthday party for my sister in our hometown in Cape Breton Island. And too many beer! I wish I could send you some of the craft beer I had....from what I remember it was tasty! ;) 7y
Foragingfantasy Love your mug!! ❤️ 7y
Shemac77 Thanks! I bought it at Indigo books. @Foragingfantasy 7y
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TrishB
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#theriver #rockinmay
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Started reading Alice Hoffman with The Dovekeepers, which I love! Have brought all her stuff after that and am slowly working my way through her back catalogue! Not read this one yet.

Cinfhen You know, I LOVE Alice Hoffman but haven't read this one either! I'm waiting on your review!!! 7y
TrishB @Cinfhen you know how long that might be 😋 7y
rachaich This was the first Alice Hoffman that I read and it opened up a wealth of books for me :) 7y
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TrishB @rachaich great recommendation👍 7y
booksandsympathy The Dovekeepers was my first Alice Hoffman book too. I then read Practical Magic. The Museum of Extraordinary Things is sitting on my bookshelf, but I haven't read it yet. She writes a short story for ever issue of Faerie Magazine and her sister creates something to knit that goes with each story. Makes me want to learn to knit. 7y
TrishB @booksandsympathy The Museum of Extraordinary Things is lovely 💝 She is also fun to follow on fb. I mostly only stay on fb to follow authors! 7y
booksandsympathy @TrishB I'll have to follow her on there. 7y
kspenmoll Thx! Just looked at her fb page! She is fun to follow! 7y
shawnmooney I have yet to read any of hers! 7y
TrishB @shawnmooney The Dovekeepers is one of my favourite books. The Museum of Extraordinary Things is also pretty amazing! 7y
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