Alice Hoffman is known for her stories of magic realism, and Practical Magic certainly comes within that category. It was written some time ago, and has since been made into a movie, with Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock, which I can vaguely recall enjoying.
The movie certainly had a brisker plot than the book, which is somewhat dreamlike in that way that magic realism often is. I do like that aspect to Hoffman's writing - her imagery is beautifully disturbing. The lilacs which grow so voraciously over the body in Sally's backyard are compelling. A pleasant escape - three and a half out of five.
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