

The River King
Author: Alice Hoffman
Narrator: Laural Merlington
Unabridged: 9 hr 20 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 01/25/2005
Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction
Author: Alice Hoffman
Narrator: Laural Merlington
Unabridged: 9 hr 20 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 01/25/2005
Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction
Alice Hoffman is the bestselling author of nearly twenty acclaimed novels beloved by teens and adults, including Aquamarine and Practical Magic, both made into major motion pictures, as well as The Foretelling, Green Angel, The Ice Queen, and Here on Earth (an Oprah Book Club selection). She has also written the highly praised story collections Local Girls and Blackbird House. The author lives outside of Boston.
My generation is over-saturated with scenes of violence, rape, murder, and terror, both on screen and off. As an avid reader and TV junkie, I don't think I could even begin to catalogue how many times a day I see or read something deeply disturbing. I think that is why "The River King" made such a s......more
In the past I have loved Alice's magical and almost poetic prose. Her plots have been intriguing and always such idiosyncratic characters. You know, what' not to love? THE RIVER KING certainly starts out in the same way though this one dark, lots of rain, twigs breaking, howling wind. Something crapp......more
Amazing writing. Examples: (p. 22) "She (Carlin) had swamp dust on her feet and nicotine stains on her fingers, and came from a universe of hash and eggs and broken promises, a place where a women quickly learned that there was no point in crying over spilled milk or bruises left by some man who cla......more
Simply stated: Just another wonderful novel from this amazingly creative and gifted writer. Ms. Hoffman is one of the few authors that can mix myth, magic, and reality and create a miraculous story fulled with great characters and a plot that moves non-stop. "The River King," is set in the fictional......more
The River King took awhile for me to get into. At first the characters didn't interest me. I didn't care about the ghost story, the deceased horrible professor and his wife that never ran away (but should have), and all the crotchety adults that seemed to settle for their unhappy lives in a desolate......more