Green Angel

Emotionally Impacting

Green Angel was so incredible to me, it was so real. My heart was aching for nearly the entire book. Ms. Hoffman has created a truly unique character, and a very realistic one at that. Green's story is incredibly sad and yet just incredible for the fact that she pulls through, she overcomes the most terrible situation for a teenager, and she comes out stronger than before. I loved the fact that Green found comfort in taking care of others and how just simply hearing someone hum or sing began to mend Green. This book is so emotionally heart wrenching that it's a huge blow to you when something good happens, and you just smile and sigh out a "yes". This is a wonderful book, i would recomend it to everyone I know!

5 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

Liked It

I got this book at the libary one day 'cuz I thought the cover was different...
Green Angel was a short, easy read, that I really liked.
It's about a girl who loses her whole family...
I would recommend this to any of my friends...go read it!!!

4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

A tale of loss...

This is such an amazing and emotional book. Unlike many others I've read, it's not an action or an adventure story. Instead, it is a harrowing tale of loss and the things Green, the main character, must do to overcome it.
I loved the character(s) in this book. Green was so developed, you could practically feel her pain. I loved Green herself-- her personality, her quirks, etc. Reading about her pain was heartbreaking. It was so satisfying to read about Green healing.
Overall, this is definitely a book worth your time. It's short-- it doesn't take that long to read-- but it packs a powerful punch. I'd especially reccommend it to teens, say, 14 up.

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Touching

The story really helps you find yourself. In the process of reading this book I found myself comparing my life to Green's. How I have it so easy.
And when Diamond comes it's changes everything. I wondered the whole time he was there if he could have started the fire.It keppt me reading, just like the Twilight series. I wish it would have been longer, so I could have kept reading the heartbreaking tale. It made me think. This book made me feel differnet about things. I know, I'm crazy, right? Sure I am, but the boks I read don't usually ever give me that feeling. It's most of the time 'Yes. It's over . I know what happens, time for another book.' But I didn't want to just go on to another book. I wanted to stay there and read it over and over again. Alice Hoffman is one of my favorite writers. She's keeps me on the edge, wanting to know what happens. I really wanted to just flip through to the end, yet something kept me from it and the more I read the book I was glad I hadn't flipped back. It seemed like one of the best books Alice Hoffman has written. I hope she keeps up the great stories!

2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Hurtful healing

I read this book when I was in fifth grade. It gave me courage to keep oiving, even when i was being put down by everyone else. I loved every moment of ths book.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Another Hoffman Winner

This is one of the shortest books I've read in the past few years. I was able to finish it in under two hours.

A young girl (of unknown nationality) goes about her complacent routine until one day a tragedy befalls a nearby city and she loses her entire family. Told by the girl herself, it tells of her hope that her family will return, her denial that they won't return after time passes, her fears at being alone, her grief at losing those dear to her. We learn how she copes with being alone in a time of turmoil; her acceptance that there are others worse off than she; and of how she learns that life goes on regardless of what happens around us.

A compelling, gripping story; packs a lot of punch into a few pages.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

green angel

This book was very interesting. It grabbed my attention and held it there. Once i picked it up I could'nt put it down. I would definetely recommend this book to anyone.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Favorite Book

This is a very good book. It's about someone who's lost her family and trys to survive (or see if she wants to survive) and find herself in a world where everything's darkness.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

A-MAZ-ING

This was a fantastic book! i have read it 6x and it never gets old. its phenomenal! i loved the way the author wrote about the main characters feelings. you could feel the emotion!

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i'm lucy and i am 17 this book is outstanding

this book of alice hoffman is one of my favorites.Being a teenager turning to adult hood may be a little scare for some of us but when i read this book made me change the way i think of the future(the future is not a book that you can write in of good fortune and that you can get it when ever you want cause you will never know when or how life my turn)in this book i could relate to it in many ways i loved it an i read it for al least 20 times or more.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

For a Few

Only centain people will be able to understand and enjoy this book. It is not for everyone, It has alot of strong emotions through out the whole book. Dark almost, but under neath it all I found a peace to it that was hard to find at first but it's there. I promise it wont be a waste of time!

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

So great.

Read this!!!

Great

Another great book by a great author

Luv

I love this book but its so so sad

Excellent!

Great book!

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Its a great book

Its a quick read, but still a really good book to read

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After a disaster destroys the city she loves and kills her family, fifteen-year-old Green is left with nothing; the life she once had turned to ashes just like the ashes covering her once lush garden.

Shocked by the loss and destruction, Green turns inward. Her clothes become armor. She closes her eyes against the loss and the rebuilding taking place all around her. She closes her heart to love or friendship.

But, little by little, love and friendship make their way into her life. As she struggles to survive Green finds unlikely friends, love, and redemption in Green Angel (2003) by Alice Hoffman.

Hoffman is one of those interesting authors who has written books for every conceivable audience (and did so before anyone was writing about kid lawyers if you know what I mean). Several of her books have also been turned into movies, including Practical Magic--one of my most favorite films.

Despite all that, this is the first book I have actually read by Alice Hoffman and it's so unusual that I have no idea if it's indicative of her work or not.*

First things first, Green Angel is a tiny book. Weighing it at less than 130 pages, there are some novellas that are longer than this book. For that reason, the normal narrative rules don't really apply.

Hoffman's writing is sparse (obviously) and melodic. With dialog presented in italics and the plot broken into parts instead of chapters, Green Angel reads more like an extended prose poem than a traditional narrative. Given that caveat, it is a good story.

Hoffman blends elements of poetry and traditional fairy tale tropes like kindly animals and wise old women to create a story about survival and reconstruction in the face of unthinkable tragedy. Sometimes gritty, sometimes florid Green Angel is a brief story that will stay with readers long after the story ends.

Green's story continues in Green Witch.

Possible Pairings: Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson, If I Stay by Gayle Forman, The Window by Jeanette Ingold, Madapple by Cristina Meldrum, Evermore by Alyson Noel, How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff

*I saw her at a reading/signing for Green Witch (the sequel to this book) and I didn't know much about her or her books. But I fell in love with the beautiful cover and decided I had to read it. So of course I had to read its predecessor too.

Pretty good read

I didn't mind the lack of dialogue in this story. So much was said through actions and feelings instead of conversation. Short but touching read.

Loved it

I reread this all the time

A touching story of pure soul searchin.

Alice Hoffman uses a fluid like prose that is both easy and enjjoyable to read. This is a story of a girl whi finds her world in shambles. Along the way she begins to become sort of a darker character, until in the end she begins to find that her true self can not be hidden. If you enjoy this I highly suggest the follow up titled "Green Witch" it too is a lovely read.