Magic Hour: A Novel Mass Market Paperback – November 27, 2007

Writing Magic, that’s what Kristen Hannah does. I know her, mostly,from her more recent books and her superb writing, compelling characters, and creative plots that have drawn me in to eternal fandom. I’ve decided to go back and read every single thing she’s written. This story about a young child kidnapped, shackled and living in a remote forest, with wolves and other wild animals as her only companions is tragic, but an ultimately triumphant experience of the power of the human spirit to survive the unthinkable, and then finally thrive under the loving guidance of a loving and trustworthy adult. Little Alice, the “wild girl”, was so astutely created and developed, as was her progression through the pains, sorrows and fears toward the slow revelation that the world could possibly be a good place, and she might be a “good girl”. We saw the progression and growth of every character in this novel. Ten stars in my eyes!

Quick read, this book is shorter and different than the other books I’ve read by Hannah. Intriguing story that keeps you reading to find out the truth about this young “wolf girl”.

Well written sentence by sentence. Good command of the English language and almost a good story. It was too pat, too predictable. Some of the behaviors of the characters did not ring true. Spoiler alert. Alice's father would not have taken her home after watching the tapes. Nor we he have stayed out of her life after that. Given what we were led to believe about his feelings for the child, he would have arranged visitation. That would not have hurt Alice at all if he never took her home. Next, Ellie was way to dense about Cal. Lastly, I did not like the epilogue, the quick perfect moments for EVERYONE. Too sugary. We could have left the story with them still working it out. I loved all of the scenes with Alice. I liked that they learned her story. I loved her teaching/ therapy.

The unusual subject matter of “The Magic Hour” contributed to the enjoyment of the novel. Each character had their own demons to battle and overcome, so there was a lot to uncover and process. The discoveries made a rewarding read.

This is not the only book I’ve read by this author. All of them kept my attention, but this one pulls at your heart stings. This is what love does, and this is what the book is about. The love of family that has taken years to conclude all because of one lost child.

What could have easily veered off into being too sappy, Hannah did a great job staying away from that line and kept the storyline realistic and authentic.

Magic Hour is not my favorite Kristin Hannah book by any means but is worth reading. I found myself pulling for so many characters and for their happiness. 4+ stars for this book.

This book was hard for me to put down. The story of Alice was tragic, inspiring and somehow magical. Thank you to the author for an incredible few days.

The characters were well developed and relatable. However i think the second half of the book slows down a bit and some stories stopped developing. I am not a big fan of the ending. It felt a bit rushed but overall it was entertaining.

This is a wonderful book. Hannah is a fantastic storyteller and creates rich characters. This was a real page-turner, although, my personal favorite is still "The Four Winds".

This is the first book I've read by Kristin Hannah and it will not be last. After reading some of the reviews I must admit that I was in two minds whether to purchase this book. I'm glad I did. The book drew me in immediately and emerged me into the lives of Julia, Ellie & Alice. The story holds you to its conclusion & never wavers as some books do. Highly recommended.

As ever Kristin Hanna delivers a heart warming story beautifully written - working my way through her list of books - so far not disappointed with any of them :-)

Es ist mein drittes Buch von Kristin Hannah und ich war wieder begeistert... Die Geschichte reißt einen mit, man möchte das Buch nicht mehr aus der Hand legen. Spannend und tiefsinnig und ein bisschen Liebe auch :-) Die Charaktere sind sympathisch, die Story fesselnd... Bei diesem Buch kann man nichts falsch machen!