- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Vintage; New Ed edition (4 April 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0099429195
- ISBN-13: 978-0099429197
- Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 1.8 x 19.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 673,812 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The New York Times
'A remarkably envisioned novel, almost mythic in its cadences, hypnotic…the imagining is true, the writing lovely’
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‘Highly original’
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having read a number of Alice Hoffman's other novels I was surprised at the darkness of her debut, and of its subject matter, the gangs and drug dealers on the streets. I enjoyed it nevertheless, and though it's certainly not her best novel it's perfectly readable, and you don't have to like or approve of the characters to understand them or appreciate the story. It ends on a hopeful note, but there is a lot of darkness and misery along the way. The theme of a woman being drawn to an unsuitable or unlikely man has been done a number of times by Alice Hoffman, and this is perhaps the prototype. She did it better in subsequent novels, but Property Of is still worth a read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This book is brilliant. The darkness of the subject matter conveys the mixed and obsessive emotions that often accompany teenage lives. It is not Hoffman's intention that you should love the characters, nor that the reader approve of them but it does not end on a dismal note. It seems that many have missed the entire point of this novel. The ending is very hopeful as the narrator finds her way through the dark relationships of her teen years and emerges with a sense of self, indicated by her acknowledging she has a name of her own. It is fascinating reading and the sense that beneath the girl's attitude lurks an intelligent and far more able person than she allows herself to acknowledge. Teenagers put themselves down a great deal and compensate by 'bigging' it up. This book demonstrates perfectly the mind set of a need to belong at whatever cost to the self.
Excellent, fives stars all the way.
Excellent, fives stars all the way.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A huge Hoffman fan, this title sticks in my mind as being her darkest novel yet. Gang violence and male dominance is the theme, which the title refers to. The women are the property of...the men, the owners.
It is a tale of a girl's coming of age and obsession over someone who leads her life in the wrong direction and her strength to regain control over her life.
Don't let this be your first Alice Hoffman novel and let it tip your favour from reading her others. She is an excellent writer and this is, above all else, beautifully written, even if it really does evoke a sense of relief when it is over and you turn the final page.
It is a tale of a girl's coming of age and obsession over someone who leads her life in the wrong direction and her strength to regain control over her life.
Don't let this be your first Alice Hoffman novel and let it tip your favour from reading her others. She is an excellent writer and this is, above all else, beautifully written, even if it really does evoke a sense of relief when it is over and you turn the final page.
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Not MY Property!
I didn't like this book or any of the characters and make no bones about it. I thought the protagonist, who is never given a name is a Grade-A fool. Read more
Published on 13 April 2008 by BeatleBangs1964
Not MY Property!
I didn't like this book or any of the characters and make no bones about it. I thought the protagonist, who is never given a name is a Grade-A fool. Read more
Published on 13 April 2008 by BeatleBangs1964
Not MY Property!
I didn't like this book or any of the characters and make no bones about it. I thought the protagonist, who is never given a name is a Grade-A fool. Read more
Published on 13 April 2008 by BeatleBangs1964
Not MY Property!
I didn't like this book or any of the characters and make no bones about it. I thought the protagonist, who is never given a name is a Grade-A fool. Read more
Published on 13 April 2008 by BeatleBangs1964
Property of
I am a major Alice Hoffman fan- she is one of the few writers I buy in hardback and cannot wait to open the pages. Read more
Published on 2 May 2004
Not Hoffman's best
As a great fan of Alice Hoffman I was looking forward to this book but I found it rather lifeless and depressing. Read more
Published on 3 Nov 2003 by littlepig littlepig
Good, but not Hoffman's best
"Property Of" is a novel which tries too hard. Set in the crime-ridden back streets of New York it is the story of a nameless girl who falls for MacKay, the leader of one of the... Read more
Published on 3 Sep 2003 by littlepig littlepig
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