The Accursed
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780007494200 (0007494203)
Publish date: March 1st 2013
Publisher: HarperCollins
Edition language: English
Series: The Gothic Saga (#5)
Von 1978 bis 2014 unterrichtete Joyce Carol Oates Kreatives Schreiben an der Eliteuniversität Princeton in New Jersey. Princeton wurde 1746 gegründet und ist die viertälteste Universität der USA. Die reiche Geschichte der privaten Hochschule inspirierte Oates. Besonders faszinierte sie das Rektorat ...
Huh, I had no idea until just now that this book is "Book #5 of the Gothic Saga." But apparently, the books don't actually have anything to do with one another. In any event, this book reminds me that in addition to being unbelievably prolific, Joyce Carol Oates is astonishingly versatile. The Ac...
Why do I continue to torture myself this way? I’m now on disk 13, that’s over 13 hours of my life lain to waste, and still I continue to wait for something interesting to occur, for a main character to make him or herself known, for, for . . . someone to love, dammit. Hell, I’ll even settle for some...
What did I just read?I think it's safe to say that this is NOT my cup of tea. I did not get on well with this book at all.I'll be honest and say that this could very well be your cup of tea. I just didn't like the writing style.I couldn't grow any relationship with any of the characters - and withou...
When the reader of this audio uttered the last word, I breathed a sigh of relief. I listened from beginning to end, but it was a chore. There were just too many characters, too many different scenarios that seemed to jump around without any rhyme or reason, too many conflicting ideas and themes comi...