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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
tense
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
i can sniff out perverts from miles away
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Fox by Joyce Carol Oates
✅ purchased by me
Fox is about a charismatic middle school teacher who is also a predator and what happens when his body is discovered: When the truth of what he’s done is unearthed. It’s also mostly about the way these things are explained away, swept under the rug. And how people are only too ready to not see the darkness in front of them until it’s too late, and maybe not even then.
It’s hard to review a book this disturbing, and I’m not really sure why I keep doing this to myself—getting into the POV of pedophiles (see Tampa by Alissa Nutting as well).
I guess I was expecting that as prolific a writer as Joyce Carol Oates would approach the material with something new or would be able to transcend the darkness of it, but the mystery felt a bit cobbled together, the prose was long-winded and a bit overdone, and the telling of the story just felt too repetitive, it was so long and we spent so much of it just going in circles. While for the most part I was locked in, I wanted to see it ended satisfyingly, but I don’t think I got that. So, for me this felt a little disturbing for the sake of it… and that’s disappointing.
✅ purchased by me
Fox is about a charismatic middle school teacher who is also a predator and what happens when his body is discovered: When the truth of what he’s done is unearthed. It’s also mostly about the way these things are explained away, swept under the rug. And how people are only too ready to not see the darkness in front of them until it’s too late, and maybe not even then.
It’s hard to review a book this disturbing, and I’m not really sure why I keep doing this to myself—getting into the POV of pedophiles (see Tampa by Alissa Nutting as well).
I guess I was expecting that as prolific a writer as Joyce Carol Oates would approach the material with something new or would be able to transcend the darkness of it, but the mystery felt a bit cobbled together, the prose was long-winded and a bit overdone, and the telling of the story just felt too repetitive, it was so long and we spent so much of it just going in circles. While for the most part I was locked in, I wanted to see it ended satisfyingly, but I don’t think I got that. So, for me this felt a little disturbing for the sake of it… and that’s disappointing.
challenging
dark
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual assault
Not in the mood for such a big book. I’ll try again in the Fall
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Diverse cast of characters:
No
multiple characters have eyes the color of pebbles. one was too many.
challenging
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes