A review by sanfordc11
Wonderland by Joyce Carol Oates

4.0

I read this because it was on Didion's to twenty books list, and it did not disappoint. A difficult read, it took me almost two months of picking it up sporadically to actually finish. At times, I felt like the characters had less personality than the suffocating tone of the narrator. Upon re-reading the inscription, "This book is for all of us who pursue the phantasmagoria of personality...", I was struck by the intention and craft of the book, something that redeems it's difficulty (a well-crafted book is worth the slog, right?).