A review by georgiaonyrmnd
Cardiff, by the Sea: Four Novellas of Suspense by Joyce Carol Oates

4.0

Spooky and sinister, this was the perfect October/fall read and a great introduction to Joyce Carol Oates. Each novella was just the right length, and each story had a great mix of mystery and menace — sometimes at the hands of physical people (namely toxic men) and sometimes, maybe, perhaps something supernatural. These books have great atmospheres and settings — creaky New England houses, windswept landscapes, abandoned woody lots, musty college buildings. The collection is not so much scary as deeply unsettling and because of that the chill of these stories lingers.

I received an advanced copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review