A review by hue
My Life as a Rat by Joyce Carol Oates

challenging dark reflective

4.0

Utterly painful, yet the story felt like it took a sudden turn when Metti came around. Prehaps it's just me. When he was gone it returned to its former "prose".

I am glad to have read this. It was intense. I am saddened for Violet's sake.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol