A review by saraklem
Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart by Joyce Carol Oates

4.0

The thing I liked about this book was that it wasn't neat and clean. It wasn't in your face calling you out about your stereotyping or misconceptions. It took into account that flawed people do flawed things because of the parts of their identities that they inherited, rather than feeling like a trite manifesto about how we shouldnt judge a book by its cover. I felt it captured human complexity really well, even if at times it felt needlessly vulgar.