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

3.0

This is my 3rd time reading this author. I honestly do not see what all the hype is about her. I rated most of these novellas in this collection as 3 stars each. Some I liked slightly more than others. But one of the things I noticed that kinda repeats from other books by her for instance the student/professor affair...what are you trying to tell us, Joyce? I also have to add the sheer juvenile feel of the teen/cat lady story...the repetition of boobs over and over again. The prose was great but I felt the stories lacked any oomph to keep me entertained. The end of all this was an average read for me.