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A review by debumere
A Fair Maiden by Joyce Carol Oates
4.0
A disturbing read that leaves you wondering if he is just a nice, lonely man or a full on paedo.
I was pretty disturbed from about half way through and I noticed a lot of people gave a 1 star purely on how twisted and dark it was, you can't rate a book low stars if the content didn't make you feel nice things, that's not what stars are for, the fact that it completely disturbed so many just shows how well written it was. The concept was unnerving and to me that means it was good in a very weird way.
This is the second Joyce book I've read and I consider myself a fan now. Going to read her others and I hope to be equally weirded out.
I was pretty disturbed from about half way through and I noticed a lot of people gave a 1 star purely on how twisted and dark it was, you can't rate a book low stars if the content didn't make you feel nice things, that's not what stars are for, the fact that it completely disturbed so many just shows how well written it was. The concept was unnerving and to me that means it was good in a very weird way.
This is the second Joyce book I've read and I consider myself a fan now. Going to read her others and I hope to be equally weirded out.