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[tamela_j]

Them by Joyce Carol Oates

My review

rating: 3 of 5 stars
A quandry for those who've read this tome...a fucked up story? Or, the most fucked up story ever?



I still haven't wrapped my mind around it all and that to me is a mark of Ms. Oates works...she always leaves me thinking, pondering and occasionally scratching my head.



I don't know if I've read any of her things that I can say that I loved, and yet I'm still reading, still waiting. This was a bit how I felt about Hemingway, until I finally gave it up as something worthy of praise, but essentially, not for me. I'm not ready to say that about Ms. Oates yet.

QUOTE OF THE DAY:

"And on the subject of burning books: I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength or their powerful political connections or their great wealth, who, all over this country, have staunchly resisted anti-democratic bullies who have tried to remove certain books from their shelves, and have refused to reveal to thought police the names of persons who have checked out those titles.

So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries."
— Kurt Vonnegut (A Man Without a Country)

Comments

[fiveredsnakes.livejournal.com]

I've not read the book, so I can't comment on that. I'm just here to say hello.

[tamela-j.livejournal.com]

Hello!

It feels so weird to be over here in this little corner...but my flist is wayyyyyy more manageable!

*hugs you*

You might actually like Oates...she's a bit of a mindfuck!

[fiveredsnakes.livejournal.com]

Both my flists are pretty small, actually *mourns* I don't get huge numbers of comments ever, even when I post fic.

[tamela-j.livejournal.com]

Me either...and my fics get much less then any other actually...