Carrie's review of Sexy
Sexy by Joyce Carol Oates
Interesting...Joyce Carol Oates for the teen set. Who knew? I found some of the details and plot lines to be a bit predictable or stereotypical. A teacher, (effeminate aka might be gay-that's new) is accused of engaging in inappropriate behavior with some young boys/men (again new concept and for the record there is a difference between being gay and being a pedophile, a big difference). Eventually we learn something did happen between him and the teacher. The twist is the reader knows all the accusations are not true, we just aren't sure what is true. Without explicitly reading it in the text we get the feeling the student is conflicted about his sexuality, though the books ends on a strange note with the student engaged in a explicit scene with an older college woman. The target audience for this book is high school kids but I think I'd rather have them read Foxfire.
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