Carolyn's review
Beasts (Otto Penzler Books)
by Joyce Carol Oates
Carolyn's review
Beasts (Otto Penzler Books) by Joyce Carol Oates
Carolyn's review
rating:
The first few pages of this book (3 to be exact) set an ominous tone that persists up until the very end. An uncomfortable moment in the Louvre where a primitive, grotesque totem is an odd reminder of the deaths of two loved ones (horrible deaths presumed to be accidental)...'presumed' being a key word, it turns out. The main character, a young post-grad student, goes on to say that the following "is not a confession" as we will see that she has nothing to confess (I immediately assumed the opposite) and it continues with this same feel, regressing to a college campus and the events that led up to this uneasy moment.
I flew through the story from that point, curious to see what she wasn't confessing to. I assumed there must be something. There was a sinister feel that accompanied this story throughout, from her fellow co-eds' mysterious behavior to the engaging poetry professor, and his wife, the sculptress of the previously mentioned totems.
Despite the minimal 1...more
I flew through the story from that point, curious to see what she wasn't confessing to. I assumed there must be something. There was a sinister feel that accompanied this story throughout, from her fellow co-eds' mysterious behavior to the engaging poetry professor, and his wife, the sculptress of the previously mentioned totems.
Despite the minimal 1...more
