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Tone Clusters: the Joyce Carol Oates discussion group archive

Friday, November 11, 2005

Re: JCO: falls/mom

I was actually trying to be tactful when I suggested the book might be a parody.  The plot is poor, the characters are completely unbelievable, and the ending is simply bizarre.
 
There is no one who admires JCO any more than I do, but this novel simply does not work. 
 
As I said, I look forward to her next book.
 
Christa