Haunted
by Joyce Carol Oates
Taste attributes: horrormysterydramafresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryenclosedemotive & stirringtroubled leadssolving the riddle/not as it seemsself destruction/implosion
Boxlist takeExpect an otherworldly, dark horror novel, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like edge over warmth.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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About This Book
Novelist, poet, dramatist and author of many of the best American short stories of our time, Joyce Carol Oates shows yet another aspect of her unbounded creativity in these tales of the grotesque.
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- Author
- Joyce Carol Oates
- Published
- 1994
- Pages
- 320
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