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Mudwoman (2012)

by Joyce Carol Oates(Favorite Author)
3.2 of 5 Votes: 1
ISBN
0062095625 (ISBN13: 9780062095626)
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Ecco
review 1: La calidad literaria de Oates está, a estas alturas, fuera de toda duda. Su habilidad para atrapar al lector y hacer interesante y ameno lo que no siempre resulta tan asequible y fácil, es incuestionable. Pero esta vez a mí la cosa no me ha acabado de convencer, no por calidad sino por temática. Hay una cierta indefinición en esta historia, un moverse entre lo real y lo onírico, entre lo vivido y lo imaginado, que ya se sabe que no resulta muy de mi agrado. A la historia, sin duda tan política como se cuenta, le falta concreción y el final tampoco es que me haya vuelto loca.
review 2: Although Oates nailed the sense of place and planted the foundation for a compelling story, it meandered painfully. The stilted dialogue (an attempt to be poetic?) made it
... more difficult to embrace the central character. I kept slogging through, hoping it would add up to something; perhaps insight into the relationships in her life, a greater understanding of the protagonist, or some sort of cathartic experience. Instead I was just left wondering why it ended when it did. less
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Manasa
I love Joyce Carol Oates, but this book was just plain weird in some parts and I hated the end.
CrystalMae
JCO at her strangest and most captivating. I'm still thinking about what this book means.
moniqueexx
Riveting from beginning to end. Oates' structure masterful.
anthony
difficult read... jumps around a lot. weird
gayu
Oh, I struggled with this one!
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