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The Accursed (2013)

by Joyce Carol Oates(Favorite Author)

3.09 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0062231707 (ISBN13: 9780062231703)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Ecco

series

The Gothic Saga

review 1: I was attracted to the book by nostalgia for Princeton and curiosity about how Oates would treat the subject since she has been teaching there. I found that when I got into the book, I was put off by the extent to which the supernatural forces drive the plot in a book populated by historical figures. It is a matter of taste, but I like my historical fiction to feel like history. I could not finish it.
review 2: Bizarre and lumbering. I would have given it a 2 star rating except for the fact that I found it a very interesting bit of historical fiction. It reminded me of Jonathan Strange and Mr Morell by Susanna Clarke. The Village by M Night Shymalian had the same ideas--the real monster is not really out there, it's within the residents of the village-- in t... morehis case Princeton University between 1904-1906. less

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