Title: a rather tepid hodgepodge of weirdness..
Product review: Since I love gothic novels I eagerly dove into 'American Gothic Tales', a large collection of gothic short stories. And with Joyce Carol Oates as the editor I thought for sure this book would be terrific. Well, it wasn't. Not even close.While it is hard to write a singular review of so many varied stories, let me say that hardly any of the stories were memorable. Worse, some of the stories were almost incomprehensible. As with other collections of short stories, I would have greatly appreciated some blurb by the editor in front of each story explaining its significance. Instead we have dozens of stories smashed together without interruption, with no real pattern to them.Bottom line: I found very few jewels in this otherwise dull collection of stories. Not recommended.
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