Title: Past the point of no return
Product review: I was past the point of no return, about two hundred pages, when I tired of the characters themselves who seem to be one dimensional and who act without introspection. Oates was able to give ample exposure to the dark side of behavior, but actions and events seemed to come out of nowhere without foreshadowing. The mystery of human emotions which Oates is known to explore seemed to be revealed as philospical treatise rather than as artfully drawn characterizations. All in all the novel seems more like a social commentary than a human drama.
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