Title: My First, and Perhaps Last Taste of Joyce Carol Oates
Review: Anyone out there a fan of Joyce Carol Oates? Never having read anything by her, I was given Middle Age, A Romance by a friend. I tried to read the book because I enjoy trying out authors I haven't read before. Made it through part of the first chapter, then jumped to the ending pages, and finally somewhat skimmed the pages in between.My reading time is precious and the characters in this story did nothing to engage me in wanting to spend the time to meet them or know more of their lives. This was soap opera at its best (or worst, depending upon your opinion of soap opera). On top of that, I found the book overly wordy. Not wanting to follow that path, I'll stop here in my review!
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