8 hours, 15 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780063035249
Format: Audio
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
Publication date: 09 February 2021
Description
A powerful reckoning over the people we might have been if we'd chosen a different path, from a master of the short storyIn this stirring, reflective collection of short stories, Joyce Carol Oates ponders alternate destinies: the other lives we mi...
Community Reviews Summary of 94 reviews
Moods
dark 52%
emotional 47%
tense 47%
mysterious 42%
sad 31%
challenging 26%
inspiring 5%
lighthearted 5%
Pace
medium 41%
fast 5%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 75% | A mix: 25%Strong character development?
Yes: 50% | It's complicated: 25% | No: 25%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 50% | No: 25% | Yes: 25%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 50% | N/A: 25% | No: 25%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 75% | It's complicated: 25%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Minor
Child death, Suicide, Grief
8 hours, 15 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780063035249
Format: Audio
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
Publication date: 09 February 2021
Description
A powerful reckoning over the people we might have been if we'd chosen a different path, from a master of the short storyIn this stirring, reflective collection of short stories, Joyce Carol Oates ponders alternate destinies: the other lives we mi...
Community Reviews Summary of 94 reviews
Moods
dark 52%
emotional 47%
tense 47%
mysterious 42%
sad 31%
challenging 26%
inspiring 5%
lighthearted 5%
Pace
medium 41%
fast 5%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 75% | A mix: 25%Strong character development?
Yes: 50% | It's complicated: 25% | No: 25%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 50% | No: 25% | Yes: 25%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 50% | N/A: 25% | No: 25%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 75% | It's complicated: 25%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Minor
Child death, Suicide, Grief