A review by givnuapeacesign
I'll Take You There by Joyce Carol Oates

5.0

I never had a desire to pledge a sorority, nor felt the brutality of being shunned by the sisterhood; I've never had a relationship with someone of a different race; I've never been abandoned by a parent; I've never been rejected by siblings. I've never scavenged for food. I've never had a psychotic episode. YET, Oates transported me to the fetal position inside Anellia as she lived these soul crushing scenarios. The first half of the novel during the sorority days was the most powerful. For who among American women does not know someone who was destroyed by Greek rejection? This novel shreds the reader's heart over and over. It is magic, dark believable magic.