A review by ashleyhoss820
Them by Joyce Carol Oates

3.0

I really struggled with rating this book. I think it's really more of a 3.5 star rating for me. There were times when I absolutely could not put this book down...and there were times when I got annoyed with the "Everything's empty. I'm empty. I feel nothing. Life is meaningless" rhetoric. I suppose that's more a personal opinion because I have no sympathy for characters/people like Maureen. But so many characters having almost the same emotions? I dunno. I also had a hard time with all the missing space. Huge chunks of time seemed to be missing. ("Wait...when did Howard get back from the war How'd he find them?) And for the love of all that's holy, WHAT HAPPENED WITH BETTY!? OR RANDOLPH!? OR NADINE!? Overall, I did enjoy the book, and it was just on the edge of REALLY liking it.