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What I Lived For
What I Lived For
Author: Joyce Carol Oates
ISBN-13: 9780452272699
ISBN-10: 0452272696
Publication Date: 10/1/1995
Pages: 624
Rating:
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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3.5 stars, based on 7 ratings
Publisher: Plume Books
Book Type: Paperback
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Yoni avatar reviewed What I Lived For on + 327 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
I adore Joyce Carol Oates. She is an amazing writer, and this is an amazing book. I couldn't put this one down. It was like a stress dream; the emotions that you live through with Corky are almost tangible. I hated him, I felt sorry for him, I kind of liked him sometimes...all at the same time. That JCO can make this so real to the reader is testimony to the masterpiece that is this book.
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Excellent; best work by Oates in a long time, in my opinion.