Otto Penzler Books: Rape : A Love Story (Paperback)

from pivic

While this shouldn't be on the fiction shelf, it is. Oates has written a very real work, where a raped person is subjected not only to the after effects of the rape itself, but those of the public, the offenders and the court system. The protagonist is a person, a human being, and a victim. Her c...

from CatieN

Dark and disturbing story about sexual violence and how it affects everyone it touches. Also an indictment of our legal system and a judgmental society. Joyce Carol Oates is an amazing writer. Fast-paced, quick read.

from MaryAnn12

This book was great. It is so realistic that I put this book into my own perspective. The things that happened in this book made me realize how much people take for granite. Otherwise this book is wonderful and I would recomend this book to anybody.

from aznstarlette

Fantastic. I love that Joyce Carol Oates makes you, the reader, a part of the story. A brutally honest and heart-wrenching book.

from wendywen

it is a self pity love story, because it show about when this woman fall in love, then how she change. it was crazy and sad for the visiter. and it presents that somepeople still to do this when they fall in love.