Imi's Reviews > The Accursed

This is a long, sprawling Gothic novel, with a mix of both fictional and historical characters, set in turn of the century, Princeton, United States. It's a mass of ideas, details, genres and political commentary, and, honestly, I found myself utterly overwhelmed at points. Part of me thinks that this novel needed a damn good edit, another thinks that perhaps if I was bit more well-versed in American political history then I would have done a little bit better at decoding the puzzles and mysteries. For a a novel of 600+ pages, the ending seemed a little rushed, despite other parts dragging. I'm pretty sure this was a bit of an odd choice for my first Oates' novel, but what I did like left me certain that I want to give more of her work a try.