We Were the Mulvaneys

This is one of the worst books I have ever tried to read. I am not sure if it was the author's writing style, or simply a bad story. I never got farther than 4 chapters into the book. Although I am an educated person, I found the language overbearing and tedious- way, way too many unconventional words used. I had to keep a dictionary handy. A big thumbs down on this one in my opinion.

Six months after the death of Joyce Carol Oates a couple of her fans will visit her grave. Just underneath the keening mournful almost-Canadian wind as they stand by the graveside they will hear to their consternation a little tiptappy scratching noise. From underground. They will run run run to get......more

"È stata solo una cosa che è successa. Le famiglie sono così a volte. Qualcosa va per il verso sbagliato e nessuno sa come rimediare e gli anni passano e...nessuno sa come rimediare". Oates è una scrittrice scrupolosa, il grado di dettaglio raggiunto in questo romanzo lo dimostra e ne attesta la sapi......more

Okay, I finally GET Joyce Carol Oates Thanks to Goodreads, I stuck with this novel, one of the prolific Joyce Carol Oates’s best-known and –loved books. (Hey, it’s even Oprah Book Club-approved!) Some people on here said it picked up around the 100-page mark, and – wouldn’t you know it? – they were r......more

Sometimes, when reviewing a book, it's easier to explain the experience you had while reading it - so that's what I'm going to do with "We Were the Mulvaneys". This is a family saga that spans over several years. At first, the dense language made me feel like there was a ditch between me and the sto......more

This book is about a large family, the Mulvaneys, living all happily and blahblahblah until something terrible happens to the sole daughter. Although the book is basically about this event and the aftermath, it takes about 100 pages to actually get to the plot. The beginning of the book goes on abou......more