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Ladataan... Babysitter (2022)Tekijä: Joyce Carol Oates
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Hannah Jarrett lives a privileged life in an upscale Detroit suburb with her husband, their two small children and a housekeeper. One evening at a charity event that she cochairs, she is touched by a man she hadn't previously known. This begins a bizarre obsession that coincides with a series of murders of children by someone dubbed The Babysitter. This story takes place in the turbulence of the 1970s when there is mistrust between races. This is a dual story line that eventually merges between the crimes and Hannah's interest in the man she only knows as J,K. There is sexual violence and grooming of Hannah by J.K. When she realizes that she may be endangering the lives of her children, it is too late. JCO has once again written a riveting story, this time with dire consequences. Hannah is not a likeable character. She is shallow and self-absorbed, but J.K. is purely evil. The plot advances in small indications of what is going to happen. Disturbing. Engrossing. Thought-provoking. I’ve come to expect these elements when I read a book by Western New York native Joyce Carol Oates. “Babysitter” did not disappoint. I found Oates’ “Zombie” to be a bit more consistently engaging, but that’s likely due to my penchant for shorter, more tautly-written tomes. As numerous reviewers have mentioned, the final pages of “Babysitter” are a bit confusing – but in a thought-provoking way. No one creates a sense of creepy dread like Joyce Carol Oates. In this latest novel, she leans on her strengths to tell the story of Hannah, the well-groomed wife of a wealthy businessman and mother of two small children in an upscale community north of Detroit during the 1980s. Hannah may be active in the kinds of volunteer opportunities available to well-off women and have a live-in nanny/housekeeper that allows ample free time and she may have a group of friends she meets for lunch, but she's still deeply insecure and lonely. Her marriage to a distracted and reactionary man who is likely sleeping with other women doesn't give her much in the way of support so when a powerful man indicates his interest in her, she finds herself trotting off to meet him in a Detroit hotel. Which is where this story starts and quickly becomes, well, creepy in the most JCO way. Hannah lacks agency and when she does try to stand up against the men who order her around, she is quickly overwhelmed. There's a serial killer operating in the area as well, one who preys on children; although Hannah would rather not spend time thinking about that, the people around her, especially her husband, are fascinated. Hannah's behavior is frustrating throughout, with her inability to withstand even the slightest pressure. This is a book in which bad things happen, and then continue to happen, where the weak suffer and the powerful prey on those around them. Joyce Carol Oates may not be breaking new ground with this novel published in her 84th year, but she's still writing novels that are worth reading and she's certainly playing to her strengths with this one. ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
Fiction.
Literature.
Mystery.
Thriller.
HTML:From one of America??s most renowned storytellers??the bestselling author of Blonde??comes a novel about love and deceit, and lust and redemption, against a backdrop of shocking murders in the affluent suburbs of Detroit. "Hannah??s unreliable, elliptical narrative is seductive and compelling, like following someone into a fever dream ... [Oates] is in no hurry to trigger the action, dropping tiny morsels of foreshadowing to keep us on our toes." ??The New York Times Book Review ??Unsettling, mysterious, deft, sinister, eerily plausible.? ??Margaret Atwood, best-selling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments, via Twitter In the waning days of the turbulent 1970s, in the wake of unsolved child-killings that have shocked Detroit, the lives of several residents are drawn together with tragic consequences. There is Hannah, wife of a prominent local businessman, who has begun an affair with a darkly charismatic stranger whose identity remains elusive; Mikey, a canny street hustler who finds himself on a chilling mission to rectify injustice; and the serial killer known as Babysitter, an enigmatic and terrifying figure at the periphery of elite Detroit. As Babysitter continues his rampage of abductions and killings, these individuals intersect with one another in startling and unexpected ways. Suspenseful, brilliantly orchestrated, and engrossing, Babysitter is a starkly narrated exploration of the riskiness of pursuing alternate lives, calling into question how far we are willing to go to protect those whom we cherish most. In its scathing indictment of corrupt politics, unexamined racism, and the enabling of sexual predation in America, Babysitter is a thrilling work Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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I have to think about Babysitter and read more reviews. Honestly, I don't know what to think. ( )