Summary:
Meet Quentin P. He is a problem for his professor father and his loving mother, though of course they do not believe the charge of sexual molestation of a minor that got him in that bit of trouble.
He is a challenge for his court-appointed psychiatrist, who nonetheless is encouraged by the increasingly affirmative quality of his dreams and his openness in discussing them.
He is a thoroughly sweet young man for his wealthy grandmother, who gives him more and more, and can deny him less and less.
My Thoughts:
I almost DNFed this book, as the beginning is quite slow.
Quentin is not a likeable character, and Oates doesn't try to make him one. He is a thoroughly terrible person that is not at all sympathetic. I like that. Too many people make their villains sympathetic and likeable.
The narration is from Quentin's POV and we get a look into his disturbed mind.
I honestly wish that the book was longer, because there isn't really much of a conclusion.
My Rating: 3 stars
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