My Sister, My Love

My Sister, My Love: The Intimate Story of Skyler Rampike by Joyce Carol Oates

My review

rating: 5 of 5 stars
Leave it to Oates to write a captivating, disturbing, enthralling and clever in (semi) first person narrative, not so subtly based on the murder of Jon Benet Ramsay. I love her use of literary devices (Skyler's footnotes, his memories which switch from first person to third person, her use of metaphor and symbolism in the characters' names) and her harsh yet brutally honest critique of suburban society, religion, family values, and the tabloids.


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