Lady Oracle by Margaret Atwood - Book Discussion

Happy Halloween folks - what better way to celebrate the spooky season than a spoilery talk about Atwood's take on the Gothic genre!? What did you guys think of this one - did you like her examination of the way we construct narratives and associate fictional stories with our real lives? Or were you put off by the meandering approach of the story? Let me know below.
Articles Referenced:
Arnold, E & Davidson, C, 'Margaret Atwood's Lady Oracle: The artist as escapist and seer'
Barzilai, S, 'The Bluebeard Syndrome in Atwood's Lady Oracle: Fear and Femininity'
Givner, J, 'Mirror images in Margaret Atwood's Lady Oracle'
Kapuscinski, K, 'Exis-tensions: Surving the Red Shoes syndrome in Margaret Atwood's Lady Oracle'
Szalay, E, 'The Gothic as maternal legacy in Margaret Atwood's Lady Oracle'
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[@margute22]

i will now be needing an entire spin off novel about the royal porcupine

[@eddiecational]

Feel like that would be a great name for a children's book series!!! Though I'm not convinced that 'The Royal Porcupine grows way too emotionally attached to the woman he's having an affair with' would be an immediate hit, sadly

[@eddiecational]

Wow, what an appropriately gothic-themed book for October 31st!! I'd be curious to see how far anyone came out of the novel feeling like they didn't trust Joan as a narrator or indeed whether you thought this was something that Atwood ever intended us to question? Would also appreciate any thoughts on the novel-within-the-novel and any imagery I may have missed!

[@teadaily6250]

I've never related more to a narrator