A review by knittyreader
The Lake by Bianca Bellová

4.0

This book is an intense and bleak coming of age-story. In a way it is just the way I like my books, but then it sometimes is too straight-forward even for me. I also think I would have liked it even better if it was written from Zaza's perspective. That all insults seemed to be sexualised cheapened the reading experience a bit too - I am sure Bellová could have come with something better than 'I slept with ... (your mom/your wife/your girlfriend/your whomever). No I did not, she was too ugly.', right? Despite this, the grittiness of the story really got to me and I started rooting for Nami from the moment his granddad threw him into the lake on a hot summer day.

I received a free copy through Netgally. The opinions portrayed in this review are my own.