A review by toris_in_her_own_world
The Lake by Natasha Preston

dark mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

They spent the entire book talking about "that one summer," and trying to keep it a secret. The main character sucked at acting like it hadn't happened though since every other page she was mentioning it again.
It didn't really make any sense to me that this whole thing was because a girl was accidentally knocked into the fire when she was a kid. Like is that really worth killing people over???It also just made no sense to me that the two main girls couldn't tell anyone for like, YEARS. I'm pretty sure they would have been forgiven for a mistake they made in a panic when they were kids.
The ending was honestly not very good. It was a twist, but it only created more problems, instead of fixing any. I have not disliked a book this much in a long time. However, if you like mysteries with ambiguous endings and don't mind a little gore, you might like it.
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