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A review by libraryforspooky
The Lake by Bianca Bellová
2.0
Thank you NetGalley for the story arc in return for an honest review.
The Lake is a coming of age novel originally written in Lithuanian. It’s set in a dystopian society. This is a grim story that lacked depth to me. The writing style is a bit more on edge than what I originally expected, I’m not sure if this was a translation issue or if that’s just the culture that the author is in.
Nami is the protagonist who is traumatized and goes from one bad situation to the other. I didn’t get any on the conclusions I needed for his path. No one is nice, society as a whole is just terrible. It’s very dark and I didn’t really care for the plot line – it didn’t really make sense to me.
Nonetheless, Nami embarks on his journey of trying to find his role in life. He decides he has to sail across and walk around the lake until he finally dives to the bottom. I thought the lake was a much more surreal narrative – from my understanding the lake represents the dead and the harsh living that this society has experience. It reminded me a lot about the coming of age novels I read as a kid, with Nami’s hardships. It was nostalgic. It’s not the story I pictured when reading the synopsis and judging the book by its cover.
I rated this book 2 stars - it just wasn't the right fit for me.
The Lake is a coming of age novel originally written in Lithuanian. It’s set in a dystopian society. This is a grim story that lacked depth to me. The writing style is a bit more on edge than what I originally expected, I’m not sure if this was a translation issue or if that’s just the culture that the author is in.
Nami is the protagonist who is traumatized and goes from one bad situation to the other. I didn’t get any on the conclusions I needed for his path. No one is nice, society as a whole is just terrible. It’s very dark and I didn’t really care for the plot line – it didn’t really make sense to me.
Nonetheless, Nami embarks on his journey of trying to find his role in life. He decides he has to sail across and walk around the lake until he finally dives to the bottom. I thought the lake was a much more surreal narrative – from my understanding the lake represents the dead and the harsh living that this society has experience. It reminded me a lot about the coming of age novels I read as a kid, with Nami’s hardships. It was nostalgic. It’s not the story I pictured when reading the synopsis and judging the book by its cover.
I rated this book 2 stars - it just wasn't the right fit for me.