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The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman

10 reviews

aileron's review

mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Death, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Blood

Moderate: Abandonment, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Toxic friendship, and Cancer

Minor: Car accident, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

celery's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Kidnapping, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Classism, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Abandonment, Body horror, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Medical content, Murder, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Cancer, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

silkeisa's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child death, Death, Toxic friendship, Miscarriage, Suicide, Death of parent, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Lesbophobia and Incest

kellysavagebooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Self harm, Violence, Body shaming, Child death, Classism, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, Lesbophobia, Miscarriage, Grief, Homophobia, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Blood, Drug use, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Chronic illness, Medical content, Mental illness, Outing, Cancer, and Dementia

fluffy1st's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Suicide attempt, Murder, Self harm, Blood, and Suicide

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Lesbophobia, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Death of parent and Car accident

lilifane's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.0

First of all, I'm so glad I read this book now and not in summer. The setting and atmosphere were perfect for dark, cold winter days. I learned a lot about lakes and how they freeze and about ice and snow and creepy wintry weather phenomenons, and I looooved it! I also really liked the story. I'm a fan of plots consisting of two timelines, a present and a past one, with mysteries that are connected. However, everything about the plot was super predictable. I guessed every single reveal possible far in advance. Most of the time I thought it was more dramatic this way because you saw things coming long before the characters did. Except of the reveal who the villain of the story was. Because this one was SO predictable that I didn't want to believe it and forced myself to find other explanations. Just to be disappointed because it really was the obvious one. At the same time I was furious with the protagonist who was so naive and clueless all the time. 

On the other hand, the details about what happened in the past broke my heart. Just thinking about how a few lies and misunderstandings and assumptions lead to so much death and drama and heartache. Uff. I wanted to cry during the whole ending. 

So this book was far from perfect, but I almost gave it 5 stars just because it made me feel so hard... and because the setting was so special. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Incest

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Lesbophobia, and Pregnancy

miamcmillan's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

this was a bit insane due to the incest plot line and the plot in general tbh. a little bit repetitive and sometimes unintentionally funny, but also managed to keep things tense and atmospheric. thoroughly enjoyed for what it is !! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, Grief, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

pressi_d5's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Toxic friendship

mediocre_omen's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Lesbophobia, Medical content, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

penofpossibilities's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

i guessed the whodunnit and im both proud and dissappointed ; i prefer being surprised by a twist but yea
this was sometimes a bit repetitive but overal very atmospheric and intruiging

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Child death, Death, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Murder, Miscarriage, and Grief

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Bullying, Cancer, Confinement, Death of parent, Stalking, Drug use, Incest, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Racial slurs, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Fatphobia, and Kidnapping