688 reviews for:

The Orphanage By The Lake

Daniel G. Miller

3.59 AVERAGE

godollin's review

1.5

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

reading_unicorn's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

kshea1's review

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense

caroline_the_reader's review

2.0

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Ugh.  This was bad.  This author is terrible at writing women and the ending was both predictable and gross.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Trafficking

glizza's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

anniechernow's review

2.0

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Storyline was interesting but predictable. This book was clearly written by a man… very obvious in his portrayal of the FMC.

saraheb311's review

3.0

dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

meghanodea's review

4.0

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I really enjoyed this! A good, creepy fall read. Hazel is a private investigator struggling to make a living and pay the bills in NYC until a woman shows up promising her $100,000 to find her goddaughter who went missing from the orphanage on the lake. Hazel dives head first into the opportunity, sussing out the orphanage and the employees, but finds herself in more trouble than she could've imagined.

I really liked the plot line here and I was genuinely shocked by some twists and turns. Recommend!

cel_l's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder

Minor: Suicide

ali_selfe's review

2.0

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While this book did have a few twists and turns, the writing is hard to get through. It reads like a high schooler wrote it.