Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Lake by Natasha Preston

6 reviews

julells's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.5

I really loved the idea of the book and it was definitely okayish written. However the entire plot turned out to be rather irrational and the ending was just really disappointing to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Torture, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

Moderate: Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

ruthypoo2's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

This book is fine for a YA thriller and it reads very YA. There’s mystery and best friends with a secret and budding romances and new friends, all rolled up in a traditional summer camp setting. The story is a little slow to start as it takes its time establishing the characters’ backstories and evolving relationships. There are creepy sightings and hints about a past tragedy woven throughout the first couple of weeks as campers and their counselors arrive and get settled into the day-to-day camp activities.

Mid-point the pace picks up with more action and a various suspicious behavior occurring that causes the main character and narrator, Esme, to question who she can trust. The final act takes the reader down a dark and winding path, and for me, it didn’t entirely add up that the consequences for some of the characters was rightfully deserved. I liked the ending and while it probably wouldn’t hold up in the real world, it was calculated and twisted enough to fit the psyche of the culprit who engineered the events.

I listened to the audiobook and really enjoyed the narration by Lillie Ricciardi. Her voice is clear and she captured the youthful naïveté and banter of the teenage characters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, and Blood

addybug1125's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

1.75

I disliked the main character, esme. I felt that I couldn't get too into her character because she didn't feel real. There were a lot of missing pieces regarding her background but Kelly being hinted at. I felt that there were too many praises for her thinking, once I noticed it, I couldn't go back. I hated the ending. Very typical horror story ending. There's much more I could say but don't

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Violence, Stalking, and Gore

featherinthewind's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

do not read this if you want a decisive answer and ending because what the hell. I will say this book is much better than her other ones but I did notice it had the same issues as others. For one, there are so many characters to keep track of and only a few really matter. I couldn’t keep everyone straight and only started to match names to descriptions half way through. The story was strong and kept its edge and suspense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Stalking, Animal death, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

arthomas's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Stalking, Child abuse, Car accident, Bullying, Torture, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Murder, and Toxic relationship

tlikestoread's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Animal cruelty, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Body horror, and Torture