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The Lake by Natasha Preston

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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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jaidlyn_7's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No

4.25

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arthomas's review against another edition

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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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tlikestoread's review against another edition

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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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mayahall56's review against another edition

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dark sad 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? Yes

3.75

this book was going to be a 3.25 stars until i got to the end. the ending is such a twist that I did not see coming and really made the book for me. overall I thought the beginning chapters were slow, as they tease to a certain major event that the reader does not truly uncover until 200 pages after the fact.

the reveal of lillian very early in the book was some what confusing becuase the reader was just given a name with no other information. i did not really like how we were given bits and pieces of the story and only gor the full thing at the very end. i know what the two girls did was horrible, but from the way it was hyped on somehow i thought it would almost be something worse. i think the ending was a tad rushed, but i did appreciate an intresting ending to the story as opposed to just “ the bad guy was dead and everything was happy”. overall a decent book, probably would not read again but i’m looking forward to exploring more by the author!

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