2.73k reviews for:

Creation Lake

Rachel Kushner

3.45 AVERAGE

amelia_horseman's review against another edition

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Made it more than half way and I didn’t like the characters. I didn’t care for the plot, which still felt slow at that point, and I jsut didn’t want to waste more time trying to get into this story. 

kgbspy13's review against another edition

1.5

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What actually happened in this book? Ugh 

emoloneybaloney's review against another edition

2.0

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This was a whole lot of much ado about nothing. How the hell did this get booker prize. I feel like I must be missing something because this felt like a college students half formed thoughts stolen from their first 6 months of lecture. There were so many pieces that had NO PURPOSE AT ALL like it pisses me off. The ending was so anticlimactic I can’t even discuss it. Except to say I am SO TIRED of authors not committing to an ending like say SOMETHING. fuck have Franck do it like actually put the gun in the child’s hands. 
This author had nothing new to say and the old things she said were convoluted, opaque, and lost in a dense forest of pointless characters and tangents. It was well written and funny but I will be forgetting I read this. 

pricelizzi's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

annebeaulieu's review against another edition

4.5

dark funny medium-paced

aeoc's review against another edition

2.0

informative mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

madscranberry's review against another edition

3.75

reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

amurra's review against another edition

3.75

mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

hokiehi23's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

kmelissa's review against another edition

3.5

dark reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes