A review by jake_evan_
The Dead Lake by Hamid Ismailov

mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

This book was fine. There were parts of this that I found very poetic and interesting but I think the main point of it is flying over my head. I think that the fear of radiation and world war as an ever present factor in the lives of people during the cold war, and war in general, was very interesting and a really nice backdrop to this parable. I will sit and think about the metaphorical meaning of Yerzhan not growing at all but as of now, it still is haunting in the sense of not knowing what weapons of war could do to our bodies and the world. Short and sweet, i liked the writing but wasn't super engaged with the story.