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A review by micalyia
Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
This book was pretty mid.
I honestly didn’t see the chemistry between will and fern. It was severely lacking in banter.
Fortune used the now and then technique she used in every summer after which led to this book feeling way too similar at times.
Then she had fern not tell will about her bf for the majority of their time together which was a little bit too close to cheating (major grey area). I didn’t too much care for it, but I can imagine it really ruffling some feathers.
My fave people in this book were Jamie and Peter. Justice for them too.
There was all this build up for the big thing fern did in high school and it was truly underwhelming. I mean maybe I was just feeling too apathetic to the book and it didn’t impact me the way it should have.
And the third act break up was yikes. I hated how Annabel came across. Though I’m sure it was meant to just be playful and quirky, she seemed insensitive and bitchy.
I read the authors note, and the b&n exclusive content and the behind the book and it gave me a lot of background behind fortune’s literary decisions. But I felt like that was too little, too late. My mind was already made up.
Anyway, read this book if you must. Maybe you’ll have a better time than I did. But all in all, it was a book. Not too bad but not amazing.
I honestly didn’t see the chemistry between will and fern. It was severely lacking in banter.
Fortune used the now and then technique she used in every summer after which led to this book feeling way too similar at times.
Then she had fern not tell will about her bf for the majority of their time together which was a little bit too close to cheating (major grey area). I didn’t too much care for it, but I can imagine it really ruffling some feathers.
My fave people in this book were Jamie and Peter. Justice for them too.
There was all this build up for the big thing fern did in high school and it was truly underwhelming. I mean maybe I was just feeling too apathetic to the book and it didn’t impact me the way it should have.
And the third act break up was yikes. I hated how Annabel came across. Though I’m sure it was meant to just be playful and quirky, she seemed insensitive and bitchy.
I read the authors note, and the b&n exclusive content and the behind the book and it gave me a lot of background behind fortune’s literary decisions. But I felt like that was too little, too late. My mind was already made up.
Anyway, read this book if you must. Maybe you’ll have a better time than I did. But all in all, it was a book. Not too bad but not amazing.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Car accident, Death of parent, Death, and Pregnancy