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A review by cadmanreads
A House at the Bottom of a Lake by Josh Malerman
4.0
I really liked this one. I'd consider it a 'tale'
I thought the two characters relationship was very charming and I felt like I only wanted good things for them. Due to the marketing of the book I was expecting it to take a dramatic turn into 'horror' but this never really happened. For me this wasn't a bad thing, just not what I expected.
The surprising element came from the sex scenes, although well written I wasn't expecting that in this story!
I can see the criticism aimed at it mainly due to the ending. Did I want to know more about how the house got there? Yes when reading it but on reflection I'm okay not knowing.
I was glad they stayed together (sort of), I was glad there was a glimmer of more to their adventure and I was also glad that the predictable ending of the couple becoming part of the house never happened.
I thought the two characters relationship was very charming and I felt like I only wanted good things for them. Due to the marketing of the book I was expecting it to take a dramatic turn into 'horror' but this never really happened. For me this wasn't a bad thing, just not what I expected.
The surprising element came from the sex scenes, although well written I wasn't expecting that in this story!
I can see the criticism aimed at it mainly due to the ending. Did I want to know more about how the house got there? Yes when reading it but on reflection I'm okay not knowing.
I was glad they stayed together (sort of), I was glad there was a glimmer of more to their adventure and I was also glad that the predictable ending of the couple becoming part of the house never happened.