A review by podanotherjessi
Lakewood by Megan Giddings

challenging sad fast-paced
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This was definitely a strange and thrilling ride. I liked the themes woven into this book and the way it made you think. Not so much about the nature of research - which it makes abundantly clear is terrible when performed in this way - but about why they are doing what they're doing. And what it would take to push you to something like Lakewood. Personally would have liked to make up my own mind about the horror of the research slowly rather than be told almost immediately, and I was let down by the ending, but overall a good read.

Characters: 7
Plot: 8
Setting: 9
General Appeal: 6
Writing style: 7
Originality: 9
Ending: 5
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