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A review by turnip11
The Girl of the Lake: Stories by Bill Roorbach
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
This book was in the vein of many male authors who write stories about men who lust after younger women, sometimes literal children. I didn’t hate every part of but I did hate large portions of it. This book contains a lot of death and a lot of sex (often between an older man and a much younger woman, or at least a woman described physically in what I find to be, frankly, creepy language) and honestly if you’re a woman and/or not white and/or not rich this book may not be for you. It certainly wasn’t for me.
Graphic: Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Death, and Sexual content