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A review by lilifane
A House at the Bottom of a Lake by Josh Malerman

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

I'm sad. I really wanted to like this. And I liked the beginning and I loved the idea, setting and the ending. But the rest? Eeeeh. I loved the idea of exploring a house underwater... but this was done in the most boring way possible. It didn't feel scary or creepy or uncomfortable (well, unless we count the sexy times, these scenes felt really uncomfortable) to me at all. There were like 3 sentences that made me shiver in the book and the whole ending. That was really cool and unsettling. I also didn't care for the characters at all, maybe that's why I was so bored. 

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