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Cargando... A House at the Bottom of a Lake (edición 2021)por Josh Malerman (Autor)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. The ending really ruined the entire book for me. Overall it was a coming of age story of discovering your first love, and having an adventure that only the two of you would hold onto the memories of. Creepiness throughout the story, the characters are written well, to their age. Rushing into things adults would stop and question the why's on. I enjoyed the make up of the mystery of the house, and the relationship. There were plenty of things that you have to suspend your disbelief on as far as the kids go, but otherwise a nice quick read. The ending just made it all fall apart. Kind of felt like after the climax of the book, the author didn't know how to end it so splat. Here's a no answers cliff hanger for you to puzzle over. These type of ending can be great if the suspense, and information are layered in throughout the book, but that didn't happen here. You can't puzzle over the lack of information. It was more of a first love story, and the suspense was just the background noise. So the reader is left with nothing to puzzle over other than 'what's going to happen next.' which is a cheap puzzler to end a stand alone book on. 2.5 stars Advance copy from NetGalley I don’t know, man. I think I missed something, especially at the end. If the house is a metaphor, and I’m understanding it correctly (I just read an interview with the author, and I guess I am) it’s a bummer, and I don’t like it. But the scenes inside the house were really well done, building the ominous tone more and more every time the kids went back. Describing the book to my husband increased my appreciation of these scenes, which really did have a powerful affect on me. It was scary, and a quick read, but like a lot of horror I try (many reviewers question if this should be marketed as horror—some called it magical realism, which I’m more inclined to like, but whatever. Let’s call it horror), I finished it with a question mark and a harrumph. Some books defy definition and this is one. Some will love this; others loathe it. I honestly don’t know what I just read. I know I enjoyed it, but was it good, or was it bad? There are some creepy moments, in part (I feel) owing to the strange setting. The underlying sense of threat in being able to drown down in the dark is present like a character all its own, but drown in what? In water? In horror? In the hope and hopelessness of love? The book reads like an allegory of love. There is menace here, but those expecting a true horror novel may be disappointed. Those approaching the story with an open mind may be better rewarded.
Although this has the necessary elements for a horror story, there’s no true sense of the horrific. Instead, it’s filled with the wonder of childhood curiosity, belief in the magical, of exploration of the unknown, of having an adventure. The occasional lyrical, if darkly poetical, descriptions of the underwater dwelling definitely give it a mystical, otherworldly flavor, beautiful, but with a hint of danger crouching at its edges....This is a lovely, slightly eerie, and definitely haunting story—of the magic of young love and the attraction of the unknown. And the ending? Interpret it as you will. A spare, unrushed effort, the book has a tingly appeal. But while it succeeds as an endearing study of young love and a dark exploration of the fear of sex, the house never lives up to its promise as a scare vehicle. Malerman, usually a big risk taker, plays things too close to the vest. An enjoyably tenderhearted novel but one that fails to make the most of its spooky premise. Malerman masterfully builds tension, balancing the exuberance of first love with the foreboding mystery of the house. The uncanny elements and strange, evocative setting will keep readers flipping pages, but the atmosphere never gives way to more visceral scares and the underwhelming resolution leaves the mystery dangling. Readers shouldn’t expect any concrete thrills, but fans of Malerman’s precise prose will be pleased to explore this new and unsettling world.
Both seventeen. Both afraid. But both saying yes. It sounded like the perfect first date: canoeing across a chain of lakes, sandwiches and beer in the cooler. But teenagers Amelia and James discover something below the water's surface that changes their lives forever. It's got two stories. It's got a garden. And the front door is open. It's a house at the bottom of a lake. For the teens, there is only one rule: no questions. And yet, how could a place so spectacular come with no price tag? While the duo plays house beneath the waves, one reality remains: Just because a house is empty, doesn't mean nobody's home. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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The premise of this was great, the execution was good, but it doesn’t feel complete. ( )