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The Lake House

af Kate Morton

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Kriminalassistent Sadie Sparrow støder under en løbetur på et forladt hus og snart er hun dybt begravet i en 70 år gammel sag om et forsvundet barn. Sadie har mange forestillinger om, hvad der er sket med den lille dreng, men sandheden er milevidt fra nogen teori.
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A great story, with a wonderful final twist at the end. Slow at first then I couldn't put it down. The author has a way of letting you feel the characters emotions. ( )
  lilybee145 | Jan 15, 2024 |
I've just finished reading this 599 page doorstop and am feeling both satisfied and frustrated.

I've read all of Kate Morton's books---she's an absolute genius and I'm on needles and pins every time she releases something. I love the mysterious modern gothic style of The Lake House---the old house, old lady, young girl, hint of romance, layered mystery---and it's set in du Maurier's Cornwall to boot! All of these elements combine to make the story wonderful in so many ways. 599 pages finished in just four days---for a mother of nine, that indicates precious time devoted to a great story!

The frustrating part was that, besides a tiny surprise having to do with the character Theo toward the end, I had it all figured out about page 400. Every time I read something from Kate Morton, I think I have it figured out---only to be blown away at the end by twists and turns that I never saw coming. With The Lake House, I was met with let down after let down for 200 pages as I found that I actually had figured out the mysteries before the characters did. One reason I adore her stories is because they're some of the few that aren't predictable---not that I'd call this one predictable, not at all. Perhaps the fault is in myself and I've just become better at sleuthing over the years!

Other readers have mentioned the frustrating jumps in timeline. This is Morton's style and I've found it helpful to really take my time with the first few chapters---cementing the characters and dates in my mind until I've got the timeline figured out. This one did jump around quite a bit, but I never found it confusing.

I also really enjoyed picking out all the parallels to the real life story of Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) and Alice Liddel's family. It was very loosely there---but both Ben and Llewellyn served as Dodgson-esque characters; while Morton's Alice, complete with close relationships with an older and a younger sister, served to both men the "two sides" of Alice that modern day rumors hint at.

Overall, I loved The Lake House---just as I've loved all her other stories. I'll find a new reader for this one soon. ( )
  classyhomemaker | Dec 11, 2023 |
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Kate Morton - The Lake House: Too much unnecessary description and too much resolution. #cursorybookreviews #cursoryreviews ( )
  khage | Nov 8, 2023 |
Amazing, involved, complex and as soon as I thought I knew what happened I was wrong and wrong again. Highly recommended. ( )
  PamelaBarrett | Jul 14, 2023 |
I had read this book back in 2019, and reviewed it on Library Thing. Having forgotten this, I picked up a copy while on vacation and started in on it. Before too long I sensed that I was familiar with this plot, and checked my Library Thing catalog. Sure enough, I had read it in September of 2019. Head slap. By the time I discovered this, I was in France and didn't have a lot of other English books to turn to, so I decided to re-read the book and see if my initial assessment remained the same.

Interestingly enough, I discovered that I had forgotten most of the details of the book, including the conclusion to the mystery, so it felt, for the most part, like a new read. Last time I rated the book 3 stars, in part because I felt it too wordy. This time, however, I liked the wordiness of the book and gave it 4 stars. I am wondering if the fact that I was on vacation and had plenty of time to spend with the book made it more enjoyable for me. Sometimes when I find a book too wordy I skip passages - this time I read it all. That might have made the difference.

So I am writing another review for the same book, something I have never done before. As a side note, I joined Library Thing in 2009 in part because I was beginning to forget what I had read when selecting new books, and needed a log of my reading to solve that issue. Oops! I missed it this time. But I'm glad I had a chance to give the book another try. ( )
  peggybr | May 25, 2023 |
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Kriminalassistent Sadie Sparrow støder under en løbetur på et forladt hus og snart er hun dybt begravet i en 70 år gammel sag om et forsvundet barn. Sadie har mange forestillinger om, hvad der er sket med den lille dreng, men sandheden er milevidt fra nogen teori.

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