Complicated yet interesting! This is a book that will take me some time to process. The storyline requires some patience because it follows multiple generations and skips around a bit, but it does so for good reason. Some parts left me feeling confused, and yet others seemed to have great, even if painful, insight into human behavior. If I were more spiritual and "believing" I think I would have enjoyed the book even more. I think I need to read tis book again to fully grasp the weight of it because I think I focused too much on figuring out the plot and didn't pay enough attention to the meaning. I picked this book up off a library bookshelf thinking that it would be a quick breezy summer read, but it is actually much, much deeper than that. The Lake PeopleByAbi MaxwellMy "in a nutshell" summary...Lots of stories, sadness and mystery surround a family and a found baby.My thoughts after reading this book...A family has an attachment and lots of mystical feelings about this lake that has provided them with way too much sorrow. There are all of these beliefs that people get drawn to and swallowed up by this lake...sometimes even when they don't want to...even when they take precautions...like the men who had a canoe and still drowned. Whew! The book is divided into sections and eras and we learn and relive the history f this family and those connected to them. Especially important is Alice Thornton...the baby who was found in a canoe near the lake. Most of the story is about her and how she discovers who she is.What I loved about this book...I did enjoy the bits of history about this family...I loved the parts about Signe's life as a teacher and as a person who loved ordering things from catalogs...I loved the way she labeled her canned goods and ordered pheasant and truffles and other strange delights.What I did not love...I chose this book to read but I ultimately did not enjoy it. In my mind it rambled, the lake part was weird and I didn't connect with any character...I thought the most interesting character was Signe and all of her lost loves. I found nothing starkly wrong with this book. The author weaves a lovely story. I just didn't love it. Final thoughts...A tightly woven mysterious book about a rather odd family and a lake. Readers who love a sort of folklorish tale should really enjoy this.
What do You think about Lake People (2013)?
Wonderful read, couldn't put it down. Already looking forward to this author's next book.
—rhea
the characters seemed so distant and abstracted that I just couldnt get into this book.
—Jess
It was an ok book...didn't really capture my interest.
—sexygirl1231
