In the Lake of the Woods
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Average rating3.9
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Ratings8
Average rating3.9
This riveting novel of love and mystery from the author of The Things They Carried examines the lasting impact of the twentieth century’s legacy of violence and warfare, both at home and abroad. When long-hidden secrets about the atrocities he committed in Vietnam come to light, a candidate for the U.S. Senate retreats with his wife to a lakeside cabin in northern Minnesota. Within days of their arrival, his wife mysteriously vanishes into the watery wilderness.
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This isn't the worst book I've read this year, but it definitely wasn't great for me. Don't get me wrong, the writing was excellent. I just hated all of the characters. Every scene in Vietnam made me furious. The violence and the disgusting racist language towards the Vietnamese civilians and Native American fellow soldier. It's gross. The main character dealt with his mental health and by learning to be a magician, and then a politician after his ptsd. I wouldn't recommend that route. His wife, after witnessing his complete spiral into madness, did nothing. She just stuck around and let him dictate her entire life, including her womb. But as I said, I loved the writing style with the chapters that gave the snips of interviews and quotes from other characters and past political figures. I also liked that it read as an unsolved mystery. Overall, even though I know this book is well loved by many, It just made me overwhelmingly uncomfy.
