The Lake of Dead Languages
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“A gothic and elegant page-turner.”—The Boston Globe
Twenty years ago, Jane Hudson fled the Heart Lake School for Girls in the Adirondacks after a terrible tragedy. The week before her graduation, in that sheltered wonderland, three lives were taken, all victims of suicide. Only Jane was left to carry the burden of a mystery that has stayed hidden in the depths of Heart Lake for more than two decades.
Now Jane has returned to the school as a Latin teacher, recently separated and hoping to make a fresh start with her young daughter. But ominous messages from the past dredge up forgotten memories. And young, troubled girls are beginning to die again–as piece by piece the shattering truth slowly floats to the surface. . . .
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My sister actually owns this book and I borrowed it a couple times. I could not get enough. The writing just sucks you in and I became a fan of the author from this book.
I've seen this book compared to
The Secret History, a book I loved.
I enjoyed solving the mysteries of
the book and I enjoyed the Latin
words and phrases that added depth
to the book.
I wanted to give this book 4.5 stars, but that's not an option
For the most part... I absolutely adored this book. It started as a recommendation from my English teacher for a project we had to complete by the end of the year in my senior AP Literature class. So it began as another hoop I had to jump through to maintain my high grade in the class. But it became so much more than that.
As the book began, I had a bit of a hard time; this was the reason for the half star reduction. It had a slow start, but once the plot twists started showing up, I became so enveloped that I finished the second half of the novel in one day.
The twists at every turn kept me guessing, on the seat of my chair, at school, at work, and at home, until I had reached the last page.
Goodman has a way of captivating the reader with her Gothic and eerie style like nothing else I've ever read.
It's become one of my favorites, and I wish I could read it again for the first time.
