Lake Monsters: A Novel (Hardscrabble Books)

Rating:
Summary: A Great Read
Review: I loved this book! Little did I know that Lake Monsters would turn out to be one of my all-time favorites, when I happened across it one day on a library shelf. The stylish cover & design caught my attention, but it was Citro's writing that kept me eagerly turning those pages. The protagonist's attempt to get his life together and do something meaningful by searching for the monster in the lake, is intercepted by unforeseeable events and freaky isolationist island Vermonters. After reading this book, there is no way I would ever set foot on such an island. The story itself is not so much about him hunting for and getting to find the monster inside the lake. The real dangers lurk right there on that land and with its inhabitants. There is a map in the front of the book laying out the terrain, which helps you get your bearings. It also helped me imagine what a profound sense of isolation the main characters must have felt. The more I read, the more I felt like I was actually there on that island and in those bogs. This is no run-of-the-mill suspense/horror story. Citro is adept at conveying the dark undercurrents that run through the people of Vermont and the land itself. Not to mention the twist of an ending left me shocked and with my jaw on the floor.

Rating:
Summary: Lake Monsters
Review: One isolated island, a bunch of crazy off-beat characters, a
mysterious monastary and a "monster". That's what you get in the latest re-print by Hardscrabble Books. Originally titled Dark Twilight this is actually Joseph Citro's first novel. Citro is really one of the true under appreciated writers of all time.

Rating:
Summary: Lake Monsters
Review: One isolated island, a bunch of crazy off-beat characters, a
mysterious monastary and a "monster". That's what you get in the latest re-print by Hardscrabble Books. Originally titled Dark Twilight this is actually Joseph Citro's first novel. Citro is really one of the true under appreciated writers of all time.