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Summary: Lake News - The story of a typical New England town
Review: When I first started reading Lake News I found it a little hard to get interested, but all of a sudden I was totally involved with the lives of Lily and John. Coming from a small New England town I know what it is like for people to be very critical of others. They are very hesitant to accept change. Barbara Delinsky skillfully draws the reader into the story to such an extent that when it ends you are begging for more. This is one novel that definitely needs at least one sequel. I would like to know what happens to John and Lily and also to her sister, Poppy.
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Summary: Lake Boring
Review: I love juicy summer reads, so I was disappointed to waste my time and money here. Crawling vanilla non-events happening to cardboard vanilla non-characters. If you've seen a blank coloring book, you'll get the idea.
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Summary: So Bad I Mailed It Back To The Publisher
Review: This book was so bad I literally mailed it back to the publisher. I've never done anything like that before. Opening with ten pages of unbelievable clichees blathering on and on about the loons leaving the lake for the winter, the book continues to introduce us to the most dead, uninteresting, unbelievable characters imaginable: how many times will we have to read stories about the big city journalist who returns to his home town after many years to edit the local newspaper? Well, if you have to, read any other book and pass on this one. The writer not only "created" characters horribly disfigured by clichees, but then had the audacity not to bother to get to know them before writing their stories. A great writer makes you feel she knows the souls of her characters. This writer is either incredibly lazy and disinterested, or incredibly untalented. Usually, I give books I don't want to keep in my library to our local library or Goodwill. This book was so bad, I didn't have the heart to inflict it on another reader.
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Summary: The power of the word
Review: Lake News was an enjoyable read--focusing on the power of the word and its ability to maim. One day Lili leads a private unassuming life and the next day she wakes up to find her good name and reputation smeared all over town via the workings of an over-ambitious and revengeful journalist. Seaking shelter in her quiet hometown in New Hamsphire, Lily finds comfort and solace in the form of John Kipling---another journalist of the local Lake News, but one who abides by the rules. John becomes Lily's knight in shining armor and helps Lily regain her dignity and reputation. Everyone has secrets from the past in Lake News which surface. This is my first Barbara Delinsky book, and I'm sure that I shall be reading more of her works in the future.
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Summary: It made me Laugh and Cry
Review: Lake News touches your heart with great emotions. The lost of a loved one, identity and wanting the acceptance from her mother makes me feel as if I too was going through that journey with Blake. This book shows how even through tough times, your inner strength will shine.
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Summary: Media out-of-control
Review: Anyone ever misquoted by the new media just has to be captivated by this book. It seems obvious that Barbara Delinsky, at some point in her life, must have been bitten by the "free press."This is the second book I've read by Ms. Delinsky, and I will be looking for more. She has this astounding ability to move from the big city, and life out-of-control (Lily facing the slam-dunk of the Boston Globe), to the ultimate evening-on-the lake (Henry) tranquility. Like Coast Road, she again digs layer-by-layer into the inner person of each of the key players, including Lily's handicapped (?) sister, Poppy. What a great way to spend an evening or two in front of a fireplace on a rainy evening. Delinsky is a really great read.
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Summary: lyrical start
Review: I have read one of this author's books previously (Coast Road). A pretty good read..but nothing in that hinted that Delinsky could come up with a page - turner like this one. The first pages are beautifully crafted, and evocative as can be. She captures the tranquillity and hush of a northern lake in the off-season, to my mind perfectly; and does not neglect to return to that theme. The story itself moves along, with the right amount of meat to cover the bones, and describes what happens without laborious or repetitive detail. The ending works and the story rings true in all its aspects. A very fine book indeed
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Summary: Lake News
Review: this was such a different book that it took awhile to decide just how I felt about it.It was superbly done, her characters had such dimension that they were right here with you.Very different, for a Delinsky, but very,very good.
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Summary: Good-But not her best!
Review: I love Barbara Delinsky but sadly, I did not love Lake News! The emotions and relationships she portrays in her stories are usually realistic, touching and powerful. Lake News is a good story, but the characters lack depth and the kind of chemistry which draws me to her books. She usually creates a story that sizzles with realistic powerful emotions between the characters. The sizzle is missing. I was so disappointed! I saw no reason for the characters to get together. There just wasn't enough heat between them. Even though this book does not have the chemistry of previous books such as Together Alone or A Woman's Place, it is still worth reading because Ms. Delinsky just can't write a bad book. I just wished for more chemistry.
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Summary: An outstanding novel
Review: "Judge not, that you be not judged," Matthew 7:1. - A well known publisher once told students that the purpose of a newspaper is to make money, i.e., it is a business. This story involves two newspapers, one a small weekly with an editor that struggles with principles; the other a large daily with a sleezeball reporter and an editor willing to publish whatever sells papers. A main player in the story is Lily, a pianist in the dining room of a posh private club in Boston who, like most musicians, has a day job - in her case as a teacher in a private school. Finding her named smeared in the press on charges of an illicite relationship with a prominant Bishop, she is hounded by the press. There is an old expression that when a rattlesnake bites your behind, you find out who your real friends are. Abandoned by some, she finds unexpected support from others. Escaping to seclusion back home at Lake Henry, major changes occur in her life as she finds herself. The weekly editor deals with the conflict between principles and the possibility of fame and money. The story takes some surprising turns as the editor and Lily work to clear her name.
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