Basil’s Reviews > Lost Lake > Status Update

Selma admits to being hurt because she can't make female friends and to being aware of exactly why she can't make female friends - and its due to "the type of woman she is," which is a woman who steals men from other women for explicitly selfish reasons (see page for examples). Allen has a way of writing that is magical and glorifying, but the substance of her content isn't good. the essentialism in it...

The author always has a weird thing with promiscuous women/women weaponizing their sexuality... The whole chapter on Selma was weird, especially her idolization of her dad's mistresses as a CHILD... author is adultifying these girls. I'm wondering what the point of Selma's backstory is and how it will be important later. I don't like that Selma is a homewrecker and the author writes it off as her IINATE magic.

I'm liking the story as it unfolds, but the pacing is a bit slow. the style makes up for it. The perspectives switch pretty frequently, more than my liking. Maybe it's also to make up for not much going on.

I'm nervous about Wes and Kate. I feel like a year is still so early to move on. But maybe Kate didn't love Matt the way I assumed she did? There's something weird going on with Matt. Hate Cricket either way.