Stacy Bell’s Reviews > Lake on the Mountain > Status Update

...because I think you have to stop drinking for yourself not because a teenager tells you to...ultimatums don't usually end well do they? I don't know maybe they do for some people but I was annoyed/hated all the characters.And for the love of god why didn't they just keep that fucking dog outside if neither the son or father could always remember to let him out??? That is all.

I'm abandoning this story. I got to page 272 and then skimmed the rest because I don't know...while it was well-written (I know I keep saying that but it's the best thing I can say about this book), it was just so fucking bleak and I didn't like any of the characters. Like even though I KNOW Dan has a drinking problem, I had a bit of a problem with his son giving him an ultimatum because...

Had to get to page 135 to finally get to Dan and Bill headed off to Bill's friend's wedding. Aaaaand now we have the author talking about the mysterious lake and Thom's friends and family and Sebastiano's sister. I'm still reading because like I said it's a well-written story but I think the author took too long to get to the (what I hope to be) good stuff.

This is well-written. There isn't any mystery yet unless you count the fact that Dan is a private investigator but most of the first 100 pages has been background history on the character. I'm hoping it moves beyond that or it will become a boring story pretty soon despite it being a well-written one.

I just started reading this and I'm kind of not liking Dan...bit of an asshole really but I wasn't exactly looking for happyhappy joyjoy lol