Eden Lake

Eden Lake by Jane Roper

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


I won this book in a blog giveaway late last summer.



Eden Lake is a dramatic book about siblings Abe, Jude, and Eric who come back to run their family's summer camp after the untimely death of their father. Each adult child is at different points in their life, but all seem to be stuck in their own rut going nowhere. The interactions at the camp help them all to eventually find their way to something new.



What I liked- The setting. I've never been to summer camp myself. I enjoyed the descriptions of camp and the way students and camp councilors interacted. A few of the character relationships were interesting. Abe's relationship with Aura was unexpected as was his mother's relationship with a long lost beau.



What I didn't like- I put this book down after reading about 100 pages because I couldn't get into it. The build up of each character and the setting took too long. I recently picked the book back up. It took another 100 pages for the characters to really develop. Under normal circumstances, I would not give a book 200 pages to get my attention. I'm still left feeling as if there was something missing. Just as I started to feel a small connection to the characters the book ended. I personally enjoy strong women characters. I didn't feel any of the women in this book fit that description.



Overall, I felt the book was ok. I'm glad I finished. Just not enough that I will be recommending this book to others or rereading it.



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