A House at the Bottom of a Lake

A House at the Bottom of Lake...unfortunately it's mostly all in the title. At its best, this is a weird, mysterious, and creepy book about young love and coming of age. A less generous interpretation might see only a book about two teenagers who discover a (possibly haunted) house submerged in a lake and...not much else. The plot and premise just seemed a bit thin. I think this could have been an excellent short story, but as a novella I don't think there's enough here to justify the word count. I've read two other books by Josh Malerman and so far this is my least favorite, which is a real shame. Maybe there's more here. Maybe I could give the book another read, perhaps a visual read rather than listening to the audiobook (although the narrators did a great job)...but overall it's just kind of “meh+.” ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ (3.25)