Lakelore
Ratings7
Average rating4.2
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Ratings7
Average rating4.2
In this young adult novel by award-winning author Anna-Marie McLemore, two non-binary teens are pulled into a magical world under a lake - but can they keep their worlds above water intact? Everyone who lives near the lake knows the stories about the world underneath it, an ethereal landscape rumored to be half-air, half-water. But Bastián Silvano and Lore Garcia are the only ones who’ve been there. Bastián grew up both above the lake and in the otherworldly space beneath it. Lore’s only seen the world under the lake once, but that one encounter changed their life and their fate. Then the lines between air and water begin to blur. The world under the lake drifts above the surface. If Bastián and Lore don’t want it bringing their secrets to the surface with it, they have to stop it, and to do that, they have to work together. There’s just one problem: Bastián and Lore haven’t spoken in seven years, and working together means trusting each other with the very things they’re trying to hide.
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I picked this up for the Trans Rights Readathon (running on all bookish social media near you from March 20-27, 2023) and I absolutely loved it. A beautifully crafted story of 2 non binary teens who find each other despite feeling like they don't belong anywhere. It's also about the terror and thrill of showing all of yourself to another person.
3.5 ⭐️ rounded up - very sweet & i loved the ending, i listened to the audiobook & enjoyed the reading but also think it made it feel more YA than it would've had i read it. not a bad thing that it's more YA than i thought but isn't my personal cup of tea
overall, a lovely book & good fiction intro to topics of gender, neurodivergence & ethnicity
I did not like either of the main characters, by the 17% mark, I should have at least started connecting to them, but I felt nothing for Lore and was frequently annoyed by Bastian. Perhaps I am the problem, but I felt like I was being talked down to in this book with the frequent pauses to describe what being trans/nonbinary, or having adhd/dyslexia are like. I also just wasn't enjoying the execution of the lake plotline despite thinking it was a cool concept when picking up the book.
