The Lake

I remember being into Laymon's work back in the late 80s, had this one just sat there since it was published and picked it up on a whim, maybe shouldn't have bothered.

Large elements of the plot (well all really) are so massively implausible that I almost couldn't believe that's what was actually happening. It's easy enough to read without being simplistic, but his views on women and sex in general, whilst dated for the time feel very out of date now.

I realise this was published after his death, and there is something about this that feels like it wasn't completely finished. About halfway through the chapters seemed to drop to 1 or 2 pages more often than not, almost like they hadn't been fleshed out?

Anyway, I'd only bother with this if you are a Laymon completist.