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A review by indoorg1rl
Lakewood by Megan Giddings
4.0
This book felt like an episode of Black Mirror - it was chilling, creepy, and scary especially because it was believable enough. I recently read [b:When No One is Watching|49398072|When No One is Watching|Alyssa Cole|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1585146341l/49398072._SY75_.jpg|73236183], and it had a similar plausible-thriller vibe (and it also happened that both books touched on racism and discrimination).
I listened to the audiobook and as I listened to Lena's experience, I kept wondering whether what she saw and heard were actually real, or whether she was more impacted by the drugs than what she thought. But at the end of it, I realised that this was the point of the story; to the experiment subjects, whether what they experienced was real didn't matter as much as the perception they had as they went through it.
The book was full of symbolisms, many of which I'm sure I missed. I saw a lot of good analysis and reviews out there of the book's hidden messages so I'm not going to attempt to write an essay about the moral of the story.
It was a great book. I hope it would be turned into a movie or mini-series, because I can imagine it being a good material for something similar to the Haunting of Bly Manor.
I listened to the audiobook and as I listened to Lena's experience, I kept wondering whether what she saw and heard were actually real, or whether she was more impacted by the drugs than what she thought. But at the end of it, I realised that this was the point of the story; to the experiment subjects, whether what they experienced was real didn't matter as much as the perception they had as they went through it.
The book was full of symbolisms, many of which I'm sure I missed. I saw a lot of good analysis and reviews out there of the book's hidden messages so I'm not going to attempt to write an essay about the moral of the story.
It was a great book. I hope it would be turned into a movie or mini-series, because I can imagine it being a good material for something similar to the Haunting of Bly Manor.