This was an eye opener!

hmmm.. where do I begin when it comes to In the Lake of the Woods... I call this novel an eye opener becauseof a few different reasons. To start off, I was very shocked to how this novel was organized. i agree with Alan in the sense that it took me awhile to get the whole the thing with the interviews and the order of the chapters/stories. It was very original to have the hypothesis and evidence placed throughout it to make the reader think, but sometimes I found myself lost and became a tiny bit confused. In the plot chapters, his thoughts seemed to mess with me because I would lose track of the chronological arrangement and have to reread the page to make sure I am not getting the wrong message. Once I got a hang of his style of organization, it began to fall into place.

Even though I struggled with this crazy style, I could not put the book down. It is not everyday that you read a book about this man's life and his obsession with a woman and the detail involved. This was the major reason why I felt this novel was an eye opener, BUT surprsingly I was also very intriqued by the interviews involving the war. If I was not in this class, I would not have found that to be one of the most interesting aspects. Yes, I would have been disturbed, but since my knowledge lacked in this war era, I would have just read over it. But I understood the information and only made me more aware to the situations that happened. So since I enjoy the mystery within this novel AND information about the war, I really started to enjoy it and had no problem finishing early (for once haha). Also, I love L.O.V.E. so all his words about expressing his love made me melt and that was the only reason why I considered this ending to decent.

I am more of a concrete ending type of person and this novel does not give us this. When I was reaching page 93ish, I was thinking "please just give me the ending I want or please just give me an ending!" When I finished, I realized that this author really just wants to make us think. I am a romantc person and see it as them having their time of 'happiness' or travelling to places like Verona...finally! She deserves to have her personal time with the man she truly loves and owes it to her. I didn't want to have it end as a double suicide or anyhting of that sort. I do find the ending somewhat beneficial, but it is still hard to completely like it since I just want to know!

This novel was a great addition to our course worka and I am personally glad that it was included. Well my battery is about to die on my laptop! bye!