Reviews for Summer at the Lake (O'Malley Family Series)

The average rating for Summer at the Lake (O'Malley Family Series) based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-02-03 00:00:00 Lisa Simpson Great premise about 3 friends trying to make sense of the events that took place in their youth. They all have regrets about the choices they made and believe that their interpretation of the events influenced them to make those choices. The main character decides to look more closely at the events and find the truths behind them. This could have been a great story. Greeley bounces around in time and from character to character. The story is not tied together very well. It was not enjoyable to read and I found the ending to be unsatisfying. It did not do justice to the characters.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-04-25 00:00:00 Mario Stanisic I'm a big Greeley fan and this did not disappoint. I just thought the format was unusual in that it not only told parts of the story from 3 different character's points of view, but it also went back and forth between the 1940's and 1970's. Ended up that many things were repeated several times. I kept thinking, well we already know he loves her very much and he thinks she is the most beautiful woman in the world, but how many times is he going to tell us? The plot was riveting for the most part. I also liked that it takes place in Chicago and "the Lake" is based on Lake Geneva, my old stomping grounds.