Carol Goodman

The lake of dead languages

Peggy Walker

I found myself very taken with the descriptive portions relating to Latin and to the approaches to teaching that subject. I didn't take Latin myself, but it made a dead language seem quite fascinating. It was interesting that the author sets this private school to be a place for misfits with students who weren't accepted elsewhere or were expelled from other schools. Otherwise it's hard to imagine that many parents would keep sending their girls to a school where suicide seemed to keep recurring. I also figured out the villain very early, and since the heroine had known her years before it's almost impossible to accept that she didn't get it. A very intense read, but very absorbing.

Chaya Vervaecke

Aaaah I don’t know what I think. One the one hand I really liked this but for some reason the last part wasn’t my favourite at all and so it left me with a mitigated feeling.
Overall I’d say this was a good (as I’ve given it 4*) but it wasn’t really what I expected it to be. 
I liked the complexity of the story line and the characters but I’ve to think a bit more about what I truly think.

Chrystal Giordano

Ashley Janssen

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Marie

'An astonishing literary debut that will quickly establish Carol Goodman as a promising literary talent. The tense dramatic atmosphere sparkles with a cracking pace combined with startling imagination and writing prowess, The Lake of Dead Languages holds more secrets than a confessional and contains a myriad of twists and turns - a book destined for the bestseller lists' Waterstones Bookshop, UK

The lake of dead languages

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