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Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3)
by Katherine Arden
An extremely cozy lodge. Brian Battersby, Ollie and Coco are alone, his parents have gone into town. They are not happy about being alone in the cabin. The lights go out. There is a booming knock at the door. Ollie‘s wrist watch reads HUSH… That is the beginning g of the third installment of this series for middle-grade readers.
From there the story takes us onto Lake Champlain, a sinking ship, an isolated island and monsters. I liked the dynamics between the children and their parents and also liked the addition of Phil as a major character. The ending took a shocking turn.
Enjoyable, however I liked the previous book set at Hemlock Lodge a litte better. The Haunted House setting grabbed me more.
And who exactly was it knocking on that door? Maybe we‘ll find out in the next and final book?
PS: the audio narration was good. I love the cover. Based on that I had hoped for more action on the water and a spookier underwater monster. The monster we got definitely didn‘t resemble an anglerfish… 😏
I also liked the addition of Phil as a major character. Though to be honest, I had forgotten about the start of the book since it had very little to do with the main part of the book on the boat & island.
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Yes, I’m not sure what the beginning of the book was supposed to do. Maybe set up for the next book?
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Could be? I’ve read book four, but I don’t remember the beginning of book three well enough to say if they’re connected.
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They are alone in the lodge and someone knocks boomingly on the door… that‘s pretty much it. And it‘s not commented any ore later in this book.
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Huh. Maybe it’s just to show that even home isn’t safe anymore? (That concept does return in the 4th book.)
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