In The Lake Of The Woods

br March 29 , 2007

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In The Lake Of The Woods ' In The Lake Of The Woods ' by Tim O 'Brien In the book (O 'Brien , 1995 ) In The Lake Of The Woods ' by Author , Tim O 'Brien , the author was able to convince me that I was there on September 19 , 1986 , when the woman disappeared close to the lake in Northern Minnesota

The vanishing of Kathy Wade was eerie and I was constantly asking myself what could have happened to this woman . Did she drown in the lake ? The possibilities

were endless and the author kept me in suspense as I feared the worst in this situation that took place in the woods

Kathy 's husband John who was a politician seemed to be an immediate suspect in Kathy 's disappearance . His character didn 't seem like one that was very respectable and although he was very handsome , which made him seem less of a suspect , his downward spiral in his political career did raise questions of his innocence

When the Wade family drove to the woods in Minnesota , I knew that they were going to be in for a fearful adventure

The secret tunnels and doors were quite interesting but the underground chamber was terrifying ! Anything was liable to happen down there and it did raise vivid images of the spooky quarters . One thing could easily turn into something else at any given moment in this haunting tale

How could John Wade go from being a magician to a killer of the woman that he was supposed to love ? From the very beginning of the story , it was as if you knew that Kathy was going to vanish but there was always hope that she would be found , throughout the entire story and I did try to visualize something happening to her that didn 't involve her husband

This story was able to take me backward and forward throughout the book , talking about different periods of time , which all had to do with the ultimate question of What happened to Kathy

John Wade , the soldier , you just didn 't want to believe that he was a murderer , although his friends in Vietnam did refer to him as a Sorcerer because of his magic tricks , which seemed to flow in the story . Was he capable of love or was that just an illusion or just another one of his many tricks he held up his sleeve . That question was always on my mind

Kathy did know some things about John , because she sometimes called him Inspector Clouseau ' just another one of the many names that people that had been associated with , called him . He was easily transferred from one title to another , and each title was just as interesting as the last . He was a character with many talents , I suppose , including murder , perhaps

You did have to wonder if maybe Kathy was in that house . Was she a part of the magic that was inside or was...