As previously mentioned, I’ve started to immerse myself in the up lit genre at the moment- at this point I have just under 30 books in the dedicated collection on my Kindle (yay go me!)
Anyway, the first book I’ve decided to crack open to explore this genre is The Lido by Libby Page. Maybe because it’s set in London, a city that I totally LOVE, but so far I have to say I’m very pleased I’ve chosen to this book as my next read.
In a nutshell, The Lido is a story about a lido (basically an outdoor community pool) that is on the chop blocking and it’s a race against time to save it from the development block.
Even though I’m only 100 pages in, the read is really gripping. The prose is very well done and Page creates such a vivid and well drawn out world, you can’t help but fall in love with it. Speaking of prose, what is also enjoyable is the fact that the way of how calming the water is as you swim- it’s very hard to put into words but Page gets pretty damn close to achieving how I (as a swimmer) would articulate it.
So far so good!
UPDATE
So I finished this novel and it’s certainly an enjoyable read!
It’s an emotional rollercoaster that you wouldn’t expect, but also such a moving love story as well.
And the ending- while you sort of can see it coming, the journey to get there is amazing and I found myself in tears at the end of it- and I promptly went out and brought a few more of Page’s oeuvre.
Rating- 4 stars!