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The Twin
In this twisty psychological thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of THE CELLAR, Ivy finds out that her twin sister, Iris, is trying to push her out of her own life--and might be responsible for their mother's death.
After their parents divorced, 10-year-old twins Ivy and Iris were split up--Ivy lived with Dad, Iris with Mom. Now, after a tragic accident takes their mom's life, the twins are reunited and Iris moves in with Ivy and their dad. Devastated over Mom's death, Iris spends the first few weeks in almost total silence--the only person she will speak to is Ivy. Iris feels her life is over and she doesn't know what to do. Ivy promises her twin that she can share her life now. After all, they're sisters. Twins.
It's a promise that Iris takes seriously. And before long, Ivy's friends, her life at school, and her boyfriend, Tyler, fall under Iris's spell. Slowly, Ivy realizes she's being pushed out of her own life. But she's just being paranoid, right? And Mom's accident was . . . just an accident. Right? It's not like she--or Dad--or Tyler--are in any danger. . . .
After their parents divorced, 10-year-old twins Ivy and Iris were split up--Ivy lived with Dad, Iris with Mom. Now, after a tragic accident takes their mom's life, the twins are reunited and Iris moves in with Ivy and their dad. Devastated over Mom's death, Iris spends the first few weeks in almost total silence--the only person she will speak to is Ivy. Iris feels her life is over and she doesn't know what to do. Ivy promises her twin that she can share her life now. After all, they're sisters. Twins.
It's a promise that Iris takes seriously. And before long, Ivy's friends, her life at school, and her boyfriend, Tyler, fall under Iris's spell. Slowly, Ivy realizes she's being pushed out of her own life. But she's just being paranoid, right? And Mom's accident was . . . just an accident. Right? It's not like she--or Dad--or Tyler--are in any danger. . . .
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Published March 3, 2020
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April 5, 2020
Look at this dark, haunted and sooo beautiful cover! It whispers to your ear slowly: “Pleaseeee read me!” And I did what I was told.
Good twin and evil twin, dark one wants to take place of the white one. This kind of mind bending, nail biting, nightmare summoning, evil soul conjuring stories are my all-time favorites and they never make me disappointed as like this book which gave me enough entertainment and irritating satisfaction.
You know classic “Single White Female” theme. They’re not twins but evil roommate Jennifer Jason Leigh became jealous of Bridget Fonda and she was so adamant to live her life by taking her place with planning deadly scheme.
She starts to dress like her, having a haircut like her, stealing the boyfriend of her by acting like her. This sick, mindf**king story reminded me of the deadly dance of this book’s twins: let’s take a look at our lovely twins Iris and Ivy. Don’t worry, their story is not less agitated than the classic replacing the lucky twin by threatening her life story.
Iris lives with his mother. Ivy lives with his father. Both twins are separated when they were only 10 and they have no special bond. The story started like “Parent Trap” movie, right? And you think that those sisters try to match make their parents to be a happy and big family again. NO! NO! NO! At the end of Parent Trap Dennis Quaid married with his childish wife who is younger than his son. (Sorry that was real life! It wasn’t written on the script. And Lindsay Lohan ate her imaginary twin to become a mean girl, end of the real story!) This time mother goes for a jog and falls down from a bridge! So mother is out of picture and Iris comes to live with her father and twin sister. But guess what, she whispers mean things to her sister when she is out of earshot of their father.
Iris starts to go to same school with her sister and compete with her at the swimming team. And poor Ivy feels threatened after finding not so cute Mickey Mouse kind of dead rat at her locker, having troubles with her besties and boyfriend. Her life starts getting out of control. And as you may imagine, their mother’s dying is not an accident. The evil twin might have killed her. So what’s gonna happen? Which one will defeat the other? Which one is going to be survivor? Is Ivy paranoid and did she imagine the entire fall-out of hers? Do you want to find out? Come on, grab the book, flip the pages and take a long sip from your refreshment. You’re gonna need all liquid courage to relax your nervous mind!
OVERALL: The story was not something so unique or original but it was still mysterious, well-written, heart throbbing. Pace was a little slow but it still gives the eerie and ominous feelings you need to get from terrifying thrillers. 3.75 rounded to 4 stars. It’s quite interesting and captivating YA thriller. I recommend it to the genre’s die-hard fans! I had mostly great time during my reading.
Special thanks to NetGalley and Random House Children’s/Delacorte Press and of course brilliant author Natasha Preston for providing me this nail biter, exciting book’s ARC COPY in exchange for my honest review.
Good twin and evil twin, dark one wants to take place of the white one. This kind of mind bending, nail biting, nightmare summoning, evil soul conjuring stories are my all-time favorites and they never make me disappointed as like this book which gave me enough entertainment and irritating satisfaction.
You know classic “Single White Female” theme. They’re not twins but evil roommate Jennifer Jason Leigh became jealous of Bridget Fonda and she was so adamant to live her life by taking her place with planning deadly scheme.
She starts to dress like her, having a haircut like her, stealing the boyfriend of her by acting like her. This sick, mindf**king story reminded me of the deadly dance of this book’s twins: let’s take a look at our lovely twins Iris and Ivy. Don’t worry, their story is not less agitated than the classic replacing the lucky twin by threatening her life story.
Iris lives with his mother. Ivy lives with his father. Both twins are separated when they were only 10 and they have no special bond. The story started like “Parent Trap” movie, right? And you think that those sisters try to match make their parents to be a happy and big family again. NO! NO! NO! At the end of Parent Trap Dennis Quaid married with his childish wife who is younger than his son. (Sorry that was real life! It wasn’t written on the script. And Lindsay Lohan ate her imaginary twin to become a mean girl, end of the real story!) This time mother goes for a jog and falls down from a bridge! So mother is out of picture and Iris comes to live with her father and twin sister. But guess what, she whispers mean things to her sister when she is out of earshot of their father.
Iris starts to go to same school with her sister and compete with her at the swimming team. And poor Ivy feels threatened after finding not so cute Mickey Mouse kind of dead rat at her locker, having troubles with her besties and boyfriend. Her life starts getting out of control. And as you may imagine, their mother’s dying is not an accident. The evil twin might have killed her. So what’s gonna happen? Which one will defeat the other? Which one is going to be survivor? Is Ivy paranoid and did she imagine the entire fall-out of hers? Do you want to find out? Come on, grab the book, flip the pages and take a long sip from your refreshment. You’re gonna need all liquid courage to relax your nervous mind!
OVERALL: The story was not something so unique or original but it was still mysterious, well-written, heart throbbing. Pace was a little slow but it still gives the eerie and ominous feelings you need to get from terrifying thrillers. 3.75 rounded to 4 stars. It’s quite interesting and captivating YA thriller. I recommend it to the genre’s die-hard fans! I had mostly great time during my reading.
Special thanks to NetGalley and Random House Children’s/Delacorte Press and of course brilliant author Natasha Preston for providing me this nail biter, exciting book’s ARC COPY in exchange for my honest review.
October 11, 2020
Ay, dios mío...
En La gemela nos encontramos con una historia menos habitual a lo que la autora, Natasha Preston, nos tenía acostumbradxs. En este libro no tenemos 'misterio' como tal, no hay un secuestro o asesinos en serie. Este libro va un poco más allá. El enemigo puede estar entre nosotros, pero solo tú puedes verlo.
La historia se centra en Ivy, que vive con su padre desde que su madre y él se divorciaron. Pero tiene una gemela, Iris, que decidió quedarse con su madre. Tras el suicidio de esta, Iris tiene que volver irremediablemente con su padre... y compartir vida con Ivy. ¿Qué puede salir mal?
Una de las cosas que más me ha gustado de la novela (y ojo, quiero destacarlo porque en un primer momento fue la causante de que no me enganchara tan rápido) es lo lenta que se cuece. Es quizá hasta la mitad que no comenzamos a ver las cosas claras, o salirse demasiado de madre. Los asuntos avanzan lentos, las tramas no parecen tener significado... Pero todo está en los detalles, hasta la más mínima conversación sirve al final para comprender la magnitud del asunto. Sin duda alguna, en ese sentido creo que Natasha Preston ha mejorado mucho en construcción de trama y personajes.
El ritmo es, como comento, algo lento, pero no evita que sea interesante. Es una lucha difícil: ¿cómo puedo decir que es lento pero importante? Sirve perfectamente para su cometido: conocer cómo funciona la mente de Ivy, su estilo de narrar y su voz, y ver también cómo el entorno va mutando desde lo que se nos presenta en los primeros capítulos.
Esta novela es un thriller psicológico de manual, y Natasha Preston consigue plasmarlo a la perfección. El uso que le da a la narración trasciende la propia historia. La protagonista poco a poco se va volviendo obsesiva y eso traspasa las páginas. Al principio cuenta las cosas de manera sencilla, poco enrevesada, pero según su vida se va desestabilizando podemos tener capítulos enteros sin ningún tipo de diálogos y dándole la vuelta a las mismas ideas, mismas frases, mismos conceptos. Una y otra vez, rumiando, repitiendo. La lectura se hace más lenta, parece tosca, vemos cómo la protagonista se centra en detalles y les da vueltas haciendo que tú como lector percibas lo extenuante que es. Sin duda, me ha sorprendido.
Por otro lado, tenemos a los personajes. En todos los libros de la autora tenemos una protagonista principal y un montón de gente a su alrededor, y sin embargo en esta novela he sentido que pese a tener varios secundarios, la historia se centraba mucho más en Ivy. Eso también me parece un avance porque no deja de demostrar de una forma indirecta la tensión psicológica a la que se somete por la llegada de su hermana a su zona de comfort.
Y sí: engancha. Tiene giros inesperados, y otros no tanto, pero en conjunto creo que la autora te lleva de la mano a donde quiere. La vida de Ivy se desmorona y tú la acompañas viendo cómo no puedes hacer nada, impotente. Eso, en parte, engancha. Pero sin duda lo que te genera el ansia de pasar las páginas son las dinámicas con el resto de personajes y en especial con Iris, Tyler y el padre. En mi caso, al menos, ha sido así. Probablemente cada lector encuentre diferentes relaciones con las que sentirse más o menos identificado.
Para mí La gemela se convierte en una de mis novelas favoritas de Preston. Igual es pronto para decir que en mi favorita porque es de estos libros que probablemente vuelvan a mi mente durante semanas, y entonces decidiré que es mi favorito de la autora. Sin embargo, y de momento, prefiero ser más crítico y comentar todo lo que me ha gustado, lo que no tanto y analizarla de manera más fría, porque como todos sus libros, tiene sus fallitos que no lo hacen perfecto.
En definitiva: este libro es una bomba. Puede no parecerlo cuando lo empiezas, pero te va a sumergir y a asfixiar en su atmósfera. La gemela es una gran muestra de la mejora de la autora y estoy deseando descubrir si tendremos o no una segunda parte.
En La gemela nos encontramos con una historia menos habitual a lo que la autora, Natasha Preston, nos tenía acostumbradxs. En este libro no tenemos 'misterio' como tal, no hay un secuestro o asesinos en serie. Este libro va un poco más allá. El enemigo puede estar entre nosotros, pero solo tú puedes verlo.
La historia se centra en Ivy, que vive con su padre desde que su madre y él se divorciaron. Pero tiene una gemela, Iris, que decidió quedarse con su madre. Tras el suicidio de esta, Iris tiene que volver irremediablemente con su padre... y compartir vida con Ivy. ¿Qué puede salir mal?
Una de las cosas que más me ha gustado de la novela (y ojo, quiero destacarlo porque en un primer momento fue la causante de que no me enganchara tan rápido) es lo lenta que se cuece. Es quizá hasta la mitad que no comenzamos a ver las cosas claras, o salirse demasiado de madre. Los asuntos avanzan lentos, las tramas no parecen tener significado... Pero todo está en los detalles, hasta la más mínima conversación sirve al final para comprender la magnitud del asunto. Sin duda alguna, en ese sentido creo que Natasha Preston ha mejorado mucho en construcción de trama y personajes.
El ritmo es, como comento, algo lento, pero no evita que sea interesante. Es una lucha difícil: ¿cómo puedo decir que es lento pero importante? Sirve perfectamente para su cometido: conocer cómo funciona la mente de Ivy, su estilo de narrar y su voz, y ver también cómo el entorno va mutando desde lo que se nos presenta en los primeros capítulos.
Esta novela es un thriller psicológico de manual, y Natasha Preston consigue plasmarlo a la perfección. El uso que le da a la narración trasciende la propia historia. La protagonista poco a poco se va volviendo obsesiva y eso traspasa las páginas. Al principio cuenta las cosas de manera sencilla, poco enrevesada, pero según su vida se va desestabilizando podemos tener capítulos enteros sin ningún tipo de diálogos y dándole la vuelta a las mismas ideas, mismas frases, mismos conceptos. Una y otra vez, rumiando, repitiendo. La lectura se hace más lenta, parece tosca, vemos cómo la protagonista se centra en detalles y les da vueltas haciendo que tú como lector percibas lo extenuante que es. Sin duda, me ha sorprendido.
Por otro lado, tenemos a los personajes. En todos los libros de la autora tenemos una protagonista principal y un montón de gente a su alrededor, y sin embargo en esta novela he sentido que pese a tener varios secundarios, la historia se centraba mucho más en Ivy. Eso también me parece un avance porque no deja de demostrar de una forma indirecta la tensión psicológica a la que se somete por la llegada de su hermana a su zona de comfort.
Y sí: engancha. Tiene giros inesperados, y otros no tanto, pero en conjunto creo que la autora te lleva de la mano a donde quiere. La vida de Ivy se desmorona y tú la acompañas viendo cómo no puedes hacer nada, impotente. Eso, en parte, engancha. Pero sin duda lo que te genera el ansia de pasar las páginas son las dinámicas con el resto de personajes y en especial con Iris, Tyler y el padre. En mi caso, al menos, ha sido así. Probablemente cada lector encuentre diferentes relaciones con las que sentirse más o menos identificado.
Para mí La gemela se convierte en una de mis novelas favoritas de Preston. Igual es pronto para decir que en mi favorita porque es de estos libros que probablemente vuelvan a mi mente durante semanas, y entonces decidiré que es mi favorito de la autora. Sin embargo, y de momento, prefiero ser más crítico y comentar todo lo que me ha gustado, lo que no tanto y analizarla de manera más fría, porque como todos sus libros, tiene sus fallitos que no lo hacen perfecto.
En definitiva: este libro es una bomba. Puede no parecerlo cuando lo empiezas, pero te va a sumergir y a asfixiar en su atmósfera. La gemela es una gran muestra de la mejora de la autora y estoy deseando descubrir si tendremos o no una segunda parte.
February 17, 2020
Definitely not a "twisty psychological thriller" as stated on the cover.
It was generic and not well written. Characters were all one dimensional and the ending was very unsatisfying and rushed.
It was generic and not well written. Characters were all one dimensional and the ending was very unsatisfying and rushed.
September 28, 2020
2,5/5
I hated the ending so much, I am ANGRY
I hated the ending so much, I am ANGRY
October 9, 2020
I'm so mad at the author. Why was there no justice for Ivy? It was like the author had turned against her own main character. What was the actual point in reading this book, allowing the events to unfold when nothing was resolved or concluded well. Nothing. This book was a waste of time.
February 12, 2020
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When I was a kid, I was a big fan of the Scholastic Point Horror imprint-- if you're old enough to remember pulp fiction, these were basically the middle grade version of that: cheaply printed novellas, each under 200 pages, about trashy horror ranging from killer vampires, to serial killers, to dysfunctional family members. What would you get? You'd have to read to find out.
Natasha Preston is a new author to me. I knew she wrote thrillers and I think I even have a book of hers on my Kindle from when it was free years and years ago. I like thrillers but I'm also super picky about them. I don't want them to be predictable and I expect a certain level in the quality of writing. Unfortunately for THE TWIN, it fails on both counts: not only is it predictable as all get out, but the writing is super cheesy, featuring such gems as, "she was as fake as her Louis Vuitton purse."
Our heroine, Ivy, is a plucky TSTL over-achiever, who despite having straight As, takes forEVER to figure out that her twin has it in for her. Her twin is named Iris, and comes to live with Ivy and her dad after their mom dies. You see, their parents are separated and since Ivy and Iris are twins, they just decided to Parent Trap it up and split the kids down the middle, same as everything else.
Something is not right with Iris. She doesn't show any grief about her mother's death-- not in the usual way, anyway-- and doesn't want to talk about their mom or anyone from her previous life. Instead, she wants to talk all about Ivy and her friends. She wants to be in all of Ivy's classes, and even starts hanging out with Ivy's friends-- sometimes without Ivy. Ivy knows that her sister has suffered a loss and needs support as much as she does... but how much support is too much? And what happens if someone leans on you so heavily that it feels kind of like they're trying to squash you? Well... Ivy is about to find out exactly what happens.
So, I did make it to the end of this book but I was rolling my eyes the whole way through at the bad writing. I kept hoping that maybe the ending would surprise me or the payoff would be good. But NO. The ending was terrible. I think the author was going for some kind of atypical Gillian Flynn-esque twist, but it just made me mad. Gillian Flynn's characters are brilliant, so those types of endings work because of the characters' twisted brilliance. This was just a carnival of idiocy, so the twist didn't really do anything but underscore just how STUPID everyone in this book really was.
I mean, really.
I don't want to say anything more than that, because spoilers, but it's been a while since I was so frustrated with a cast of characters... and not in a good way. Everyone in this book was stupid and awful. In one of my other reviews, I said that I'm OK with characters making bad decisions for good reasons; it's only when they make bad decisions for stupid reasons that it starts to feel less like a carefully devised character flaw and more like subpar writing.
Middle grade readers and younger high school students may enjoy this, but unless you're into the book equivalent of a Lifetime movie or a revistation of the Point Horror novels of your youth, I wouldn't recommend reading this book.
Thanks to the publisher for sending me a copy in exchange for an honest review!
2 to 2.5 stars
February 23, 2020
I recieved this early as part of a book tour, all my opinions arw my own and given voluntarily. This review contains spoilers!
I really disliked this book. It started off alright but it was all right in there... There was no build up and as much as I felt tension and the need to finish it I didn't really believe it... Absolutely no one believes her? They've known her for a long time and suddenly they don't believe her... This makes no sense to me at all...
The ending! This ending killed me! I have zero answers to many many questions! It seems to have a totally open ending! I don't want to give major spoilers but... Seriously! I'm so frickin annoyed at this book! So upset with how it played out.
I really disliked this book. It started off alright but it was all right in there... There was no build up and as much as I felt tension and the need to finish it I didn't really believe it... Absolutely no one believes her? They've known her for a long time and suddenly they don't believe her... This makes no sense to me at all...
The ending! This ending killed me! I have zero answers to many many questions! It seems to have a totally open ending! I don't want to give major spoilers but... Seriously! I'm so frickin annoyed at this book! So upset with how it played out.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 21, 2020
Special thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review
DNF @ 30% but skimmed to about 51%.
You know those posts where someone says, "I made a bot watch 1,000 hours of _______ and this is what it came up with."
Well, I think a bot watched 1,000 hours of Lifetime movies and spat this out.
Nothing feels natural. Our narrator, Ivy the good twin, is not written very well. Her narration of the story is honestly so uncomfortably bad that I was cringing while reading it.
Every chapter ends the same:
*Iris (the bad twin) does something suspicious that ONLY Ivy sees as suspicious*
Ivy: ...Why? (I am not exaggerating, "Why?" is literally the last line of many of the chapters)
Or something like:
"Why does she need to talk to my friends?"
It's just way too heavy on the whole twin-sister-is-trying-to-takeover-my-life thing. Iris (bad twin) is NOT subtle. The friends INSTANTLY turn on good-twin, I'm talking first conversation with evil sister type shit. Of course evil-twin eventually comes for the boyfriend and OF COURSE he turns on good-twin too over something really fucking dumb.
We are told so many times by 10% that Ivy (good twin) is a "problem-solver" and "tries to fix everything" and she "doesn't understand Iris's behavior" and it got so annoying that I honestly wanted Iris to just take her out of the story early on so I wouldn't have to deal with her anymore.
Ugh. It was just bad.
DNF @ 30% but skimmed to about 51%.
You know those posts where someone says, "I made a bot watch 1,000 hours of _______ and this is what it came up with."
Well, I think a bot watched 1,000 hours of Lifetime movies and spat this out.
Nothing feels natural. Our narrator, Ivy the good twin, is not written very well. Her narration of the story is honestly so uncomfortably bad that I was cringing while reading it.
Every chapter ends the same:
*Iris (the bad twin) does something suspicious that ONLY Ivy sees as suspicious*
Ivy: ...Why? (I am not exaggerating, "Why?" is literally the last line of many of the chapters)
Or something like:
"Why does she need to talk to my friends?"
It's just way too heavy on the whole twin-sister-is-trying-to-takeover-my-life thing. Iris (bad twin) is NOT subtle. The friends INSTANTLY turn on good-twin, I'm talking first conversation with evil sister type shit. Of course evil-twin eventually comes for the boyfriend and OF COURSE he turns on good-twin too over something really fucking dumb.
We are told so many times by 10% that Ivy (good twin) is a "problem-solver" and "tries to fix everything" and she "doesn't understand Iris's behavior" and it got so annoying that I honestly wanted Iris to just take her out of the story early on so I wouldn't have to deal with her anymore.
Ugh. It was just bad.
November 17, 2020
Me gustó mucho pero la edición... por favor, Croosbooks, cuida un poco la edición porque cuantísimas erratas y faltas de ortografía...
February 19, 2022
I really wanted to like this one...
I like the concept of the evil twin and had high hopes for this book, but it just wasn't grabbing my attention and felt like a never ending string of bland high school drama. I held out hope that the ending would be worth it and at least leave me satisfied, but I could not have been more wrong. The ending irritated me even more than the rest of the book. Anyways, this book was not for me. Nevertheless, if it sounds interesting give it a try, or another book I would recommend by this author is The Cellar.
I like the concept of the evil twin and had high hopes for this book, but it just wasn't grabbing my attention and felt like a never ending string of bland high school drama. I held out hope that the ending would be worth it and at least leave me satisfied, but I could not have been more wrong. The ending irritated me even more than the rest of the book. Anyways, this book was not for me. Nevertheless, if it sounds interesting give it a try, or another book I would recommend by this author is The Cellar.
May 6, 2020
The Twin by Natasha Preston is a young adult thriller that reminded me a lot of the old movie Single White Female but with teen twins. Iris and Ivy are the twins in this story with Ivy being the protagonist of the book.
When Iris and Ivy were young their parents filed for divorce and at that time Ivy stayed with her father while Iris moved with her mother. Now though after an accident takes the girls mother’s life Ivy finds herself forced to make room for Iris back in her life. It doesn’t take long though for Ivy to see that Iris is pushing her way into all aspects of Ivy’s life as Ivy begins to question her sister’s motives.
Now, as I said this one reminded me strongly of a movie so I wouldn’t say the book is overly original as it stands however I still found the story entertaining to read. What we have is the age old battle of good vs evil with the girls with of course no one else seeing just what our “bad” twin is up to leaving the protagonist fighting the evil on her own. Definitely enjoyable enough to spend a few hours reading even if it didn’t really surprise me much.
I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.
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When Iris and Ivy were young their parents filed for divorce and at that time Ivy stayed with her father while Iris moved with her mother. Now though after an accident takes the girls mother’s life Ivy finds herself forced to make room for Iris back in her life. It doesn’t take long though for Ivy to see that Iris is pushing her way into all aspects of Ivy’s life as Ivy begins to question her sister’s motives.
Now, as I said this one reminded me strongly of a movie so I wouldn’t say the book is overly original as it stands however I still found the story entertaining to read. What we have is the age old battle of good vs evil with the girls with of course no one else seeing just what our “bad” twin is up to leaving the protagonist fighting the evil on her own. Definitely enjoyable enough to spend a few hours reading even if it didn’t really surprise me much.
I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.
For more reviews please visit https://carriesbookreviews.com/
April 28, 2020
Ivy and Iris are twins. They are separated when their parents divorce. Ivy stays with their dad, Iris goes with their mother. When their mom is killed in what seems to be a freak accident, Iris comes to live with Ivy and their dad.
Iris slowly seems to take over Iris's life. She makes it seem as if Ivy is mentally unstable and jealous. As she starts creating drifts between Ivy and her friends, she also causes a rift between Ivy and their father. Looking into Iris, her old friends, and certain situations, Ivy comes to believe that there is something seriously wrong with Iris. She may even be a cold blooded killer.
I loved this book! While I always felt that Ivy was the sane one of the two, I sometimes doubted her myself. The story line was great. I would label it as a psychological thriller. I couldn't put the book down, it was a page turner. The only thing that I didn't like was the ending. I don't want to give it away for someone who hasn't read it, but this book is crazy good. Emphasis on crazy!
Iris slowly seems to take over Iris's life. She makes it seem as if Ivy is mentally unstable and jealous. As she starts creating drifts between Ivy and her friends, she also causes a rift between Ivy and their father. Looking into Iris, her old friends, and certain situations, Ivy comes to believe that there is something seriously wrong with Iris. She may even be a cold blooded killer.
I loved this book! While I always felt that Ivy was the sane one of the two, I sometimes doubted her myself. The story line was great. I would label it as a psychological thriller. I couldn't put the book down, it was a page turner. The only thing that I didn't like was the ending. I don't want to give it away for someone who hasn't read it, but this book is crazy good. Emphasis on crazy!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 8, 2021
When their parents divorced, identical twins Ivy and Iris are split apart. Iris chooses to live with their mother, while Ivy stays with their father. But when their mother dies, the twins’ worlds are turned upside down as they’re forced to live under the same roof, and try to come to terms with their mother’s death.
The story is told from Ivy’s point of view, and after only a few pages, I’ve already come to the conclusion that I don’t much care for her. She’s a bit self-centered, somewhat neurotic, and very high-strung. The first thing she does when she and Iris get home is take off to be with her boyfriend, completely leaving Iris alone in a place she’s not really comfortable with, without any kind of warning. Then once she’s back home, even though Iris makes it clear she doesn’t want to, Ivy tries to talk about their mother, and gets annoyed when Iris asks her to stop.
Ivy has this compulsive habit of biting her lip, and she does it so much I’m surprised she hasn’t chewed it off yet. Her mind never shuts off, jumping from one thing to another to another at lightning speed, to the point that just reading about all the things she thinks about at once mentally exhausted me. On top of that, she comes off as more than a little paranoid, always questioning everything, whether she has a reason to or not.
We also get the cliché “everyone in school is staring at us.” I come from a small town, and even when a new student came in, no one ever stared and talked about them like they were from another planet rather than another school. People don’t do this.
Once Iris starts going out on her own, Ivy begins to get paranoid about where she’s going, and who she’s meeting with. It comes off as if she’s entitled to know everything about what Iris is doing at all times.
The author might have intended for this to be a mystery/thriller, but all I can read it as is a teenaged girl getting more and more paranoid, who starts to think that an ever-increasing number of people are plotting behind her back and are out to get her.
Ugh… This book frustrates the hell out of me...
The story is told from Ivy’s point of view, and after only a few pages, I’ve already come to the conclusion that I don’t much care for her. She’s a bit self-centered, somewhat neurotic, and very high-strung. The first thing she does when she and Iris get home is take off to be with her boyfriend, completely leaving Iris alone in a place she’s not really comfortable with, without any kind of warning. Then once she’s back home, even though Iris makes it clear she doesn’t want to, Ivy tries to talk about their mother, and gets annoyed when Iris asks her to stop.
Ivy has this compulsive habit of biting her lip, and she does it so much I’m surprised she hasn’t chewed it off yet. Her mind never shuts off, jumping from one thing to another to another at lightning speed, to the point that just reading about all the things she thinks about at once mentally exhausted me. On top of that, she comes off as more than a little paranoid, always questioning everything, whether she has a reason to or not.
We also get the cliché “everyone in school is staring at us.” I come from a small town, and even when a new student came in, no one ever stared and talked about them like they were from another planet rather than another school. People don’t do this.
Once Iris starts going out on her own, Ivy begins to get paranoid about where she’s going, and who she’s meeting with. It comes off as if she’s entitled to know everything about what Iris is doing at all times.
The author might have intended for this to be a mystery/thriller, but all I can read it as is a teenaged girl getting more and more paranoid, who starts to think that an ever-increasing number of people are plotting behind her back and are out to get her.
Ugh… This book frustrates the hell out of me...
January 2, 2021
Me encantaría que mi opinión fuera otra porque realmente tenía ganas de que me gustara este libro, pero me ha parecido tedioso y evidente. Constantemente gira en torno a lo mismo, y el final es súper obvio. No lo recomiendo, hay muchos libros de suspense psicológico mil veces mejores que este (bajo mi humilde opinión)
June 16, 2020
So, this book had so much potential. It had the good twin bad twin thing that could have been written in such an interesting way, where the twins were both morally grey and could have avoided typical sibling tropes. But no it instead went for the basic good v bad twin.
Now the middle of this book wasn't bad, in fact, I had a lot of hope for this book. BUT THEN THE ENDING. That ending ruined the book for me, it could have been so good. If this book turns out to be the first in a duology or something then maybe the ending can be redeemed, but as of right now, the ending ruined the entire book for me. It was rushed, seemed incomplete, and ugh just made me so mad.
Overall, I'm giving this book 2 stars. I don't know if I'll read more from this author or not, but yeah this wasn't a great experience.
Now the middle of this book wasn't bad, in fact, I had a lot of hope for this book. BUT THEN THE ENDING. That ending ruined the book for me, it could have been so good. If this book turns out to be the first in a duology or something then maybe the ending can be redeemed, but as of right now, the ending ruined the entire book for me. It was rushed, seemed incomplete, and ugh just made me so mad.
Overall, I'm giving this book 2 stars. I don't know if I'll read more from this author or not, but yeah this wasn't a great experience.
May 25, 2020
Worst book I’ve ever read. Honestly. I don’t think it deserves even 1 star. A student of mine has written a better story than this in 200 words.
My 10th grade students chose this for our virtual book club in the last 6 weeks of our school year. I forced myself to read the chapters each day before our meeting. My students and I discussed how terrible the syntax and dialogue were almost each meeting. High school students could recognize how poor the writing is.
I’ve told my students almost daily (before quarantine) if they want to be better writers and readers, then they have to read more books. This book is not the type of book that would make them a better writer.
My 10th grade students chose this for our virtual book club in the last 6 weeks of our school year. I forced myself to read the chapters each day before our meeting. My students and I discussed how terrible the syntax and dialogue were almost each meeting. High school students could recognize how poor the writing is.
I’ve told my students almost daily (before quarantine) if they want to be better writers and readers, then they have to read more books. This book is not the type of book that would make them a better writer.
March 25, 2023
Disclaimer: My review for this book is based on an ARC sent to my workplace by Delacorte Press; all the following opinions I express are wholly my own.
The Twin by Natasha Preston is a lot like a Sara Shepard book; it has an interesting premise, but there's not a lot of meat to its bones.
I think it'll be perfect for the 12-16 year old age group; it seems scandalous, but in reality most of the material is very tame (and majorly unrealistic). It's not really a true thriller- it's a cotton candy version of one, meant to have you salivating at the end for the sequel, .
I found the plot little more than basic, the writing juvenile. When Ivy's parents divorced, her mother took her twin Iris, and Ivy herself stayed with her dad (don't even get me started on what kind of Parent Trap style f*ckery that is, not to mention the complete lack of logic there). A couple years later, Mom dies, and Iris comes to live with her sister and father. Iris proceeds to straight up start single-white-femaling Ivy; taking over her school group (complete with depthless friends and a stereotypically bitchy head cheerleader), her (painfully basic) boyfriend, her hobbies, even her clothes.
Speaking of, Ivy's description of her sister is very "i'M nOT LikE oTHer GirLs!!", which was annoying, but at the same time, I kind of had to root for Ivy, because you pretty much NEED to root for the protagonist who may or may not be getting gaslit by her maybe-evil twin.
Most of the book was a run-of-the-mill read for me, something I certainly would've enjoyed as a preteen, but ultimately would not have stuck with me afterwards. The last quarter picked up and started becoming more enjoyable to read (it's probably screwed up that the MC was much more relatable to me, and that the book was more fun in general, when she was losing her shit completely), but then the last chapter had to go and both lose me AND annoy me at the same time.
The Twin by Natasha Preston is a lot like a Sara Shepard book; it has an interesting premise, but there's not a lot of meat to its bones.
I think it'll be perfect for the 12-16 year old age group; it seems scandalous, but in reality most of the material is very tame (and majorly unrealistic). It's not really a true thriller- it's a cotton candy version of one, meant to have you salivating at the end for the sequel, .
I found the plot little more than basic, the writing juvenile. When Ivy's parents divorced, her mother took her twin Iris, and Ivy herself stayed with her dad (don't even get me started on what kind of Parent Trap style f*ckery that is, not to mention the complete lack of logic there). A couple years later, Mom dies, and Iris comes to live with her sister and father. Iris proceeds to straight up start single-white-femaling Ivy; taking over her school group (complete with depthless friends and a stereotypically bitchy head cheerleader), her (painfully basic) boyfriend, her hobbies, even her clothes.
Speaking of, Ivy's description of her sister is very "i'M nOT LikE oTHer GirLs!!", which was annoying, but at the same time, I kind of had to root for Ivy, because you pretty much NEED to root for the protagonist who may or may not be getting gaslit by her maybe-evil twin.
Most of the book was a run-of-the-mill read for me, something I certainly would've enjoyed as a preteen, but ultimately would not have stuck with me afterwards. The last quarter picked up and started becoming more enjoyable to read (it's probably screwed up that the MC was much more relatable to me, and that the book was more fun in general, when she was losing her shit completely), but then the last chapter had to go and both lose me AND annoy me at the same time.
September 30, 2021
Me gusta el estilo de escritura que tiene Natasha Preston, fresco, ágil y además la manera en cómo presenta a los personajes y sus historias.
En esta, seguimos los pasos de Ivy, ella y su padre vivían solos después del divorcio, pero tras la muerte de la madre, su hermana gemela Iris volverá a vivir con ellos. Al inicio parece normal que su gemela no quiera abrirse y hablar de sus sentimientos tras la pérdida, pero todo se vuelve turbio cuando la vida de Ivy se va derrumbando poco a poco: le van dando la espalda quienes decían ser sus mejores amigas, sus profesores, su novio y hasta su padre. ¿Será que es demasiada coincidencia que justo cuando Iris regresa a sus vidas, la de Iris se desmorona? ¿Estará robándole su vida?
Al inicio se me hizo un poco lento, creo que fueron unas 150 páginas de introducción, eso se me hizo raro ya que en cada libro que voy leyendo de la autora me trae la acción desde un principio, pero en este no fue así. A partir de esa página tomamos un rumbo distinto, y es que sí vemos lo turbia que se está poniendo la historia, empecé a hacer teorías mientras más nos acercábamos al final. Tenía bastante claro cuál era la verdad detrás del misterio, sabía lo que estaba sucediendo, y aún así esperaba que me sorprendiera.
Faltaban alrededor de 20 páginas y yo aún esperaba el BOOM final, pero nunca llegó. A ver, sí, me emociono cuando logro descifrar un caso que incluye más de una muerte, sin embargo esperaba que me volara la cabeza, deseaba tanto que mi teoría no se cumpliera porque era bastante básica, quería más drama, más acción, plot twists y un final vengativo. Solo obtuve un final abierto...
Aún así, no me quejo. Es un libro para pasar el rato. Sabía que no se convertiría en mi próximo favorito. Es un libro incluso para devorarlo entre 24 o 48 horas. He quedado un poco decepcionada, sí, pero tampoco es que haya llegado a ser una pésima lectura, en definitiva no es el mejor de la autora.
En esta, seguimos los pasos de Ivy, ella y su padre vivían solos después del divorcio, pero tras la muerte de la madre, su hermana gemela Iris volverá a vivir con ellos. Al inicio parece normal que su gemela no quiera abrirse y hablar de sus sentimientos tras la pérdida, pero todo se vuelve turbio cuando la vida de Ivy se va derrumbando poco a poco: le van dando la espalda quienes decían ser sus mejores amigas, sus profesores, su novio y hasta su padre. ¿Será que es demasiada coincidencia que justo cuando Iris regresa a sus vidas, la de Iris se desmorona? ¿Estará robándole su vida?
Al inicio se me hizo un poco lento, creo que fueron unas 150 páginas de introducción, eso se me hizo raro ya que en cada libro que voy leyendo de la autora me trae la acción desde un principio, pero en este no fue así. A partir de esa página tomamos un rumbo distinto, y es que sí vemos lo turbia que se está poniendo la historia, empecé a hacer teorías mientras más nos acercábamos al final. Tenía bastante claro cuál era la verdad detrás del misterio, sabía lo que estaba sucediendo, y aún así esperaba que me sorprendiera.
Faltaban alrededor de 20 páginas y yo aún esperaba el BOOM final, pero nunca llegó. A ver, sí, me emociono cuando logro descifrar un caso que incluye más de una muerte, sin embargo esperaba que me volara la cabeza, deseaba tanto que mi teoría no se cumpliera porque era bastante básica, quería más drama, más acción, plot twists y un final vengativo. Solo obtuve un final abierto...
Aún así, no me quejo. Es un libro para pasar el rato. Sabía que no se convertiría en mi próximo favorito. Es un libro incluso para devorarlo entre 24 o 48 horas. He quedado un poco decepcionada, sí, pero tampoco es que haya llegado a ser una pésima lectura, en definitiva no es el mejor de la autora.
December 18, 2020
4,5⭐️
Ha sido espeluznante, hay tensión en todo el libro. Lo he devorado.
No me esperaba que me fuera a gustar tanto, sin duda lo recomiendo. Es uno de los mejores thriller psicológicos que he leído.
Un trágico accidente acaba con la vida de la madre de Ivy e Iris, sus padres llevaban años separados e Iris vivía con su madre, por lo que ahora va a vivir con su padre y su gemela.
Pero Ivy empieza a ver cosas raras en su hermana, no quiere hablar de la muerte de su madre, parece que haya abandonado su vida anterior, quizás sólo es que Ivy la recuerda diferente.
Ha sido espeluznante, hay tensión en todo el libro. Lo he devorado.
No me esperaba que me fuera a gustar tanto, sin duda lo recomiendo. Es uno de los mejores thriller psicológicos que he leído.
Un trágico accidente acaba con la vida de la madre de Ivy e Iris, sus padres llevaban años separados e Iris vivía con su madre, por lo que ahora va a vivir con su padre y su gemela.
Pero Ivy empieza a ver cosas raras en su hermana, no quiere hablar de la muerte de su madre, parece que haya abandonado su vida anterior, quizás sólo es que Ivy la recuerda diferente.
December 21, 2020
Whoa what. This book had me on my toes. It's so many twists and turns. Okay so this book is about two twin sisters whose mom passed away. And so the other twin goes to live with her dad. And she starts taking over the other twin life. It's crazy Im telling you. It's a very good read.
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October 25, 2023
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Reconozco que nunca he leído nada de Natasha Preston y sentía mucha curiosidad, además con semejante sinopsis me moría por leerlo y ya para rematar contaba con opiniones buenísimas. Sin embargo, me he llevado una decepción tremenda y ha pasado a ser el peor libro que he leído este año, ahora entraré un poco más en detalle para daros mi opinión pero tranquilos que no soltaré ningún spoiler aunque me muera de ganas 😂
La trama es súper sencilla y aunque promete un thriller psicológico tremendo con muchos giros argumentales se queda en nada y todo resulta muy muy previsible. Solo nos cuenta la historia de Ivy y como todo se va truncando, no hay nada más, no esperéis grandes sorpresas, ni siquiera una trama que se centre algo más en la amistad o en la familia, no tiene apenas nada de romance, ni algunas subtramas interesantes o diferentes, si buscáis un misterio intenso o algo de lo anterior ya os digo que aquí no lo vais a encontrar, podéis encontrar mamarracheo, piques entre hermanas, personajes muy tocados y una trama de película de sobremesa. Además, no tiene un hilo conductor definido y muchas cosas pasan porque sí o no tienen sentido, para acabar con un final abierto y sin respuestas. Ya desde un inicio empecé a notar que tenía algo que no me gustaba, como que la protagonista sospecha de su hermana gemela sin ningún motivo, pero es que según avanzaba notaba más incoherencias y además tiene un ritmo lento, se repiten un montón de párrafos y de pensamientos de Ivy, que además de resultar cansinos son contradictorios, en un momento quiere a su hermana y al siguiente la odia, pero no pasa solo con ella, los demás personajes tienen el mismo fallo, son tremendamente volubles y manipulables y cada dos por tres cambian de opinión.
Un thriller psicológico juvenil que hace aguas por todos lados.
Reconozco que nunca he leído nada de Natasha Preston y sentía mucha curiosidad, además con semejante sinopsis me moría por leerlo y ya para rematar contaba con opiniones buenísimas. Sin embargo, me he llevado una decepción tremenda y ha pasado a ser el peor libro que he leído este año, ahora entraré un poco más en detalle para daros mi opinión pero tranquilos que no soltaré ningún spoiler aunque me muera de ganas 😂
La trama es súper sencilla y aunque promete un thriller psicológico tremendo con muchos giros argumentales se queda en nada y todo resulta muy muy previsible. Solo nos cuenta la historia de Ivy y como todo se va truncando, no hay nada más, no esperéis grandes sorpresas, ni siquiera una trama que se centre algo más en la amistad o en la familia, no tiene apenas nada de romance, ni algunas subtramas interesantes o diferentes, si buscáis un misterio intenso o algo de lo anterior ya os digo que aquí no lo vais a encontrar, podéis encontrar mamarracheo, piques entre hermanas, personajes muy tocados y una trama de película de sobremesa. Además, no tiene un hilo conductor definido y muchas cosas pasan porque sí o no tienen sentido, para acabar con un final abierto y sin respuestas. Ya desde un inicio empecé a notar que tenía algo que no me gustaba, como que la protagonista sospecha de su hermana gemela sin ningún motivo, pero es que según avanzaba notaba más incoherencias y además tiene un ritmo lento, se repiten un montón de párrafos y de pensamientos de Ivy, que además de resultar cansinos son contradictorios, en un momento quiere a su hermana y al siguiente la odia, pero no pasa solo con ella, los demás personajes tienen el mismo fallo, son tremendamente volubles y manipulables y cada dos por tres cambian de opinión.
Un thriller psicológico juvenil que hace aguas por todos lados.
January 7, 2020
The Twin by Natasha Preston is a young adult psychological thriller about two twins, Ivy and Iris who are separated at the age of ten when their parents divorce. Ivy lives with her dad and Iris lives with her mom. They don’t have the twin bond that I so often hear about but because of the twins each visiting the other parent on off weekends and holidays/breaks, their sisterly bond isn’t strong.
"Somewhere over time and our parents' separation, our silly dreams died, and we stopped sharing any new ones." 'Do you want to talk, Iris?' Her haunted eyes look right through me. "I want so much more than that."
When the twins mother dies in a tragic accident, Iris comes to live with Ivy and her dad. This is when Ivy’s life begins to fall apart. Strange things start to happen to Ivy, things to discredit her and get her in trouble with her friends, her dad and at school but who’s causing all the trouble? Is Ivy losing her mind or is Iris trying to take over her life?
The Twin is darkly atmospheric and well-written, creepy and compelling. Although it was a tiny bit predictable, I still found it highly entertaining.
A big thank you to NetGalley, Random House Children’s, Delacorte Press, and Natasha Preston for providing me with a copy of The Twin in exchange for my honest review.
"Somewhere over time and our parents' separation, our silly dreams died, and we stopped sharing any new ones." 'Do you want to talk, Iris?' Her haunted eyes look right through me. "I want so much more than that."
When the twins mother dies in a tragic accident, Iris comes to live with Ivy and her dad. This is when Ivy’s life begins to fall apart. Strange things start to happen to Ivy, things to discredit her and get her in trouble with her friends, her dad and at school but who’s causing all the trouble? Is Ivy losing her mind or is Iris trying to take over her life?
The Twin is darkly atmospheric and well-written, creepy and compelling. Although it was a tiny bit predictable, I still found it highly entertaining.
A big thank you to NetGalley, Random House Children’s, Delacorte Press, and Natasha Preston for providing me with a copy of The Twin in exchange for my honest review.
February 13, 2020
I received a free e-copy of The Twin by Natasha Preston from NetGalley for my honest review.
A story about identical twin girls who are not your usual twins. Years ago, their parents divorced. One sister stayed with their father, and the other with their mother. Their mom ends up dying and Iris moves in with her twin sister Ivy. Things start to go terribly wrong when one of the sisters has bad intentions.
A story about identical twin girls who are not your usual twins. Years ago, their parents divorced. One sister stayed with their father, and the other with their mother. Their mom ends up dying and Iris moves in with her twin sister Ivy. Things start to go terribly wrong when one of the sisters has bad intentions.
April 15, 2020
Not sure if cliffhanger because there's a sequel, or cliffhanger because that's just the ending. Relentless pressure with no happy ending.
May 9, 2021
Plot 0.25
Writing 0
Characters 0.25
Enjoyment 0.25
Reread/recommend 0.25
1.0 stars
“Looks good on you.”
“That’s because I look like you.”
“You were born first, so technically I look like you.”
“Well, yeah. I’m the original and you’re the imposter.”
Where to even begin. I just ranted to my mom about it and her response was: Ya, doesn’t sound like something I would read or watch. And I said: Ya me either but it was somehow the worst and best book, I couldn’t DN- oh, stop reading it because I had to know what happened. My mom: Yup that’s usually how it goes with things like that, like watching a Halloween movie or something.
Well, I’ll go point by point I guess.
So the plot is the only reason I did not DNF this book. I was too curious to find out Iris’s reasoning and plan, and too stubborn to stop reading it because I’m already behind on my Goodreads goal.
Despite all of my complaining to my friends, I did enjoy this book. It was terrible, but I loved the good-twin evil-twin thing. Ty and Ivy were really cute together. I was annoyed by the overwhelming high school cliches. I would not recommend this book unless you just want a quick weekend read, and uh, don’t have too high of expectations. I didn’t have any expectations going into it; The Twin was just an impulse buy from Walmart because I liked the cover.
Fool count (because we all know I love the word too much for my own good): 3
Pg 85: "I can get through, I can go to class and do the word, but I can't fool people."
Pg 157: "I feel like a fool, freaking out over nothing."
Pg 365: “Iris might have everyone fooled, but she can’t stop him from loving me.”
Very annoyed that I can’t even call Ivy foolish because it's not that, she's just written so poorly
Random things I sent to my friends about this book:
What the heck is stuffed-crust BBQ chicken pizza and why are they eating it while watching Iron Man
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"Iris is crazy. She hasn't even apologized." You idiot Ivy you're an idiot
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Prediction: Iris is going to make everyone think Ivy is insane and she's gonna be put in a mental hospital
Update: Ayy I was right😐
*
Ivy: you know I actually am hungry
Dad: I knew you would crack when your stomach started making those noises
Ivy: pancakes?
Dad: you want them in shapes?
Ivy: you just said that you understand that I'm growing up...
Dad: all right normal pancakes it is
Ivy: no I want little hearts
Dad: I knew you were still in there
Ivy: always
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When she mentions something about Ty, she always follows up with "I love it." One time she even said "I love both." LITERALLY JUST THOSE THREE WORDS LIKE There's a message from Ty, asking how therapy went he sends the same text every Friday. I love it. Ok??? That's just ugh to me
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Ok I'll stop now lol
Writing 0
Characters 0.25
Enjoyment 0.25
Reread/recommend 0.25
1.0 stars
“Looks good on you.”
“That’s because I look like you.”
“You were born first, so technically I look like you.”
“Well, yeah. I’m the original and you’re the imposter.”
Where to even begin. I just ranted to my mom about it and her response was: Ya, doesn’t sound like something I would read or watch. And I said: Ya me either but it was somehow the worst and best book, I couldn’t DN- oh, stop reading it because I had to know what happened. My mom: Yup that’s usually how it goes with things like that, like watching a Halloween movie or something.
Well, I’ll go point by point I guess.
So the plot is the only reason I did not DNF this book. I was too curious to find out Iris’s reasoning and plan, and too stubborn to stop reading it because I’m already behind on my Goodreads goal.
Despite all of my complaining to my friends, I did enjoy this book. It was terrible, but I loved the good-twin evil-twin thing. Ty and Ivy were really cute together. I was annoyed by the overwhelming high school cliches. I would not recommend this book unless you just want a quick weekend read, and uh, don’t have too high of expectations. I didn’t have any expectations going into it; The Twin was just an impulse buy from Walmart because I liked the cover.
Fool count (because we all know I love the word too much for my own good): 3
Pg 85: "I can get through, I can go to class and do the word, but I can't fool people."
Pg 157: "I feel like a fool, freaking out over nothing."
Pg 365: “Iris might have everyone fooled, but she can’t stop him from loving me.”
Very annoyed that I can’t even call Ivy foolish because it's not that, she's just written so poorly
Random things I sent to my friends about this book:
What the heck is stuffed-crust BBQ chicken pizza and why are they eating it while watching Iron Man
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"Iris is crazy. She hasn't even apologized." You idiot Ivy you're an idiot
*
Prediction: Iris is going to make everyone think Ivy is insane and she's gonna be put in a mental hospital
Update: Ayy I was right😐
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Ivy: you know I actually am hungry
Dad: I knew you would crack when your stomach started making those noises
Ivy: pancakes?
Dad: you want them in shapes?
Ivy: you just said that you understand that I'm growing up...
Dad: all right normal pancakes it is
Ivy: no I want little hearts
Dad: I knew you were still in there
Ivy: always
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When she mentions something about Ty, she always follows up with "I love it." One time she even said "I love both." LITERALLY JUST THOSE THREE WORDS LIKE There's a message from Ty, asking how therapy went he sends the same text every Friday. I love it. Ok??? That's just ugh to me
*
Ok I'll stop now lol
May 3, 2020
I had high expectations for The Twin. When I read the synopsis I thought oh parent trap meets single white female. And it was a little like that, but it was a little like that, but it also wasn’t at all. First, this book is young adult, and I mean very young adult. The characters were all very immature and I had trouble connecting. Which lead me to my other issue, I just didn’t care about the characters.
I think Ivy’s immediate dislike and suspicion of Iris is what really caused this book to not be as good as it could. The point of books like these is that the manipulative character even fools the protagonist for a while. Ivy’s immediate suspicions of Iris did make her seem a little crazy, and really just didn’t help her.
The Twin was a great concept, but not super great execution. I couldn’t get into it and I really just didn’t care about Ivy as all. The ending also irritated me and I felt like there was no real resolution, which may have been the point, but I wanted more.
I think Ivy’s immediate dislike and suspicion of Iris is what really caused this book to not be as good as it could. The point of books like these is that the manipulative character even fools the protagonist for a while. Ivy’s immediate suspicions of Iris did make her seem a little crazy, and really just didn’t help her.
The Twin was a great concept, but not super great execution. I couldn’t get into it and I really just didn’t care about Ivy as all. The ending also irritated me and I felt like there was no real resolution, which may have been the point, but I wanted more.
March 9, 2020
I really, really hate that I didn't like this one. Natasha Preston has been on my To Read list for a while now, and I am not opposed to still try other books by her, but this was just very painful for me to get through. There wasn't really one single character I even liked. I think we're supposed to sympathize and like the main character, but she's so insufferable it's next to impossible to like her. It's hard to believe anyone CHOSE to be around her. At one point she offered a gem of a line like, "You know it's only okay to wear band t-shirts if you listen to them, right?" Okay, gatekeeper. There was also a lot of food shaming? Food policing? Labeling foods as bad and putting way too much emphasis on why those foods shouldn't be had because being thin and fit and attractive were the only good qualities to have apparently. I'm not a big fan of that type of stuff. It's 2020. We can do better in YA books.
Overall, it just didn't even sound like teenagers. It sounded like really judgmental older women going to highschool. It just seemed wildly out of touch. The mystery wasn't much of a mystery. It was very predictable from the start. I just don't think it did what it was trying to do.
Sorry. I wanted to love it!
**Thank you Net Galley & Random House Children's for an eARC in exchange for an honest review!**
Overall, it just didn't even sound like teenagers. It sounded like really judgmental older women going to highschool. It just seemed wildly out of touch. The mystery wasn't much of a mystery. It was very predictable from the start. I just don't think it did what it was trying to do.
Sorry. I wanted to love it!
**Thank you Net Galley & Random House Children's for an eARC in exchange for an honest review!**
February 5, 2020
I have received this ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
OMG THIS BOOK WAS FREAKING AMAZING! So dark and I loved all of it.
The Twin, was again, freaking amazing. I loved the whole evil vs good twin because this entire thing had me on the edge of my seat. Ivy and Iris were definitely interesting when it came to siblings. They were separated once their parents got divorced and then reunited years later. No, this is not like the parent trap because.. it just isn't. It's the complete opposite and more mystery like than anything.
The one thing I would change was the pace though. It kind of seemed like a hot mess to me but I still ended up enjoying this little thriller. Definitely got sucked in for the ride and can't wait to see what else Natasha has written or will write in the future!
OMG THIS BOOK WAS FREAKING AMAZING! So dark and I loved all of it.
The Twin, was again, freaking amazing. I loved the whole evil vs good twin because this entire thing had me on the edge of my seat. Ivy and Iris were definitely interesting when it came to siblings. They were separated once their parents got divorced and then reunited years later. No, this is not like the parent trap because.. it just isn't. It's the complete opposite and more mystery like than anything.
The one thing I would change was the pace though. It kind of seemed like a hot mess to me but I still ended up enjoying this little thriller. Definitely got sucked in for the ride and can't wait to see what else Natasha has written or will write in the future!
December 18, 2020
What a complete and utter, BULLSHIT ending. This novel was already painful enough to read as it was. One star due to the fact it was short. However, it took me weeks to read because it was so flipping boring. I trudged on, praying to the book Gods that the ending would be my salvation. Nope, the ending was my undoing. Seriously the worst book I’ve read this year. Tried reading a novel previously by this author, but gave up 50 pages in. YA novels can be fun to read if done right and I like giving second chances. This lady gets it all wrong.
Never picking up a book from this woman again.
Never picking up a book from this woman again.
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