This is the second novel written by the author of The Time Traveller's Wife. It did take me a while to read this novel because the beginning wasn't that interesting. I kept 
reading the same chapter over and over. Once I got into the heart of the novel, it began to pick up, but never really seemed like a page turner to me. I loved Niggenegger's first novel and expected the same from this novel. While I did finish the novel, I think I only did so to see what happened at the end. I would recommend that people wait until this novel is in paperback or borrow it from the library rather than spend the money on a hard back.
reading the same chapter over and over. Once I got into the heart of the novel, it began to pick up, but never really seemed like a page turner to me. I loved Niggenegger's first novel and expected the same from this novel. While I did finish the novel, I think I only did so to see what happened at the end. I would recommend that people wait until this novel is in paperback or borrow it from the library rather than spend the money on a hard back.The novel is simply a ghost story, but you don't even meet the ghost until a third of the way into the novel. Twin sisters deal with the death of an aunt who is a twin herself. The novel delves into the lives of twins and the bonds of sisterhood. There is, of course, a terrible secret that the family keeps from the girls, but I was able to guess the secret before they revealed it near the end of the novel. I will read future novels by this author, but I was unimpressed with this sophomore novel.
Similar Novels: The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Length: 416 pages
Copyright: September 2009
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