The Opposite of Me
A Novel
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4.2 • 114 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
A "fresh, funny, and satisfying" (New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner) about the complicated bonds of sisterhood.
Twenty-nine-year-old Lindsey Rose has, for as long as she can remember, lived in the shadow of her ravishingly beautiful fraternal twin sister, Alex.
Determined to get noticed, Lindsey is finally on the cusp of being named VP creative director of an elite New York advertising agency, after years of eighty-plus-hour weeks, migraines, and profound loneliness. But during the course of one devastating night, Lindsey’s carefully constructed life implodes. Humiliated, she flees the glitter of Manhattan and retreats to the time warp of her parents’ Maryland home.
As her sister plans her lavish wedding to her Prince Charming, Lindsey struggles to maintain her identity as the smart, responsible twin while she furtively tries to piece her career back together. But things get more complicated when a long-held family secret is unleashed that forces both sisters to reconsider who they are and who they are meant to be.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Veteran journalist Pekkanen debuts with a promising yet pedestrian post chick lit novel about a successful New York ad exec who's passed over for a promotion then unceremoniously canned. Workaholic Lindsey Rose leaves Manhattan for her family's Maryland home, resuming her role as the smart, capable daughter. Years of jealousy surge into overdrive at her beautiful twin sister Alex's engagement party when she watches her lifelong friend Bradley, possibly the guy that got away, begin to fall under her sister's golden spell. After the obligatory ugly duckling makeover, Lindsey, no longer the plain daughter, continues to hide her new look from her family. Away from them, however, a newly confident and gregarious Lindsey emerges, one able to parlay her advertising skills into a new position at a matchmaking service. It takes a terrifying medical diagnosis and a visit to her parents' musty attic to complete Lindsey's transformation. Though the story is Lindsey's, Alex also plays a large part, though her selfishness is so relentlessly portrayed, it's difficult to determine just who she is. The pace is slow, and the story just adequate. (Mar.)
Customer Reviews
Easy read
This is a book that’s predictable but enjoyable , it gives you a brief vacation from your own world.
The Opposite Of Me
Wonderful! Hard to put down. It was like listening to a friend tell you her story. It was like I was looking through a window into this alternate reality. It was like I was watching it all unfold.
Average chick lit but beware the brain tumor...
I wanted to love the book and there were some mildly entertaining qualities to it but just when it could've built to a crescendo, it ends abruptly with very little tying of the loose ends. Something to note is that I was hoping for escapism from every day sadness and in comes the brain tumor. Very unnecessary to the plot, sorry.