Think Twice
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3.9 • 15 Ratings
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
From the blockbuster New York Times bestselling author of Look Again comes a novel that makes you question the nature of evil: is it born in us or is it bred?
Bennie Rosato looks exactly like her identical twin, Alice Connolly, but the darkness in Alice's soul makes them two very different women. Or at least that's what Bennie believes, until she finds herself buried alive at the hands of her twin.
Meanwhile, Alice takes over Bennie's life, impersonating her at work and even seducing her boyfriend in order to escape the deadly mess she has made of her own life. But Alice underestimates Bennie and the evil she has unleashed in her twin's psyche, as well as Bennie's determination to stay alive long enough to exact revenge.
Bennie must face the twisted truth that she is more like her sister Alice than she could have ever imagined, and by the novel's shocking conclusion, Bennie finds herself engaged in a war she cannot win—with herself.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller Scottoline s 13th novel centered on the all-female Philadelphia law firm headed by Bennie Rosato (after Lady Killer) offers contrived situations and paper-thin characters on top of a premise that strains credibility. After Bennie s evil identical twin sister, Alice Connelly, drugs her and leaves her to die, buried in a remote farm field, Alice takes advantage of her physical resemblance to Bennie to assume her identity at the law firm as well as gain access to her wealth and, eventually, her ex-boyfriend. Many will wonder why the ruthless Alice didn t kill Bennie outright, leaving open the possibility that her victim will escape and attempt to foil her scheme. With authors like Lisa Unger proving that intelligent plotting and page-turning aren t incompatible, this tired effort is unlikely to win Scottoline new converts. 500,000 first printing; author tour.
Customer Reviews
Bad writing, boring story, unbelievable plot, waste of money
The writing is amateurish which makes it difficult to enjoy. Poor character development. No explanations for some of the major events in the story.
I have read several of this author’s novels and they all share the same format. Excessive build up until the climax, red herrings thrown in (and then never fully - or in some cases, at all - unravelled/explained), happy endings with completely unbelievable situations that magically end up working out for everyone involved. The plot twist is usually “an explanation” for all the trials and tribulations the characters go through.
In my opinion, this writer could be a lot better with some effort. The book has several spelling and editing errors, which contribute to its amateur factor. When you pay for an ebook and you see that it is around 1100 pages (phone size) and 200 of those pages end up being excerpts (at the end of the book) from Edgar Allen Poe and other classic writers, it feels like a scam.
I would recommend this book if you are bored, want an easy, quick - and borderline fantasy genre - read, and you can get it for free. I would not pay for this book if I knew how terrible the story would be. This particular book is actually one of this author’s poorer novels (in my opinion). In essence, I would *not* recommend this book.
For these reasons I would give this book a solid 1/5.