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mbfeeney's review against another edition
5.0
This was a freebie over on Amazon and I hadn't got round to it as I had a few in the queue before it, but I finally started it... and couldn't put it down.
I hadn't read the above blurb or any reviews on Goodreads as is my habit, so I actually had no idea what it was about, which I am pleased about as I was as shocked as Hannah when she discovered Hope. From then on, the emotion was literally thick and was pouring off the page as I read the story.
Hannah goes through the stages of grief and Nellenbach portrays each stage brilliantly. So much so, that I found myself crying, getting angry and finally moving on as and when Hannah did. I'm not easily moved, but this book brought out so many emotions, it was like a rollercoaster.
The characters were completely relateable as they all had a common 'issue' and were linked even if they weren't family, but the character of Hope was probably the one character that I was desperate to kow more about, especially when hannah met Billy. - I have to admit, I still don't quite get the reason behind Hope's lies to him, but the story was rounded off very very well. Doug was quite possibly my favourite character as I would want him to be my big brother.
All in all, this is an amazingly emotional story that covers a subject that many authors shy away from. It's tasteful and makes the reader think. Things always look different from the outside. Well worth the read.
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I hadn't read the above blurb or any reviews on Goodreads as is my habit, so I actually had no idea what it was about, which I am pleased about as I was as shocked as Hannah when she discovered Hope. From then on, the emotion was literally thick and was pouring off the page as I read the story.
Hannah goes through the stages of grief and Nellenbach portrays each stage brilliantly. So much so, that I found myself crying, getting angry and finally moving on as and when Hannah did. I'm not easily moved, but this book brought out so many emotions, it was like a rollercoaster.
The characters were completely relateable as they all had a common 'issue' and were linked even if they weren't family, but the character of Hope was probably the one character that I was desperate to kow more about, especially when hannah met Billy. - I have to admit, I still don't quite get the reason behind Hope's lies to him, but the story was rounded off very very well. Doug was quite possibly my favourite character as I would want him to be my big brother.
All in all, this is an amazingly emotional story that covers a subject that many authors shy away from. It's tasteful and makes the reader think. Things always look different from the outside. Well worth the read.
For this and other reviews, check out my blog http://michbookreviews.wordpress.com/
brandy_wine's review against another edition
4.0
4.5
I started this one and it didn't take me long to get through it. I couldn't put it down I needed to know why just as much as Hannah did. I was going just about as crazy as she was.
This is written as a journal from one sister to another. I actually didn't have a problem with reading it. There were a few parts that I felt like did stray a little but then that was when she was mad at Hope and she wasn't talking to her. So I had to remind myself that when she would put 'you' she ment Hope, not me. :)
My heart broke for Hannah, for her mom, dad and brother. I just wanted to hug her whole family. There is so much that needs to be figured out and I wanted to jump in and just search every inch of the room myself. As the time goes by and there are little things that are brought out that confused me as much as it did Hannah. I couldn't figure out what was going on. I felt like things were getting back on track for this poor girl and then something comes up and she has to deal with something else...to try and figure out what happened, who her sister really was.
Her being a twin must be hard on everyone around them. The death of her sister, yet everyone looks at her and sees Hope, but knows it isn't her.
Okay so this is something that I can relate to on a personal level. We had a friend who is an identical twin and when he passed away and they had a funeral for him on base where we lived and his brother showed up. I couldn't stop crying because it was like he was there but he wasn't. It was just so hard. So when she has to explain that she isn't her sister a couple times, I can only imagine what she must be feeling.
There is a lot of hurt and healing. The relationship between her and her brothers best friend helps. That of course is the one guy that broke her heart so she wants to hate him, for that reason alone. He does help to try and distract her from everything that is going on. She tries, and tries to move on and forward but she has some set backs along the way. We get to see how her and her family learn to heal from the heartache of loss.
It at times was a very emotional read and I enjoyed every bit of it.
I started this one and it didn't take me long to get through it. I couldn't put it down I needed to know why just as much as Hannah did. I was going just about as crazy as she was.
This is written as a journal from one sister to another. I actually didn't have a problem with reading it. There were a few parts that I felt like did stray a little but then that was when she was mad at Hope and she wasn't talking to her. So I had to remind myself that when she would put 'you' she ment Hope, not me. :)
My heart broke for Hannah, for her mom, dad and brother. I just wanted to hug her whole family. There is so much that needs to be figured out and I wanted to jump in and just search every inch of the room myself. As the time goes by and there are little things that are brought out that confused me as much as it did Hannah. I couldn't figure out what was going on. I felt like things were getting back on track for this poor girl and then something comes up and she has to deal with something else...to try and figure out what happened, who her sister really was.
Her being a twin must be hard on everyone around them. The death of her sister, yet everyone looks at her and sees Hope, but knows it isn't her.
Okay so this is something that I can relate to on a personal level. We had a friend who is an identical twin and when he passed away and they had a funeral for him on base where we lived and his brother showed up. I couldn't stop crying because it was like he was there but he wasn't. It was just so hard. So when she has to explain that she isn't her sister a couple times, I can only imagine what she must be feeling.
There is a lot of hurt and healing. The relationship between her and her brothers best friend helps. That of course is the one guy that broke her heart so she wants to hate him, for that reason alone. He does help to try and distract her from everything that is going on. She tries, and tries to move on and forward but she has some set backs along the way. We get to see how her and her family learn to heal from the heartache of loss.
It at times was a very emotional read and I enjoyed every bit of it.
nicolemm_author's review against another edition
4.0
Sometimes the metaphors felt a little weird, and the blame game was played on the dead twin nearly the entire book, but I really enjoyed the interactions between the characters. I wish we had learned a little more about the sister though...
booklady72's review
5.0
I really enjoyed this book. I picked it up free from Amazon a while ago. Hannah and Hope are twins, but when Hope takes her own life Hannah finds it hard to understand. Written like a diary, the story deals with grief, anger and trying to move forward. A very good read and very well written.
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