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A review by ohsoreads
Paradime by Alan Glynn
2.0
“To look at me you wouldn’t think anything was wrong. To look at me you’d think I was normal. Which I am. But isn’t that the point? People have interior lives — I do, you do, everyone walking around me here on the street does — but the sad truth is we’re all riddled with fear and anxiety.”
We have all heard of doppelgängers but what does one do when coming face to face with the other? Danny Lynch and Teddy Trager lead very different lives, one’s a veteran suffering from PTSD and in debt as his last cheque was rejected/denied and the other is privileged with a beauty on one arm and riches in his other. Unfortunately Teddy Trager was struck in a hit and run and it rushes across Danny’s mind that perhaps, “all those that were his can now be mine too?”. Who could have wanted to bring harm to Teddy and now fate lies an open door in Danny’s hands, what is his next move?
Here’s the start of my review for Paradime, it’s simply messed up. That’s my first thought. Sadly there are quite a few areas that I was frustrated with; how can Kate and Danny still pretend to love one another when they have clearly drifted away – too far away? How can Nina be just FINE bearing the child of a stranger lookalike? The story is just all about doppelgängers at some point - the climax, the ending. Thats it?
We have all heard of doppelgängers but what does one do when coming face to face with the other? Danny Lynch and Teddy Trager lead very different lives, one’s a veteran suffering from PTSD and in debt as his last cheque was rejected/denied and the other is privileged with a beauty on one arm and riches in his other. Unfortunately Teddy Trager was struck in a hit and run and it rushes across Danny’s mind that perhaps, “all those that were his can now be mine too?”. Who could have wanted to bring harm to Teddy and now fate lies an open door in Danny’s hands, what is his next move?
Here’s the start of my review for Paradime, it’s simply messed up. That’s my first thought. Sadly there are quite a few areas that I was frustrated with; how can Kate and Danny still pretend to love one another when they have clearly drifted away – too far away? How can Nina be just FINE bearing the child of a stranger lookalike? The story is just all about doppelgängers at some point - the climax, the ending. Thats it?