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A review by lexslittlecorner
The Secrets We Keep by Trisha Leaver
3.0
Maddie and Ella are identical twins who aren't exactly close. Both girls are in a car accident that kills Maddie, when Ella gains consciousness and finds that everyone believes that she's Maddy she rolls with it.
As much as the flaws are so obvious even on reading just a synopsis, I'm a sucker for twin swap stories and you can blame The Parent Trap for that.
As a casual read, yeah it kept me entertained but as an actual reality, really? you can't tell which daughter that is?
I have identical twin cousins just a year younger than I am and my parents and brother and grandparents still can never tell which is which and have to ask me subtly to identify them. I've never understood it, yeah they're "identical" but they definitely aren't, and it's so obvious to me just by looking at them to know who is who. So for me, to have an entire book plot based on it seems absurd. Yet I still liked the book and still enjoy movies based on exactly the same thing.
As much as the flaws are so obvious even on reading just a synopsis, I'm a sucker for twin swap stories and you can blame The Parent Trap for that.
As a casual read, yeah it kept me entertained but as an actual reality, really? you can't tell which daughter that is?
I have identical twin cousins just a year younger than I am and my parents and brother and grandparents still can never tell which is which and have to ask me subtly to identify them. I've never understood it, yeah they're "identical" but they definitely aren't, and it's so obvious to me just by looking at them to know who is who. So for me, to have an entire book plot based on it seems absurd. Yet I still liked the book and still enjoy movies based on exactly the same thing.