A review by lizdesole
Twins by Marcy Dermansky
2.0
So, I must admit that I was drawn to read this by the creepy twin photo on the cover (which didn't make it to the final edition-just the advanced proof). The book didn't deliver the creepy that I was hoping for. Oh, it had it's own creepiness though. There was definitely a strange repressed incestuous aspect to this book.
Although I mostly enjoyed reading this (decent pacing), it got really mired in the sandtraps of YA fiction. The characters are so over the top. Of course they are tall and beautiful and thin. They are especially gifted. Their parents are spectacularly horrid. Their primary friend is rich and famous and beautiful. They are phenomenally messed up but end up getting it all together in the end. To the author's credit, she does deal with some of this: particularly with the twin's looks. There is plenty of self-loathing and self-doubt which leads to all sorts of problems. Unfortunately they also get a lion's share of teenage problems too: bulemia, anorexia, sexual identity issues, depression, minor criminality, drugs, and on and on.
Probably only a good read for angsty teens
Although I mostly enjoyed reading this (decent pacing), it got really mired in the sandtraps of YA fiction. The characters are so over the top. Of course they are tall and beautiful and thin. They are especially gifted. Their parents are spectacularly horrid. Their primary friend is rich and famous and beautiful. They are phenomenally messed up but end up getting it all together in the end. To the author's credit, she does deal with some of this: particularly with the twin's looks. There is plenty of self-loathing and self-doubt which leads to all sorts of problems. Unfortunately they also get a lion's share of teenage problems too: bulemia, anorexia, sexual identity issues, depression, minor criminality, drugs, and on and on.
Probably only a good read for angsty teens