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valkyriecain82's review
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse and Murder
vigilantelove's review
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Murder
jinxiejenna's review
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
This book follows Evelyn, a scientist whose only focus is on human clones. Her ex husband Nathan is also a scientist. We find out he stole Evelyn’s work to create a clone of her, a “better” version of her. Martine, the clone, calls Evelyn in a panic one evening and against her better judgements, she comes to the rescue.
I’d say this was more of a character driven book than I had expected but am glad for. It’s absolutely a science fiction novel, which is something that is somewhat out of the ordinary for me. I prefer fantasy or mysteries but when reading it synopsis at the library I was intrigued.
I can confirm there was a lot of science in it, almost all of it I didn’t understand but was written in a way that even an uneducated audience like myself could easily work out what was meant. I did take a star off for the sheer amount of science but that’s truly on me and my lack of interest in that subject.
Martine has great character development throughout. Evelyn definitely grows through out the book but not in the leaps and bounds that Martine does. I enjoyed how honest Evelyn does become with herself by the end of their story.
We find out a lot more about Nathan and his secrets- kept from both Evelyn and Martine. And the two, nearly identical women embark, together, on a solution to the many problems Nathan has created for them.
My biggest issue with this book was that I personally felt it went no where. I think that is due to the fact that it is character driven rather than a heavy, twisting, plot. I say this while acknowledging that I love an action heavy book over character driven books typically. However, that in mind I didn’t love nor dislike this book what so ever.
It was a decent read, that I wouldn’t pick up again but don’t regret my time with.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Death of parent
Moderate: Blood and Murder
I would like to add, in the wake of everything happening that this book is about a man creating essentially the perfect wife for himself, leaving any kind of ethics behind and that can be triggering af in todays climate as a person with a uterus. It’s by no means The Hand Maidens Tale but please keep that in mind. Good reads mentions that this book, in addition to sci-fi is a horror, mystery and thriller. I wouldn’t consider it a horror nor mystery but can see how one would. I just found that the “mystery” was more of an obvious/rational outcome to the situation at hand.spuriousdiphthongs's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Ahh, this sucked me in so fast, but I ended it feeling disappointed in much of the plot. Well-written and easy to read though, I'd recommend for fans of Lucy Foley, etc.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Abortion and Alcohol
feuercrux's review against another edition
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Trafficking, Grief, and Murder
clairebau's review against another edition
dark
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I think this may be the perfect book. Just the right amount of speculative/sci-fi stuff for me to go absolutely feral over it, incredibly written characters, emotional plot points. Also, everything in this book just... made sense. Character motivations were logical and well-rounded. Both Evelyn's exposition and the book's symbolism were perfectly, gorgeously done. The twists and reveals were picture-perfect. I love this book. I love Evelyn and Martine. I love to hate Nathan. God, I loved this book.
Jurassic Park with humans, pretty much.
Jurassic Park with humans, pretty much.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
maddie_can_read's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Really interesting book. Enjoyed the science fiction concepts and themes it explored. Enjoyed that it brought up themes of childhood trauma to explain how the main character became so rigid, mean, intense etc
However I found the writing slogged a bit when talking about the main characters feelings and I found her main insufferable at pointsI knew Evelyn wasn't supposed to be lovable, but oh my god, I could not stand her! At the beginning I was even hoping that Martine was going to kill her and take her place or something lol. Wished we saw Martine's perspective. Enjoyed the ending. Some really good scenes like them dealing with the bodies. Also wished the lab assistant came back.
The audiobook narration wasn't my personal favourite, the narrator sounded like they were about to start sobbing multiple times throughout and it gave it a bit of an odd vibe.
However I found the writing slogged a bit when talking about the main characters feelings and I found her main insufferable at points
The audiobook narration wasn't my personal favourite, the narrator sounded like they were about to start sobbing multiple times throughout and it gave it a bit of an odd vibe.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
mementomoriiv's review
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
The ideas around cloning are fascinating if you don't ask yourself any questions about them! Overall, this was a decently imagined book that was a tiny bit tedious to read, but worth it for a few hours' entertainment.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Murder
Moderate: Child abuse
val_theburrowofstories's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
More than 500 books in my TBR and I bet not even 15 are thriller, but this was one of the few exceptions and I found it available in Libby and felt like giving it a try!
I’m glad to report that it did not disappoint. It was a 3.5 ⭐ for me!
I can see why people could find this boring but I was so intrigued and I understood the character so much that I finished this so quickly, it was entertaining for me.
The husband deserved soooooo much worse than what he got 💀
At least the women ended up thriving and living in peace away from him so I was happy with that ending.
I’m glad to report that it did not disappoint. It was a 3.5 ⭐ for me!
I can see why people could find this boring but I was so intrigued and I understood the character so much that I finished this so quickly, it was entertaining for me.
The husband deserved soooooo much worse than what he got 💀
At least the women ended up thriving and living in peace away from him so I was happy with that ending.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Blood, Abortion, Murder, and Pregnancy
- Abortion:
- Pregnancy: We find out about this very early on but
- Blood: Because of the murder, and
- Death / Murder: There’s someone killed in the beginning, and then we discover there’s way more bodies on that backyard.