Her Fearful Symmetry
By Audrey Niffenegger
The mirror twins, Julia and Valentina
Poole, receive a letter from their mother’s twin sister whom they have never
met notifying them that Elspeth has passed away and in her will she has left
them everything on the stipulation that they live in her flat in London and
their parents are to never set foot in the place. Soon after they arrive in London they begin to
experience strange occurrences in their new home.
Not only is this story about the
mirror twins it also revolves around Robert, Elspeth’s longtime lover, who
lives downstairs and becomes quite friendly with Valentina, and Martin whom
lives upstairs and is agoraphobic and highly OCD whose wife has just left him
after twenty plus years because she cannot live this way any longer.
This novel is actually really
interesting, I didn’t know what to expect when I picked up this novel. I know
Audrey Niffenegger is famous for composing The Time Traveler’s Wife, but I have
yet to read that novel after seeing the movie I know the book is sure to make
me cry so I have a tendency to skip them. I didn’t expect to be so wrapped up
into the story from the very beginning, or should I say the end? This novel
starts with Elspeth dying, and then it follows her ghost into the house and
everything she experiences from her point of view, which I absolutely loved!
The only problem I had with this novel was the ending so I cannot go into too
much detail, but it began to drag on and on. I mean when you finish the main
conclusion and the story keeps going for another fifty pages that feels a bit
too much to wrap up your loose ends. I did enjoy the conclusions though, there were
just so many useless details thrown in. Other than that this is an interesting
read, highly unique with an intense look at the bounds between twins, though it
is highly predictable still enjoyable.
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