There was an American TV programme called 'Ringer' starring ya gurl from 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'. Sarah Michelle Gellar played twins, one of whom jumps in to the ocean and is assumed dead. Her ex-stripper sister takes her place, has fun with her husband and leads a very nice life...
'The Girl in the Mirror' is about twin sisters, one of whom dies in the ocean and the other assumes her identity to steal her perfect husband. Ah twins, so much fun...
I found the whole thing pretty absurd. As you can tell, I obviously don't think it's a unique or even particularly good plot and I'm sure many before 'Ringer' have done it as well. The similarities were really striking though and I could not shake the whole thing off as I read more and more absurdity piled on top of absurdity.
The writing wasn't terrible: it was actually a decently grammatically correct thriller, but it was slow and boring and yes, absurd. All of the characters were unlikeable without even an iota of a redeemable feature buried anywhere. It is an incredibly melo-dramatic plot with incredibly far-fetched happenings. It just doesn't read well as a whole.
'The Girl in the Mirror' is about twin sisters, one of whom dies in the ocean and the other assumes her identity to steal her perfect husband. Ah twins, so much fun...
I found the whole thing pretty absurd. As you can tell, I obviously don't think it's a unique or even particularly good plot and I'm sure many before 'Ringer' have done it as well. The similarities were really striking though and I could not shake the whole thing off as I read more and more absurdity piled on top of absurdity.
The writing wasn't terrible: it was actually a decently grammatically correct thriller, but it was slow and boring and yes, absurd. All of the characters were unlikeable without even an iota of a redeemable feature buried anywhere. It is an incredibly melo-dramatic plot with incredibly far-fetched happenings. It just doesn't read well as a whole.