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L V Hay

Autor(a) de The Other Twin

5 Works 45 Membros 7 Reviews

Obras de L V Hay

The Other Twin (2017) 36 cópias
Do No Harm (2018) 5 cópias
Other Twin (2017) 2 cópias
The Lynmouth Stories 1 exemplar(es)
The Lynmouth Stories (2018) 1 exemplar(es)

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The Other Twin by Lucy V. Hay is a mystery novel that I would recommend to everyone who is looking for a page turner. Not only on the basis of loving a mystery but also for the supurb way that this is put together. I find it shocking that this is the debut novel because this manuscript not only keeps the reader engaged but is very relevant. It touches on topics of lose, it touches on LGBT topics and it brings the reader in wanting to see it through to the last page.

The plot surrounds sisters India and Poppy. Poppy returns home after almost 5 years of being away because of her sisters’ untimely death even though the two girls were not in the best of terms Poppy knows there is something wrong with the way that her sister died. As the story progresses she finds a blog that her sister has written that makes the story even more suspicious. I don’t want to give away too much of the story but I will say that this novel is very character driven which makes every character you come across and piece to the way that this plays out. The twists and turns that you experience while reading this will make this extremely satisfying once you get to the last page.
I have to say this is the first book this year that I can honestly say that every person regardless of gender and even age up to a point will get something out of it. 5 stars all the way I am grateful to Trafalgar Square Publishing Orenda Books the author and Netgalley for my copy of this book the author has definitely found a new fan with me.
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b00kdarling87 | outras 5 resenhas | Jan 7, 2024 |
Wow! This book is superb, it's so brilliantly extraordinary! I thought I'd take a quick look when it dropped on my kindle...an hour or so later and 30% in, I simply couldn't put it down and HAD to finish it. There are so many good books out there but it's rare that you get a book in your hands that refuses to let you take a break for food, drink or sleep but The Other Twin does just that. I don't honestly think any review I write could do it justice, but I'll give it a whirl.

Poppy is estranged from her family but she returns to Brighton after her sister, India, dies in mysterious circumstances. Did India commit suicide or was she running from something or someone? Perhaps her mysterious friend, Jenny, holds the key but she's like the Scarlet Pimpernel and Poppy struggles to get a hold of her. Whilst Poppy is in Brighton she runs into twins from her past, Ana and Matthew. Something seems slightly off about them and the underlying threat that they were hiding something had me completely riveted from start to finish.

Set in the town of Brighton, which almost feels like a character in its own right, it's colourful, vibrant and at times seedy. I also loved the ultra-modern feel of the book delving into blogging and touching on the LGBT scene, making this a thrilling, smart and modern rollercoaster ride.

I'm purposefully keeping my review vague as to go on any further might accidentally give away some spoilers. It's such a haunting and compelling psychological thriller that everyone must read and experience it for themselves. The Other Twin is a book that not only doesn't sit in one particular genre, it takes a hammer and smashes down the barriers between genres. With a mouthwateringly high standard firmly set, I am chomping at the bit to see what L V Hay writes next.

I chose to read an ARC and this is my honest and unbiased opinion.
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Michelle.Ryles | outras 5 resenhas | Mar 9, 2020 |
I cannot overstate how much I disliked this book. The set-up seemed interesting enough - narrator sets out to discover the real reason behind her sister’s apparent suicide. The trouble was, no attempt was made to humanise the narrator Poppy or her sister India. They remained as one-dimensional and uninteresting on the last page as they were on the first. The novel features a further array of interchangeable cardboard cutout characters who assume different personas depending on which red herring the author is waving in front of the reader at any given time. Dialogue is insufferable. Rather than trust the reader to infer anything from the characters’ words, every piece of speech is accompanied by a description of a grimace, a smile, a snarl, the flashing of eyes. It’s as though they are participating in a gurning contest. And for good measure there will often be an italicised interjection from Poppy explaining it all over again. As a reader I like having to join the dots myself, it’s part of a good reading experience. Being spoon-fed like this is tiresome.

I guessed what would be behind the whole charade (not hard - think of the latest “ishoo” and you’ll be spot on), but the final who did what to who and why I skimmed, full of relief to be near the end. It was like being trapped in a room full of bitchy adolescents. References to social media don’t automatically make a great book,but then again, to quote Poppy, maybe I am just too old for this shit.
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jayne_charles | outras 5 resenhas | Oct 13, 2019 |
One word: wowsers! Do No Harm is absolutely brilliant. I loved Lucy V. Hay's first book, The Other Twin, but this one is on another level.

Lily and Sebastian have just got married. Lily is a teacher at the school where Sebastian is the head teacher. Lily was married before, to Maxwell, and they share a son, Denny. Sebastian is a lovely man, I liked him so much, whereas Maxwell is a posturing, jealous sort. The book starts with Lily and Sebastian's wedding and we witness the fact that Maxwell is hanging around, watching what's going on.

Things start to go wrong straight away for Lily and Sebastian. Is Maxwell out to cause trouble for them? Maybe, but there's so much more to take note of in this story, so much is going on in the characters' lives.

I think one of the main strengths is that this is a story about ordinary people and ordinary lives, but told in a way that I was so interested, so thrilled by them. The details of teaching and the school set up, for instance, are written in such a way that I was engrossed by them. Mind you, I was engrossed in the whole thing from start to finish.

This is such a fantastic read. The story is so strong, the plotting is incredible. It kept me guessing right to the end. A lot of books have clever twists but this one isn't so much about twists as about the way Hay made me think one person was the instigator of Lily and Sebastian's problems, then another person, or was it another person. I veered all the way through between the three. It's not easy to write so ambiguously and yet keep the story tight. This is one skilful writer.

I don't think I can begin to do justice to this amazing book in my review. I can't quite put into words what enthralled me so much about it but as a whole package it just works so well. There's a sense of foreboding, an unsure feeling where the characters (and I) just couldn't work out where it was all going, a sense of being watched. That big eye on the front cover is very apt.

Do No Harm is tense, unsettling, intense, twisty and utterly fabulous. Lucy V Hay is an author to watch.
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nicx27 | Jul 28, 2018 |

Estatísticas

Obras
5
Membros
45
Popularidade
#340,917
Avaliação
4.0
Resenhas
7
ISBNs
8