The Twins
Written by Saskia Sarginson
Narrated by Candida Gubbins and Clare Wille
3.5/5
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They were identical in every way
Until the unthinkable tore them apart
Isolte and Viola are twins. Inseparable as children, they've grown into very different adults: Isolte, a successful features writer for a fashion magazine with a photographer boyfriend and a flat in London, and Viola, desperately unhappy and struggling with a lifelong eating disorder.
What happened all those years ago to set the twins on such different paths to adulthood? As both women start to unravel the escalating tragedies of a half-remembered summer, terrifying secrets from the past come rushing back - and threaten to overwhelm their adult lives...
Saskia Sarginson
Saskia Sarginson was awarded an M.A. in creative writing after a B.A. in English literature from Cambridge University. Before becoming a full-time author, she was a health and beauty editor on women's magazines, a ghostwriter for the BBC and HarperCollins, and a copywriter and script editor. She lives in south London with her partner and four children. Her first novel, The Twins, was chosen for the Richard & Judy autumn book club 2013 and received outstanding international review coverage.
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Reviews for The Twins
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Just couldn't get into the writing style.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Twins by Saskia SarginsonThis book is about the bond between twins. In one neighborhood in the 1970's there is a family with two twin girls raised by their mother who becomes a drunk. The girls go out into the forest and play in the fairy house with a set of twin boys from town. Later on as time goes by we find out somre details as to why oneof the girls is in the hospital and one of the boys is dead. I found this to be a dark book but really loved the detailed descriptions of the forest and the thingsfound there-although gory at times it went with the scenery and made the book what it is. Mother meets up with a teacher who has a daughter and they are going to, overtime and dating, get married. Events occur and the whole thing goes awry. The book is set in England, which I have no understanding as to the scenery and social things therebut I did enjoy the story lines of the characters. Especially liked Dot and all the talk of drawing. Love to hear of others using their hands-doing something productive. I received this book from Net Galley and Random House in exchange for my honest review.0749958677
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I know many people who hate reading books that are told in multiple points of view. I happen to love it. I feel like I get a more rounded picture in my head. This book is not only told in multiple points of view but also alternates between first and third person.This is the story of two twins who lived with their mother who was a hippy. She had originally lived in a commune and then moved the kids into a cabin in the woods. She kind of let them do their own thing. They spent a lot of time in the woods. It is there that they met twin brother Michael and John. Then something terrible happens. Their mother dies and they go to live with an aunt.Isolte, called Issy has grown up to be very successful. Her twin Viola has battled an eating disorder. As she is in the hospital Issy decides to help her. The only way is to go back to their childhood home and face the demons that are keeping Viola in this state of self-destruction. Issy's chapters are told in third person and deal with present time which happens to be 1987. Viola's chapters are told in first person as flashbacks to 1972. There are many secrets to be uncovered for both of the to heal properly. There were a lot of things that kept you reading. I love books that are so descriptive. This author has the ability to describe the setting so that you feel you are there or you wish you were. She has also created an emotional read that kept me turning the pages. As I tell my students, a book that can pull you in and make you emotional is a good book. This in my opinion is a great book.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I received an ARC from GoodReads in exchange for an honest review.This book is difficult for me to review because it's so muddled, I don't know where to begin to describe the story or my opinion of it. The book was described as involving a set of twins who were inseparable until an innocent mistake tore them apart. I witnessed an incident quite similar to the "innocent mistake" these twins were part of when I was younger than they were in the story. Even at that young age, I knew what was happening was no mistake, and it certainly was not innocent. Because of that, I take exception to the girls of this stories being victims of an accident. The Twins are Isolte and Viola. They are reared by a mother who is irresponsible in her life choices, and as a result her two children grow up without much guidance and without much sense of what responsibility even means. Left to their own devices while living in an isolated area in a ramshackle home, they befriend two boys, also twins. The story moves haphazardly between Isolte and Viola's childhood and young adulthood with clues thrown about here and there describing their mother and her maternal attitudes. Both Viola and Isolte narrate parts of the story; it is often difficult to discern who is doing the telling. It becomes more interesting once they hook up with the twin boys, but even that is told in sketchy fragments.It seemed to me that the author had an idea for a compelling story about a tragedy that occurs to twins, and how this one deed affects the rest of their lives into adulthood. The question seems to be whether they can get past what happened because of their behavior or whether it will destroy at least one of them permanently. Had there been a more traditional beginning, middle, and end, this might have been a far better book. It also would have been an improvement if the author had given more time and thought to defining her characters instead of wasting so much space nearly dissecting what the landscape was like in the woods surrounding the family home. One example of this really stood out for me -- does anyone know what fermented cuckoo spit smells like? Really?I normally finish my reviews with a suggestion for who might be interested in the book I'm reviewing. I really don't know who to suggest for this one. Maybe someone who enjoys reading picturesque descriptions of the woods, foliage, and the kinds of odors one encounters there.