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3.23 AVERAGE
3.23 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
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:
Complicated
3.5⭐️
Summery
10 years ago, David lost the love of his life, Emily. He never got over her disappearance. To the point of having her declared dead and visiting her "grave," he mourns her every day.
One day, David meets Madison. A dead ringer for Emily. This is identical to the day Emily disappeared. But she can't be her, can she? She knows things only Emily should know. She acts in ways Emily should act. Everything says she could be Emily. But she can't be!
My Thoughts
When I think of Dean Kootz, I think of horror. This is NOT that. This is a thriller through and through. In true Kootz style, it drags the reader in on the first chapter. I was confused, captured, and enthralled.
David is an interesting character. The weight of guilt and loss carries with him throughout the book. His desperation to love the "Emily" look alike while still grieving for the real one, is heartbreakingly sad.
The plot unravels and an even pace. Kept me engrossed and turning pages while still being slow enough to fully comprehend what was being divulged. I loved every page until the end.
The end..... ugh. This would have been a 4 star, maybe even 5 star read if it wasn't for the ending. The book takes a hard left turn into the unbelievable in the last few chapters. I can honestly say I didn't see it coming. It was awful 😖 I don't know what the author was thinking. Unrealistic, supernatural, incoherent BS!
Summery
10 years ago, David lost the love of his life, Emily. He never got over her disappearance. To the point of having her declared dead and visiting her "grave," he mourns her every day.
One day, David meets Madison. A dead ringer for Emily. This is identical to the day Emily disappeared. But she can't be her, can she? She knows things only Emily should know. She acts in ways Emily should act. Everything says she could be Emily. But she can't be!
My Thoughts
When I think of Dean Kootz, I think of horror. This is NOT that. This is a thriller through and through. In true Kootz style, it drags the reader in on the first chapter. I was confused, captured, and enthralled.
David is an interesting character. The weight of guilt and loss carries with him throughout the book. His desperation to love the "Emily" look alike while still grieving for the real one, is heartbreakingly sad.
The plot unravels and an even pace. Kept me engrossed and turning pages while still being slow enough to fully comprehend what was being divulged. I loved every page until the end.
The end..... ugh. This would have been a 4 star, maybe even 5 star read if it wasn't for the ending. The book takes a hard left turn into the unbelievable in the last few chapters. I can honestly say I didn't see it coming. It was awful 😖 I don't know what the author was thinking. Unrealistic, supernatural, incoherent BS!
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Ensimmäinen Koontzini, mutta tuskin viimeinen. Pitkästä aikaa kirja, joka herätti mielenkiinnon heti alkumetreillä, ja onnistui pitämään sitä yllä. Tasalaatuinen teos.
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Corny. Boring. & just weird.
Content Warnings
Minor: Death, Gore, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Death of parent, Murder
Couldn't bring myself to finish this boring book that went nowhere with lazy characters writing and plots that kept circling around each other. Very disappointing as I really used to enjoy Koontz
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
*sigh* At first this book seemed somewhat promising, odd and even somewhat super natural that it intrigued me to see where they would take it. But in the end it was one long waste of my time, I’m sorry. This book could have been 50% shorter and MAYBE it would be a 3.5 or 4. But it drug out with unnecessary dialogues and descriptions almost repetitively.
The Other Emily by Dean Koontz
Narrated by MacLeod Andrews
I have mixed feelings about this story. Serial killers are disgusting enough without having to be an audience to their depravity. It seems they like to tell their sordid stories to anyone who will listen. Or not tell their stories as a way of controlling what little they can control. Prisoner Ronny Lee Jessup is one such serial killer and his audience is writer David Thorne, whose other half was Emily Carlino, who disappeared and was a possible victim of Jessup.
Ten years later, David is still looking for Emily since her body was never found. He is wracked with a guilt because he is sure he could have prevented whatever happened to Emily. He's never been able to write the way he did before Emily disappeared. And then, ten years after last seeing Emily, David meets a woman named Maddison, who looks, acts, and sounds just like Emily did he last saw her. How can this be?
I enjoyed much of the story although not the depravity scattered throughout. This story is slowed down by David's journey and interviews as he is trying to figure out this Emily/Maddison situation. It seems too good and too impossible to be true but also his heart is still broken and he still feels great guilt. Is he able to be happy at all?
This is one creepy, creepy tale and then it blows itself up with some outrageousness at the end. I would have liked less detail during David's search for answers and more story at the very end. But overall, I was entertained and I love MacLeod Andrews' voice which made me like David more than I probably should have liked him.
Pub March 23, 2021 by Brilliance Audio
This was a Kindle Unlimited audiobook selection.
Narrated by MacLeod Andrews
I have mixed feelings about this story. Serial killers are disgusting enough without having to be an audience to their depravity. It seems they like to tell their sordid stories to anyone who will listen. Or not tell their stories as a way of controlling what little they can control. Prisoner Ronny Lee Jessup is one such serial killer and his audience is writer David Thorne, whose other half was Emily Carlino, who disappeared and was a possible victim of Jessup.
Ten years later, David is still looking for Emily since her body was never found. He is wracked with a guilt because he is sure he could have prevented whatever happened to Emily. He's never been able to write the way he did before Emily disappeared. And then, ten years after last seeing Emily, David meets a woman named Maddison, who looks, acts, and sounds just like Emily did he last saw her. How can this be?
I enjoyed much of the story although not the depravity scattered throughout. This story is slowed down by David's journey and interviews as he is trying to figure out this Emily/Maddison situation. It seems too good and too impossible to be true but also his heart is still broken and he still feels great guilt. Is he able to be happy at all?
This is one creepy, creepy tale and then it blows itself up with some outrageousness at the end. I would have liked less detail during David's search for answers and more story at the very end. But overall, I was entertained and I love MacLeod Andrews' voice which made me like David more than I probably should have liked him.
Pub March 23, 2021 by Brilliance Audio
This was a Kindle Unlimited audiobook selection.
Love Deans writing but in the last 2 books the hero of the story is too obsessed with the woman they want. Good story be I want strong and moral men back not the weak ones who
will do anything to get the woman right or wrong.
will do anything to get the woman right or wrong.