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mariahell's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
vmosby's review
3.0
Great plot & story line, but sadly not my favorite Ken Follett book. Really like the Kingsbridge series. These characters all seem shallow and flat.
cynthiam's review against another edition
2.0
A genetic researcher, Jeanie Ferrami, is studying identical twins who were raised apart and where one has turned out criminal and the other turned out law-abiding. She has written software that is able to search medical records to “find” twin pairs raised apart as a way of finding subjects for her study. When Jeanie accidentally crosses paths with one of the evil twins who sets a building on fire and rapes her good friend, only to have the “good” twin that she has begun interviewing be accused of the crime, the hunt is on to learn the truth. This is sort of a lightweight Michael Crichton novel and so fine as an airplane read, but not much more. And the ending was a little too obvious. So, despite the fact that I really like Ken Follett's body of work, this one only gets 2 stars from me.
baya_111's review against another edition
4.0
Wonderfully written book, I love how you're expecting a certain story and that it defies it by adding twists and turns. Good detective work allied with science. A very enjoyable read that I would recommend.
bottledbookscent's review against another edition
dark
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
2.0
yrsa's review against another edition
3.0
2.5-3 stjärnor. Vissa saker gillade jag, andra störde jag mig på. Okej bok men bra tempo, spännande.
ruthiella's review against another edition
2.0
This was a fast paced, but kind of silly, thriller which held very few surprises after the first few chapters. I mean the title itself is a sort of spoiler, no? The characters were so one dimensional, I am surprised the bad guys didn’t twirl their mustaches or something.
I read this because a work colleague recommended it and loaned me the copy. It is always a little awkward when someone loans you a book you don’t want to read. I don’t think that this book is the best introduction to Ken Follett (at least I hope it isn’t). I still have The Eye of the Needle on my mental TBR and a copy of the Pillars of the Earth on my shelf.
I read this because a work colleague recommended it and loaned me the copy. It is always a little awkward when someone loans you a book you don’t want to read. I don’t think that this book is the best introduction to Ken Follett (at least I hope it isn’t). I still have The Eye of the Needle on my mental TBR and a copy of the Pillars of the Earth on my shelf.
infinitezest's review against another edition
1.0
God almighty, this was the worst book I've read since "Twilight."
saramg's review against another edition
1.0
This book has reached the level of being offensive.
Jeannie Ferami is a researcher who gains access to medical databases, searches them to find identical twins who don't know they have a twin, then she accesses their address/phone number and invites them to participate in her research. She then informs them that they have an identical twin. She swears up and down that this is not an invasion of privacy or a breach of ethics. Case in point, her very first subject had no idea he was a twin, his parents swear they had a single child. I can't even fathom how she is not freaking out about this massive breach of privacy that she has just perpetrated.
Second - Jeannie's "best friend" is brutally raped. The victim identifies Jeannie's research subject (the one that didn't know he had a twin) as the perpetrator. She looked the guy directly in the face while he was raping her. What does Jeannie do? Tell her "friend" that she is wrong and that she is certain that this guy is not the rapist because she "has a feeling" about it. Fuck you Jeannie.
So all that was annoying and made me mad. But I just came up on a part that has me so seething I want to throw something heavy at the author of this book. Stupid Jeannie is going to have her work shut down due to her ethics violations (which she still thinks don't exist) and her "best friend" asks her what she will study if she can't keep invading people's private medical records and revealing their family secrets. Jeannie then starts explaining that since her "friend" Lisa (who is two days out from being savagely raped) is "just a technician" that she couldn't possibly understand the scientific passion that Jeannie has . To Lisa it's "just another project". Okay fuck you again Jeannie. Get off your high horse that is currently trotting along the plains of privilege land. Jeannie is a highly educated person, who obviously is passionate about science because she made it her career. Guess what? People aren't stupid idiots just because they didn't pay for a PhD. I am so disgusted by this woman and her non-existent ethics and her superiority complex.
The thing that bugs me is not the fact that she's a shitty character. It's that this is our protagonist. We are supposed to identify with her and support her. Please someone tell me that in the end of the book Lisa is vindicated. I am not sure I can continue reading after this latest insult to lab technicians everywhere. (Yes I was a lab tech for 10 years and no I wasn't a lab tech because I was too stupid or didn't like science enough to get my PhD.) If I worked with Jeannie Ferami, I would pour a giant bowl of Cream of Potato soup over her head right now. Then I'd tell her what a nasty witch she is. Then I'd call the paper and explain in detail all of her ethics violations.
Jeannie Ferami is a researcher who gains access to medical databases, searches them to find identical twins who don't know they have a twin, then she accesses their address/phone number and invites them to participate in her research. She then informs them that they have an identical twin. She swears up and down that this is not an invasion of privacy or a breach of ethics. Case in point, her very first subject had no idea he was a twin, his parents swear they had a single child. I can't even fathom how she is not freaking out about this massive breach of privacy that she has just perpetrated.
Second - Jeannie's "best friend" is brutally raped. The victim identifies Jeannie's research subject (the one that didn't know he had a twin) as the perpetrator. She looked the guy directly in the face while he was raping her. What does Jeannie do? Tell her "friend" that she is wrong and that she is certain that this guy is not the rapist because she "has a feeling" about it. Fuck you Jeannie.
So all that was annoying and made me mad. But I just came up on a part that has me so seething I want to throw something heavy at the author of this book. Stupid Jeannie is going to have her work shut down due to her ethics violations (which she still thinks don't exist) and her "best friend" asks her what she will study if she can't keep invading people's private medical records and revealing their family secrets. Jeannie then starts explaining that since her "friend" Lisa (who is two days out from being savagely raped) is "just a technician" that she couldn't possibly understand the scientific passion that Jeannie has . To Lisa it's "just another project". Okay fuck you again Jeannie. Get off your high horse that is currently trotting along the plains of privilege land. Jeannie is a highly educated person, who obviously is passionate about science because she made it her career. Guess what? People aren't stupid idiots just because they didn't pay for a PhD. I am so disgusted by this woman and her non-existent ethics and her superiority complex.
The thing that bugs me is not the fact that she's a shitty character. It's that this is our protagonist. We are supposed to identify with her and support her. Please someone tell me that in the end of the book Lisa is vindicated. I am not sure I can continue reading after this latest insult to lab technicians everywhere. (Yes I was a lab tech for 10 years and no I wasn't a lab tech because I was too stupid or didn't like science enough to get my PhD.) If I worked with Jeannie Ferami, I would pour a giant bowl of Cream of Potato soup over her head right now. Then I'd tell her what a nasty witch she is. Then I'd call the paper and explain in detail all of her ethics violations.
donnaj71's review against another edition
5.0
The Third Twin was mind blowing. This story is about researcher working on a study who creates a computer program to search databases to find matching information and therefor help her find twins that were not raised together. The study is on twins who do not grow up together to see if their similarities are based on nature or nurture. She decided to run her program on police databases to find pares were one had been in trouble and hopefully the other had not. This would help support her thesis. What she ended up finding was so much more and almost cost her her whole career. There were some very powerful men involved who would rather get rid of her than have their secrets come out.