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A review by andrew_j_r
Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein
4.0
It's a crap reason for buying a book, but I bought this simply because I wanted something short to read for a couple of hours in the cinema foyer before a movie, and I had forgotten the book I was in the middle of!
It's an interesting story - the first half seems a little unreal - it's the formation of the deception that the tale is about. But as it goes on, you are horribly aware that one of two things is going to happen - either the person our lead character is impersonating (whilst he is temporarily incapacitated) is going to die or someone is going to work out the truth.
I won't spoil the book by saying which, but the end does leave you feeling for our hero. I started the book as a cynic - the style and content was not promising, but by the end it won me over. Which is in interesting parallel with the story being told.
It's an interesting story - the first half seems a little unreal - it's the formation of the deception that the tale is about. But as it goes on, you are horribly aware that one of two things is going to happen - either the person our lead character is impersonating (whilst he is temporarily incapacitated) is going to die or someone is going to work out the truth.
I won't spoil the book by saying which, but the end does leave you feeling for our hero. I started the book as a cynic - the style and content was not promising, but by the end it won me over. Which is in interesting parallel with the story being told.