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A review by samhainreads
Doppelganger by Milda Harris
2.0
The premise of this book sounded so exciting, but unfortunately I didn't enjoy this book as much as I had hoped. The plot itself is really good and was what kept me going but the writing style and our main character was what killed the book.
First of, what kind of name is Citrus? It's a bit too special for my liking, and made me frown every time I came across it. Furthermore, Citrus is really annoying and stupid. In the beginning she keeps mentioning that: "I was the good kid". I lost count for how many times she said that. Really annoying. And then there is the part of her "distraction". I was really surprised that even though facing evil doppelgangers, and having no clue whatsoever as to what was going on, her main focus was Aedan, and how hot and cute he was. Seriously, I felt like punching her, because that is just so unrealistic. Even though she mentions it herself, I just couldn't deal with it. And her 'excuse' for it? "I hated being a romantic sometimes. It made your brain go on overdrive even when you had bigger things to think about". I mean, come on, that is really just frustrating and completely unrealistic... She was more concerned about how she looked, behaved and what Aedan would thing of her, than what was going on and her friends and family.
Another thing that really bugged me was Melissa, or Citrus' and Melissas interaction. Citrus really really hates Melissa, and Melissa is portrayed as the meanest girl ever, and the biggest bully, for one reason only, she calls Citrus Orange. Come on. That is so stupid. And then there's the time Citrus question the evil of Melissa, when they try to rescue her, because Melissa says something about being friends. "Or, well, I guess we had been semi-friends a long time considering what she said, I just hadn't realized it." I seriously have no comment on this. It makes no sense to me...
The writing style was OK, but sometimes forced and awkward, and yeah... I was curious regarding the doppelgangers, and that was what made me go on. I probably won't read the next one, even though I have a lot of unanswered questions. Citrus just annoys me too much.
First of, what kind of name is Citrus? It's a bit too special for my liking, and made me frown every time I came across it. Furthermore, Citrus is really annoying and stupid. In the beginning she keeps mentioning that: "I was the good kid". I lost count for how many times she said that. Really annoying. And then there is the part of her "distraction". I was really surprised that even though facing evil doppelgangers, and having no clue whatsoever as to what was going on, her main focus was Aedan, and how hot and cute he was. Seriously, I felt like punching her, because that is just so unrealistic. Even though she mentions it herself, I just couldn't deal with it. And her 'excuse' for it? "I hated being a romantic sometimes. It made your brain go on overdrive even when you had bigger things to think about". I mean, come on, that is really just frustrating and completely unrealistic... She was more concerned about how she looked, behaved and what Aedan would thing of her, than what was going on and her friends and family.
Another thing that really bugged me was Melissa, or Citrus' and Melissas interaction. Citrus really really hates Melissa, and Melissa is portrayed as the meanest girl ever, and the biggest bully, for one reason only, she calls Citrus Orange. Come on. That is so stupid. And then there's the time Citrus question the evil of Melissa, when they try to rescue her, because Melissa says something about being friends. "Or, well, I guess we had been semi-friends a long time considering what she said, I just hadn't realized it." I seriously have no comment on this. It makes no sense to me...
The writing style was OK, but sometimes forced and awkward, and yeah... I was curious regarding the doppelgangers, and that was what made me go on. I probably won't read the next one, even though I have a lot of unanswered questions. Citrus just annoys me too much.