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A review by raemelle
The Lost Girl by Sangu Mandanna
4.0
Very entertaining. I enjoyed reading this alternate-present story. Though there were actually quite a lot of unanswered questions, and tiny plot holes that bugged me.
Some slight spoilers below, but nothing especially crucial to the plot.
For instance, if echos are so illegal in India, why would they put a distinctive mark in such a visible place as the back of her neck?
How the heck is she connected to her original’s thoughts and dreams? I would have like at least an attempt of an answer beyond the idea that they put some of Amarra’s consciousness in her..?
Why would anyone even begin to think a clone would just magically take on their original’s soul?
Why would they raise her in England if they knew she’d need to live in India, adopt an Indian accent, and have skin that looked like it saw more sun? India is a big place. They could have hidden her there since they had to hide her anyway.
Why would parents put their children through the messed up situation of writing letters to their fricking clones to keep them apprised of what’s going on in case they suddenly die?
Are echos not allowed to read Frankenstein in general, or is Eva specifically not allowed to because Amarra hadn’t?
They let her lead her own life anyway, but she can’t finish Bridget Jones’s Diary because her original didn’t finish it?
Why don’t they put a tracker inside an echo when it’s created, instead of waiting until it’s time for it to go live with the original family?
So Amarra’s boyfriend is also beat up in the car accident, yet even though Eva meets him only two weeks afterwards, there’s no mention of any casts or scars. And why aren’t her friends more curious about her lack of scars?
And how the heck does Matthew know where she is all the time? Even after the tracker is removed? How does he “know everything”?
As far as I can tell, the only thing that’s different between this world and our world is the addition of this mysterious technology. Everything else is very normal present-day. That was a bit off-putting.
Some slight spoilers below, but nothing especially crucial to the plot.
For instance, if echos are so illegal in India, why would they put a distinctive mark in such a visible place as the back of her neck?
How the heck is she connected to her original’s thoughts and dreams? I would have like at least an attempt of an answer beyond the idea that they put some of Amarra’s consciousness in her..?
Why would anyone even begin to think a clone would just magically take on their original’s soul?
Why would they raise her in England if they knew she’d need to live in India, adopt an Indian accent, and have skin that looked like it saw more sun? India is a big place. They could have hidden her there since they had to hide her anyway.
Why would parents put their children through the messed up situation of writing letters to their fricking clones to keep them apprised of what’s going on in case they suddenly die?
Are echos not allowed to read Frankenstein in general, or is Eva specifically not allowed to because Amarra hadn’t?
They let her lead her own life anyway, but she can’t finish Bridget Jones’s Diary because her original didn’t finish it?
Why don’t they put a tracker inside an echo when it’s created, instead of waiting until it’s time for it to go live with the original family?
So Amarra’s boyfriend is also beat up in the car accident, yet even though Eva meets him only two weeks afterwards, there’s no mention of any casts or scars. And why aren’t her friends more curious about her lack of scars?
And how the heck does Matthew know where she is all the time? Even after the tracker is removed? How does he “know everything”?
As far as I can tell, the only thing that’s different between this world and our world is the addition of this mysterious technology. Everything else is very normal present-day. That was a bit off-putting.