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When She Was Me by Marlee Bush

kathleenlouiseg's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

pages_and_papercrafts's review against another edition

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4.0

Being an identical twin myself, I’m drawn to reading stories featuring twins. I thought this story did a great job with the twin character arc in this psychological thriller. Cassie, a true crime podcaster lives with her sister, Lenora, a ghost writer in a remote resort cabin. Told in a dual, first person point-of-view, the present envelopes both ladies with paranoia as the teen from next door goes missing and opens the locked door to their horrible past. Due to Cassie and Lenora both being an unreliable narrator, the air of mystery never dissipated throughout the story. I thought this was a great debut from the author.
Thank you to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for the eARC.

jozan's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.0

readwith_adele's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

prettypinkprincess's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

fataltale's review against another edition

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5.0

Some parts of the book were a tad hard to follow, but overall this was an amazing read. I was shocked to learn this was Marlee Bush's Debut novel.

katiedansereau's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5 stars. It was good I wish I paid more attention to the switching POVs cause at some points I was confused. The twist was fabulous

literallybookblog's review against another edition

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4.0

This was a good debut thriller for this author. Was good and had a good storyline.

Thank you to NetGalley for my ARC of this book.

izzykai's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was legitimately scary! Twins are fascinating. The cabins and woods were so vibey and scary at the same time. Love the short chapters, alternate timelines and point of views. 

The "then" twist at the end omg. Story is pretty slow pace which I don't tend to like but I did feel interested enough to keep going. 

Like most 400 page books I do feel it could have been 100 pages shorter but that's just me. 

abbyv518's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense

3.5

Was interesting, but took me a while to get through