The Twin

So I lasted suuuuuuuper long taking a break from the thrillers/mysteries. Here's "The Twin" by Natasha Preston.

["Ivy and Iris haven't lived together for years - when their mother and father divorced, each parent got custody of one twin. But after a tragic accident takes their mom's life, the devastated sisters are reunited, and Iris moves in with Ivy and their dad. Iris takes their mom's death especially hard. She barely talks, spending hours alone in her room. Ivy can't stand to see Iris so sad. She promised Iris that she can share her life now. After all, they're sisters. Twins.

It's a promise that Iris takes seriously. And before long, Ivy's friends, her teachers, and even her boyfriend fall under Iris's spell. Soon Ivy begins to think there's something wrong with her twin. It's almost like Iris is out to get her. Ivy tells herself she's being paranoid. It's not like she's in any danger from her twin..."]

The entire novel, I wasn't sure who was gaslighting who. Do I believe Ivy (the unreliable narrator) and trust that her twin was manipulating and gaslighting her (and her friends/family)? Or do I doubt Ivy (the unreliable narrator), associate all of her actions and reactions to the trauma and change in her life, and assume she's gaslighting us (the readers)?? Like, what the fuck.

I mean, Iris was faaaaaar from innocent and naïve. But she was also put through a lot of trauma and change. But Ivy didn't handle a lot of things (the trauma and the change--or her sister) very well either.

All of the books by this author have insane twists at the end. I always want none of them to real, because they are never happy endings where the killer ends up behind bars and the protagonist wins. This book? The ending made me cry. I want nothing more than the right twin to get her justice.

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