Doppelganger by Danielle Bannister
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I received this ARC from Red Coat Publishing and the authors in exchange for an honest review.
A story about a woman in her early forties, trying to find herself; this was really cute and refreshing. I am not quite in my forties yet, but I appreciated and welcomed a story that centred around a character that wasn’t fresh out of high school or college and wasn’t some super special snowflake that figures out her true path after three chapters. If I had had the time, I would have read the entire book in one sitting.
The main character was real, relatable and just stubborn enough to keep the reader’s attention, wondering if she will learn from her mistakes, overcome the obstacles she herself created in order to find what really makes her happy. I noticed that even thought there were quite a few secondary characters, they all stayed discretely in the background. They were not any less real, it just gave the impression that this story really was all about the main character and it worked very well.
The plot was straight forward with many little twists and turns that kept my interest at its highest and had me very annoyed whenever I was forced to put the book down. They all worked well, yet were completely unexpected and had me mumble in surprise quite a few times.
The writing was fresh, crisp, easy flowing. The main character had a lot of spunk and sarcasm that was maintained well throughout the story, which is difficult to do. Many times I have started a book that began with a funny and sarcastic narrator that slowly and consistently became more annoying as the story progresses. Such was not the case with Doppelganger, which had the sarcasm and spunk spaced perfectly the story.
Overall, I very much enjoyed the story and was sad to see it come to an end. There was one little thing; however, that was confusing. The time progression had me constantly wondering how many hours/days/weeks had passed since the last scene, which was slightly distracting. Other than that, it was a wonderful contemporary story and I would recommend it.
