Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. I really tried to like this but the amount of nonsensical plot devices got in the. The novel has little suspense, no interesting characterizations, with foolish plot devices and juvenile twists abound. Identical twins have been the storytellers friend since roman times. Books similar to the third twin meet your next favorite book. Since lexi is dating one of the alicia boys in the beginning, it would. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading third twin. Third twin, the hardcover january 1, 1900 by ken follett author 5. All evidence points to one of the twins and maybe even to the one that doesnt exist.
Its pretty little liars meets revenge in this edgeofyourseat thriller with a shocking. Boys whove dated alicia, the alter ego of twins lexi and ava, are murdered, always after a falling out with one of the girls. Lexi is a likable narrator, but the book offers no real character. Alicia is fun, beautiful, fashionable and extremely popular with boys. The paranoia and fear lexi experiences is palpable. My readers dont buy my books to learn about philosophy, of course, but they like a story to have a thoughtful side. A 1997 television film based on the book starred kelly mcgillis as doctor jean ferrami and jason gedrick as steve logan. The third twin has an interesting, compelling premise. The third twin is a murder mystery and a highintensity thriller about identical twin sisters, alexa and ava, who play with fire by pretending to have a third sister, alicia. The heroine, jeannie ferrami, is a young professor at jones falls university jfuthink johns hopkins who is investigating the balance of nature versus nurture in criminality.
The trio is now in the final stages of a lucrative friendly buyout by a corporate giantand they dont take kindly to jeannies diggings. The third twin, is a twisty whodunit young adult mystery thriller that was an instantly enjoyable escape from the first page, on. In the end, i was more thinking of how many implausible things happened than i was thinking i received a. Having read all of ken folletts superb books in the pillars of the earth series and others as well, i have to say the third twin was the most poorly written and atrociously edited book of his i have read. The third twin goodreads meet your next favorite book. Your novel, the third twin, takes this to an extreme i didnt know existed.
This book is about two sisters who have an imaginary friend and as strange things start to happen, the girls become convinced that their imaginary friend is actually real. A novel of suspense kindle edition by follett, ken. Lexi and ava are identical twins who sometimes like to play tricks on the boys they are. She goes on many dates, gets invited to all the hot parties and is simply the coolest sister out. Dont misunderstand me, i think that the third twin is a great book but only if you. Its pretty little liars meets revenge in this edgeofyourseat thriller with a shocking twist. Ava and lexi are identical twins right down to their dna and when they were younger they invented an imaginary friendsister, named alicia. I think i expected just a different type of book overall. The third twin is a technothriller by the british writer ken follett and published by random house publications in 1996. Masterscribbler ken follett does the arrangement one better in his latest yarn, the third twin. The third twin is a teenage drama which includes thriller moments that make the readers want to continue reading.
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