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SK has also done his/her research regarding the results of loss on the remaining twin. The moment when we follow Sarah into her child's school and discover a quaking child hiding it all feels heartbreakingly real. Then when it takes a subtle, believable supernatural direction I just wanted to hug the little lass. Ok, I have a minor niggle about the professionalism of the child psych Sarah consults and his comments during a phone consultation. However, this moment adds so much to later events that if there was ever a time when literary license were permissible, this would be it.
By the way, there are reasons I haven't named the twins(other than at the beginning). It’s the desperation of avoiding spoilers and not trusting myself to go there! Yes this is one of those novels after which you desperately want to find someone else who's read it so you can talk about it. The broken lives, secrets, guilt and blame drip like nitro-glycerine onto the developing creepiness until the final explosion justifies the fact that we haven't been able to put the book down. Oh yes, whoever you are, SK, this is superlative stuff!
(Thank you so much Harper Collins for providing us with a copy for review.)
