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Summary: exciting relationship romantic intrigue
Review: Thirty-one years ago in the Bay area, Dr. Alan Forrester is deeply in love with hippie jeweler Claire MacKenzie who reciprocates his feelings. Though his elitist mother objects to this relationship and her Oregonian family does not care what happens to her, Alan marries Claire. Not long afterward, as her father-in-law drives the two generations of couples to a vacation lodge, a deer causes Gavin to swerve, but he misses the animal and stays on the road that is until the second fawn arrives. The subsequent crash leaves Claire as the only survivor giving birth at the site in the midst of chaos.Over three decades later, Claire's daughter Paige has become a successful oncologist. To hide a terrible facial birthmark, Gwen St. James becomes so adept that she is the make-up artist for TV news anchors. They meet over a cancer patient of Paige's when Gwen provides make-up to give confidence to the senior citizen as she goes home to see her grandchildren. As Paige and Gwen become better acquainted, secrets from that car crash that killed the doctor's father are revealed leading to close ties between two women who feel deeply connected, but not sure why. The why seems a stretch yet readers will allow Katherine Stone the lead way because THE OTHER TWIN is an exciting relationship romantic intrigue focusing on the connection between the two females. The story line grips the audience, as the reader wants to know more because the characters make the incident seem real. Though an overabundance of medical terminology is provided, fans will take much pleasure from Ms. Stone's engaging novel. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Farfetched!
Review: This is not the first book I've read by Katherine Stone, but it will be hard to want to buy another one. The story had too many subplots and the twin sisters' relationship developed far too fast to be plausible. This should have been saved for a magazine novella. Katherine Stone can do better than this!
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Summary: A delightful book
Review: This is the first book I have read from Katherine Stone but surely not the last. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and was sorry to have it end. Ms. Stone is a wonderful story-teller whose characters crawl into your heart. If you like Danielle Steel and Barbara Delinsky - you will love her.
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Summary: Very disappointing
Review: This is the first book I've read by Ms. Stone and I believe it will be my last. This book had many problems including the fact that there are about 6 stories going on in a 360 page book. With all those story lines you can't get to know any character well. Another problem was the amount of "thinking" that was put into the dialouge. The characters would say something and then in italic print there would be the thoughts of the charcter while they were talking. This is okay sometimes but this is carried on and on with all the characters through out the book. The main story of Gwen & Paige is a great idea, just poorly written and explored.
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Summary: Poorly Written
Review: This is the first book I've read by Ms. Stone and I believe it will be my last. This book had many problems including the fact that there are about 6 stories going on in a 360 page book. With all those story lines you can't get to know any character well. Another problem was the amount of "thinking" that was put into the dialouge. The characters would say something and then in italic print there would be the thoughts of the charcter while they were talking. This is okay sometimes but this is carried on and on with all the characters through out the book. The main story of Gwen & Paige is a great idea, just poorly written and explored.
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Summary: Poorly constructed plot & characters
Review: This is the first of Katharine Stone's books that I have read & I certainly thought it would be my last. After finishing the book, I was amazed that this woman was a regular on the best-seller list. Thus, I was somewhat relieved to find that some of her longtime fans had a similar reaction to this book. Among other things, the book is poorly constructed, is too contrived, and has a very poorly developed plot. Also, I was a bit thrown with the detailed medical information that was interspersed with less than detailed dialogue. As other readers have said, it was very hard to feel as though you knew the characters. They all felt a bit like cardboard.
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Summary: Poorly constructed plot & characters
Review: This is the first of Katharine Stone's books that I have read & I certainly thought it would be my last. After finishing the book, I was amazed that this woman was a regular on the best-seller list. Thus, I was somewhat relieved to find that some of her longtime fans had a similar reaction to this book. Among other things, the book is poorly constructed, is too contrived, and has a very poorly developed plot. Also, I was a bit thrown with the detailed medical information that was interspersed with less than detailed dialogue. As other readers have said, it was very hard to feel as though you knew the characters. They all felt a bit like cardboard.
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