AUTHOR: Nicola Martin
PUBLISHER: Contraband
PUBLISHING DATE: February 27, 2020
FROM GOODREADS:
Get ready to meet the other you.
Just upload your photo to get started. Using the latest facial recognition software, plus your votes, MeetYourDouble will find your doppelganger.
START NOW.
The idea is simple, vain, exciting. Tap the app, upload a picture, find your #deadringer – and if you like, set up a meeting in real life.
When Ella and Jem connect, the resemblance is uncanny, but their lives are polar opposites. One is stagnating in her Northern hometown, while the other, an aspiring actress living in a multimillion-pound mansion, is a Chelsea socialite who knows she’s skating on thin ice.
Other than their looks, their only similarity is the desire to escape. Is it possible to hide in your double’s skin? And at what cost? Dead Ringer is an all-too-believable, twisty, compelling story that will leave you reeling.
Get ready to meet the other you.
Just upload your photo to get started. Using the latest facial recognition software, plus your votes, MeetYourDouble will find your doppelganger.
START NOW.
The idea is simple, vain, exciting. Tap the app, upload a picture, find your #deadringer – and if you like, set up a meeting in real life.
When Ella and Jem connect, the resemblance is uncanny, but their lives are polar opposites. One is stagnating in her Northern hometown, while the other, an aspiring actress living in a multimillion-pound mansion, is a Chelsea socialite who knows she’s skating on thin ice.
Other than their looks, their only similarity is the desire to escape. Is it possible to hide in your double’s skin? And at what cost? Dead Ringer is an all-too-believable, twisty, compelling story that will leave you reeling.
MY THOUGHTS: So little story. When I was in college, several people, including a close friend, had commented that I was I had ignored them on campus. My best friend stated she saw me walking across the quad and waved, and I looked straight at her like she was crazy. We then figured out there was someone on campus who resembled me. I personally was never able to run into this person but I was a tad curious, not to mention a little freaked out. I mean really, one of my close personal friends didn't know it wasn't me? So you can see why even years later, this book appealed to me.
So Ella and Jem are individual who live miles apart yet meet up through an app because they resemble each other so closely. On the surface one seems to have it all while the other leads a rather boring life she feels is headed nowhere. Together they decide to switch places which the reader just knows isn't going to turn out well. After all, Jem has some shady things going on in her life and certainly Ella's life can't be completely dull and boring. This trade provides a wild ride for both the characters as well as the reader and there were times I really didn't know where things were headed.
While I honestly don't know that I ever really connected with either person, in this case, I didn't need to. It's kind of like watching a train wreck. You know you shouldn't be so fascinated and should look away, but you just can't do so. I read this book basically with 24 hours because honestly, I had to know what happened next. I loved the dark nature of this novel which leads the reader to question what they would do in a similar situation.
So would you trade places with your double? Definitely pick this book up and see what possibilities might lie ahead if you chose to do so. I will warn you - choose carefully.
I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review.
RATING: 4 PAWS
Ooh now that's an interesting premise- and a little freaky! And sometimes a train wreck read just fits the bill!
ReplyDeleteYes the whole thing was a tad freaky.
DeleteThanks so much for the blog tour support x
ReplyDeleteYou're very welcome.
DeleteOk, let's just start with an app that can locate your double! I'm a little freaked out over that and I hope it doesn't exist, lol.
ReplyDeleteI hope not either. They say everyone has a double but I have no desire to find mine.
Deletei had an idea where the story would go, but it sounds like a great read. would i change places? at this stage of my life, i am very happy, so....no
ReplyDeletesherry @ fundinmental
Me either.
DeleteSomething similar happened to me in high school--my friend's mom chastised me one day for never saying hi to her when she saw me up at the high school. I had no idea what she was talking about. But it seems there was some other girl who she thought looked just like me that she kept saying hi to. I thought it was pretty funny...although it was a little disconcerting to think there was some other girl out there who looked like me. :)
ReplyDeleteI had the same feeling. I wonder what my college double is doing now?
DeleteI've certainly seen a few films with this concept. At college, I was told that in my friend's hometown there was someone who looked like me but I never felt the urge to go and look for her!
ReplyDeleteSometimes you just don't mess with things like that huh?
DeleteIt does sound twisty. I like that!
ReplyDeleteVery twisty.
DeleteI like the sound of this one!
ReplyDeleteI think you'd enjoy it.
DeleteI had that same experience in high school! Somehow I never ran into her, but I heard about her all of the time. It still kind of creeps me out!
ReplyDeleteIt is rather creepy. Kind of Twilight Zone-ish.
DeleteI love how you described this as a trainwreck - sometimes that's exactly what you need and I totally understand the need to just keep going and going.
ReplyDeleteRight? Sometimes you just have to strap in!
Deleteoh wow that's something to have someone looking SO MUCH like you your own friends thought it was you! Glad to hear you some how enjoyed the book and found it so engaging even though not an awesome read. I tally get it! I have read books also within hours even though they weren't that great
ReplyDeleteSometimes you just get sucked in!
DeleteI love the sound of this and the fact that you just had to keep reading. It's a bit of a scary notion isn't it - I don't fancy that app at all!
ReplyDeleteLynn :D
No I sure hope that app never exists!
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