Hopkins, Ellen. Identical. New York: Margaret K. McElderry, 2008.
This novel is so over the top that it almost becomes entertaining for its sheer over-the-topness. Almost, but not quite, because what’s over the top about it exactly what makes soap operas over the top, and so it’s just too expectable to be all that interesting. Indeed, [...]
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