Book Review for Identical

Title: Identical
Author: Ellen Hopkins
Pages: 565 (in poetic style)
Identical is a novel about two twin sisters, Kaeleigh and Raeanne. Their parents are often not home, and when they are home they don't feel loved enough by both. The whole family is a mess in the first place, because of a car crash which almost killed their mother (and she never forgave their father for it) Kaeleigh (who is loved by her father) just wants to feel loved by her mother, while Raeanne wants to feel loved by her father. This makes the twins insanely jealous of the other. Kaeleigh is loved by her father in a sexual way, and just wants to be freed from him. When she meets a boy named Ian, she falls in love with him, but she feels it's not right, because of all the things her father has done to her. Raeanne is once again jealous of Kaeleigh because Raeanne just gets with guys for drugs, and she knows she'll never have love like Kaeleigh. After this it gets sort of confusing... Raeanne is with her "boyfriend" Tyler, when Ian walks in and freaks out. He yells at her because he thinks Raeanne is Kaeleigh. She tries to explain that she is in fact Raeanne, but Ian tells her that Raeanne died years ago in a car crash, the same car crash that turned Kaeleigh's parents against each other. Kaeleigh is then put in a mental institution for having multiple personality disorder.

     It did take a while to get into this book, but once secrets were revealed, it really got interesting. Things got a little confusing sometimes, but in the end the book explained itself and made you realize how things fell into place. There wasn't much action, but the book still kept you hooked with suspenseful situations, and emotions that are hard to understand.

     I would give this book 4 out of 5 stars, because even though it took a while to get into, once you're hooked, you stay hooked til the end. It was probably the least predictable book I've ever read, but the outcome wasn't so crazy that it couldn't happen in real life. It has some really intense parts an intense emotions that make you think "wow". Overall, a very intense and good novel.