Chris M
The beginning of Doppelbänger showed real promise. It had enough spark to capture my imagination, even if I wasn’t completely sold on it yet. This was a book club pick, and it’s not something I probably would have chosen on my own, but I was curious to see where it would go.
The book went along fine until the last quarter, and that’s where things started to slip. The characters were suddenly jumping from universe to universe without any real reason, and it felt like the plot was stretching to cover ground the author didn’t quite know how to bridge. That shift pulled me out of the story enough that I almost DNF’d.
I stuck with it, and I’m glad I did. The ending brings things back together in a way that satisfies the plot line, even if the path there was messy. Overall, it’s a decent read with a promising start and a finish that lands, but the slump in the middle made it harder to stay invested.
The beginning of Doppelbänger showed real promise. It had enough spark to capture my imagination, even if I wasn’t completely sold on it yet. This was a book club pick, and it’s not something I probably would have chosen on my own, but I was curious to see where it would go.
The book went along fine until the last quarter, and that’s where things started to slip. The characters were suddenly jumping from universe to universe without any real reason, and it felt like the plot was stretching to cover ground the author didn’t quite know how to bridge. That shift pulled me out of the story enough that I almost DNF’d.
I stuck with it, and I’m glad I did. The ending brings things back together in a way that satisfies the plot line, even if the path there was messy. Overall, it’s a decent read with a promising start and a finish that lands, but the slump in the middle made it harder to stay invested.