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Someone Like Me

By: M. R. Carey
Narrated by: Robin Miles
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From the author of the million-copy best-selling The Girl with All the Gifts comes an extraordinary new psychological thriller with a twist you won't see coming....

There are two sides to every story....

Liz Kendall wouldn't hurt a fly. Even when times get tough, she's devoted to bringing up her kids in a loving home. But there's another side to Liz, one that's dark and malicious. An alter ego that will do anything to get her way - no matter how extreme. And when this other side of her takes control, the consequences are devastating. 

Someone Like Me is the intoxicating new thriller from the phenomenal M. R. Carey. A modern take on the Jekyll and Hyde tale, think Gone Girl meets Stephen King - but you won't have heard anything quite like this before.... 

©2018 M. R. Carey (P)2018 Little, Brown Book Group Fiction Genre Fiction Horror Metaphysical & Visionary Psychological Science Fiction Time Travel Women's Fiction Scary Suspense Thriller
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"Spectacular!" (Martina Cole)

"An intense, haunting thriller with heart. You will not want to put this down." (Laini Taylor, New York Times best-selling author)

"As fresh as it is terrifying...a jewel." (Joss Whedon)
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I had so been looking forward to this audible. well worth the wait.
I did take a little time to get into this one, but was glad I stuck with it. The narrator took a bit of getting used to.
great characters. As always with M R Carey the story line is gripping & pure escapism.

Another clever story....

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I'm a big fan of M.R. Carey's stories. Well thought out and pull you in, but I struggled with this due to one reason, the reading was very poor.

Inflection was off key and her interpretation of characters was very poor. it actually detracted from a good story. I would not listen to a book read by Robin Miles again for this fact.

Great story, poorly read

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There is great potential for readers to get bored with this one early on. Although Carey feeds enough teasers to hook initially, there are a hundred or so pages when nothing much happens. Hopefully you have read other Carey stories and enjoy letting his words wash over you for a while to get you through this period. His writing quality is of the usual standard and paints some lovely interesting characters.

Shortly before half way the action heats up. On my part, some preconceived ideas I had regarding Liz/Beth and Fran/Fox alter egos was blown away and the story got interesting. It had quite a dark turn that left me a little stunned for a while even.

My only bug bear was with the ending. Originally I thought that I couldn't give higher than three stars overall, due to this problem, but I re-read the last few chapters and have softened to four. Not to give away too much, but it was a little too "Halloween" ish for me. Yes, if it had seemed easy for the "good" guys to win, it would have been dull. Yes, no-one in this universe is an expert on how the alter ego thing work and what rules are in play. Yet for me, there was a little too much of those that did know, not telling those that didn't, because if they knew, it could all be fixed faster. Also a little too many false endings. When exactly is an alter ego beaten. Even now, I'm not sure it's over. It would be entirely possible for Carey to write a new rule and Spring something on us.

The most satisfying books of this kind give you all the information and rules early on and then produce a clever twist that you didn't see coming. There was one little twist here, but it wasn't powerful enough for me to redeem the ending.

**** spoilers ****

Another gripe if I'm on a roll here, would be with the aftermath. Much of the book is involved with Beth's situation getting worse and worse. The tension is generated because *spoilers* we assume it will be ok for Liz at some stage, and we don't want Beth blowing everything for her. Yet, once things are resolved, all the issues just fall away. No problem nothing to see here. So, all that tension for much of the book was rubbish then?

I disagree with some other reviews that the narration was poor. I enjoyed it and I think any more grandiose acting would have detracted. The differences in the characters were sometimes subtle and I liked that.

Unusual Sliding Doors story with a difference.

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This book will blow your socks off. I have had three M R Carey books and everyone has been terrific. This story relates a tragic tale that started with an abusive husband. There are many ins and outs and just when you think you know where it's going it turns left

There was a point at which I wanted to quit, but it drew me back again. Glad I stuck with it. The characterisation is fantastic, just like his other books.

Enjoy

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Very good story and superbly read by Robin Miles. Recommend this book if you enjoyed previous Carey stories

Excellent Narration

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