Her Fearful Symmetry Large Print [Large Print] [Paperback]

Audrey Niffeneger (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 689 pages
• Publisher: Rnib; Large print ed edition (October 14, 2009)
• ISBN-10: 1444501658
• ISBN-13: 978-1444501650
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,900,797 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Audrey Niffenegger is a visual artist and a faculty member at Columbia College in Chicago. In addition to her bestselling debut novel, The Time Traveler's Wife, she is the author of two illustrated novels, The Three Incestuous Sisters and The Adventuress. She lives in Chicago.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars a bit of a let down, January 25, 2010

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Sheena "sheena_in_kl" (Kuala Lumpur Malaysia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Her Fearful Symmetry Large Print (Paperback)

I loved The Time Traveller's Wife and so was so so looking forward to reading more of the same. Ok, I accept that a writer can't go around rehashing what they did before just to please readers but Her Fearful Symmetry was disappointing to say the least. Julia and Valentina are twins, drawn into a conflict between their mother and aunt (who are also twins). When their aunt Elspeth dies and leaves them everything except her private papers, (which she leaves to her lover who lives downstairs) she imposes the condition that they must live in her flat for a year before they can sell- and so the essentially American twins are off to a glorious adventure that is London.

Sadly, the twins tend to come off as vague, self absorbed, and slightly annoying, so one hardly cares what happens to them. Key points in the plot just don't add up. Without giving anything away, the HUGE SECRET about the relationship between mother and aunt turns out to be something of a damp squib, the other key characters are a little wooden and the few opportunities to let rip with some real drama slip away.

The story is set around Highgate Cemetery- which is fact a brilliant place to go visit if you happen to be in London.

My advice- forget the book- take a tour of Highgate Cemetery instead. It will far more stimulating than this.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible..., March 6, 2010

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Samara "Samara" (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Her Fearful Symmetry Large Print (Paperback)

I agree with Sheena! I, too, was a huge fan of The Time Travellers Wife and was hugely disappointed with Her Fearful Symmetry. The ending was incredibly bad and left me wondering if I'd picked up a completely different book entirely. First 300 pages were kind of average but readable, and Audrey could have saved it with a big ending that wowed her readers.... but the last 90 pages were so disappointing. I finished the book completely confused about what actually happened and why the characters would behave so irrationally (and Im a twin so I thought I might be able to relate to this story!) There were lots of loose ends that weren't tied up. Im actually not sure how this book got published like this???

3.0 out of 5 stars An Enjoyable Read, December 28, 2010

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Trinity21 (Columbus, OH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Her Fearful Symmetry Large Print (Paperback)

First, I partially agree with Sheena and Samara, however my husband read the book and enjoyed it and recommended it to me. I only give it three stars because although I liked the book, the plot did stretch credulity at times and ending is a bit weak.