Review: Like Talking to a 13-year-old with ADHD
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 4, 2014
For more book reviews go to: greenash5.wix.com/booksystemDoppelganger felt like talking to a 13-year-old girl with ADHD. I realize that the character Citrus is meant to be much older than 13, but she had the mentality of a 13-year-old.I have mixed feelings about this novel, because the first half of the novel; I am not a fan of, but it becomes pretty interesting after that. I'd probably read the second book just to find out what happens and why it is all happening, let alone my interest in the characters.The novel starts with our avid reader, Citrus, who is never late for school but just this one time, is. The moment she gets to school things get weird; first the lady in the office erases her as attending when she comes in for a late pass. Then she finds herself in second our taking the test, she'd been so worried about. Then her crush Aedan is beside her, with the same dilemma. He's in there taking a test too. From there the events get weirder and weirder.One of the main things that annoyed me in this novel was Citrus and her inability to let things sink in for the first half of the novel. Then we find her fickle heart and the constant change of status on her feelings for Aedan.  At the beginning she's like I have like a half crush on him, then she claims she's had a full blown crush on him forever, then she drops the hammer and say's "I'm in love." It's been a few hours since the whole thing started.For me she is redeemed in the end, because she stops wondering about how the doppelganger is doing on her tests and projects, and starts wondering if her friends and family are dead. She becomes realistic and slightly likeable in the end.I believe that the author set up everything perfectly for this novel, in tone and setting anyway. Right off she lets you know it's a YA novel with some comical and some serious parts.The best part of this novel was the twist towards the end that I did not see coming, and yet I should have. It makes me feel stupid for not noticing before. I also like how it complicates the entire storyline; seriously at the end there are so many unsolved dilemmas, that it frustrates me. Even now I'm sitting here like, "Why??"There's a bad habit in this novel of focusing on things that have no importance to the storyline, or getting sidetracked in the characters thoughts about something totally irrelevant. The irrelevant thoughts could attest to the characters personality and how she is constantly side tracked by her battles in this novel. However they were annoying to read.Can I just say, if your name is Citrus I would call you Orange too. Your parents are practically begging me to do it, so I think the nickname is well deserved.An interesting novel with ups and downs, overall.