Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveler's Wife is a fascinating book that had me hooked for the first three quarters. Niffenegger is an intelligent writer, who creates unusual charcters that really draw the reader in, and I couldn't wait to find out what would happen.
It is about two 21 year old twins from Chicago who inherit their aunt's flat in London when she dies. They have never met her and can't figure out why she left it to them. There they meet the kind upstairs neighbor with OCD who cant leave his apartment, and the younger lover of their aunt who lives downstairs. The flat borders London's famous Highgate Cemetery.
The book was wonderful until its very weird and disturbing last quarter which left me wishing for a totally different ending. It felt as if Niffenegger got tired and just abandoned all these characters she had worked so hard to create. Very disappointing.
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