This book was particularly exciting to me because of its main character, Molly Raven—an identical twin. I was intrigued to see how my experience as an identical twin would compare to Molly's (spoiler alert: it was very different). Reading First Born by Will Dean was undoubtedly an interesting experience. As a murder mystery, it's difficult to write a review for this book without spoiling anything, but I'll do my best.
Molly lives a sheltered, structured life in London, and her identical twin sister, Katie, lives in New York, attending Columbia University. While Katie is an adventurer willing to try anything once, Molly is paranoid about anything that could go wrong in her life or the world. When Katie is suddenly murdered, Molly must travel to the United States to join her parents and help the detectives solve Katie's murder. In New York, we see more of Molly's paranoid tendencies and Katie's extravagant, exciting adventures and relationships. Molly researches anything she finds that could be connected to Katie's murder while exploring New York, slowly connecting the dots and uncovering Katie's secrets.
I can't say anything else without spoiling major plot points. The writing and premise of the story are good, but ultimately, I began to find it unbelievable. I didn't really like any of the characters and found Molly somewhat pretentious and dramatic. Everything became—in my opinion—overly complicated and unrealistic. By the end of the novel, I was fed up with and annoyed.
Even so, it did keep my attention, and I was interested in seeing how everything would tie together. And as previously mentioned, the writing was good, which leads me to rate First Born by Will Dean 3/5 stars. If you're a fan of murder mysteries and thrillers, take a look.
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