The gripping new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of After Anna and Killing Kate. Imitation is the most terrifying form of flattery… Which Sarah Havenant is you? When an old friend gets in touch, Sarah Havenant discovers that there are two Facebook profiles in her name. One is hers. The other, she has never seen. But everything in it is accurate. Photos of her friends, her … Photos of her friends, her husband, her kids. Photos from the day before. Photos of her new kitchen. Photos taken inside her house.
And this is just the beginning. Because whoever has set up the second profile has been waiting for Sarah to find it. And now that she has, her life will no longer be her own…
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Really liked it.
I put off reading Copycat for almost a year, because the reviews said it was merely “good”, not thrilling or life-changing or even great. How I wish now I’d gone with my gut and jumped on it when it was released! I give it five enthusiastic stars.
Copycat falls into the category of a currently popular type of mystery novel: a female character witnesses something that affects her personally, she tries to warn people and figure out what’s going on, NO ONE BELIEVES HER, and her sanity circles the drain as she tries to salvage her relationship, job, family, everything through some kind of resolution of the situation. I have to admit I love this kind of novel, and can never get enough of these frustrating but thrilling stories. The Woman in Cabin 10 and Baby Teeth are good recent examples of similarly structured novels that were also well-written and compelling.
Sarah, the main character, finds out she’s becoming the victim of identity theft. Not in the old-fashioned taking-all-her-money way, but in the much more violating impersonation way. Someone created extra accounts in her name and is posting pics, sending emails and basically effing with her in strange ways. Sarah and her husband shrug it off as nonsense, but it ramps up quickly into something that seems too real and too perfect to be blamed on an outsider. When fingers start pointing at Sarah for sabotaging her own life, things go off in ways all of us can relate to.
While I didn’t agree with how all of this was handled as it “went down”, I can see how one might react similarly in real life. Books like this, that beg you to formulate a game plan and ask plenty of “what if?” questions, are important. In the 21st century, where more of our interactions are electronic than in-person, being faced with this kind of scenario is fairly probable. We *should* be scared, and we should be prepared, for when imposters try to invade our personal lives, hiding behind the veil of The Cloud.
The fact that this could possibly happen makes this book even more of a thriller. I loved the fact that the author kept an open ending. I would highly recommend as a great easy weekend read.
Really good
OMG!!!! I bloody loved Copycat By Alex Lake. It was one of those books that when you pick it up it’s practically impossible to put back down.
And this is what actually happened to me, I decided to read the first couple chapters at midnight to get a feel for it and Wham!!! that was it, I finished in the early hours of the morning, couldn’t put it down, it was such addictive reading. a real page-turner.
So the story is about Sarah Havenant a doctor married to Ben, British and a lawyer living in Maine with their three adorable children, the picture-perfect life.
So Sarah gets a friend request from a girl she used to go to school with and she asks Sarah which is her real facebook profile.
Transpires there is another Sarah Havenant using pictures of her children, her husband and from her own house seriously weird and scary.
As events escalate it turns out this is only the start as Sarah’s whole world implodes, people around her including her husband start to doubt her sanity.
Sarah and Ben’s marriage buckle’s under the strain and poor Sarah has no idea who to trust and where to turn when even her own husband is doubting her.
So this is the sort of Psychological mindtwist I adore and Copycat kept me guessing throughout.
I had absolutely no idea who was stalking Sarah and only just guessed right before the shocking reveal.
And to say I was gobsmacked is an understatement, what a conclusion.
sorry for the vagueness I’m trying to keep this spoiler-free.
I would definitely recommend this to my fellow psychological thriller lovers, this one is super fast, its excellently written and the story just flows brilliantly, with never a dull minute to be had here.
Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher and the author for providing me with an arc of Copycat By Alex Lake, this is my own honest unbiased opinion.
Reviewed By Beckie Bookworm
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I did enjoy this book, it kept me on the edge wondering who was doing this crazy thing. I just did not like how it ended! Is there going to be a second book? But overall a good way to spend the afternoon.
You will never guess the ending!!!
Quick read- although i guessed the ” copycat” early on it was still a great read!
I usually like these kinds of books and while this one was good it was also disturbing. It held my interest and the ending left it open for a sequel but I don’t think I would be interested in reading another book like this one.
I couldn’t put this book down.
Riveting read!