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Приятел. Любим. Жертва. Предател.

Кого виждаш, когато погледнеш в огледалото?

Шестнайсетгодишните приятели Рижи, Лио, Роуз и Наоми са неудачници, които все още търсят себе си. Животът не е идеален, но музиката и вълнението покрай бандата им Огледалце, огледалце ги сплотяват... Докато един ден Наоми не изчезва мистериозно само за да бъде открита малко по-късно в безсъзнание край реката.

Ще се събуди ли Наоми? Каква – или може би кой – е причината за нейното състояние в момента? И защо Рижи, самообявилият се покровител на групата, не успява да забележи предупредителните знаци?

Докато Роуз се утешава с диви купони, а Лио е обзет от черни мисли, Рижи се заема да разплете случая. Това премеждие ще разкрие най-мрачните им тайни и ще разтърси техния свят. Нищо не може да се върне постарому, защото веднъж счупено огледалото не може да бъде поправено.

368 pages, Paperback

First published October 5, 2017

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Profile Image for Matteo Fumagalli.
Author 1 book10.6k followers
January 31, 2018
Videorecensione: https://youtu.be/2KTu5ezVuDc

Letto per curiosità, non per forza aspettandomi un libro trash.
Infatti è semplicemente un romanzo goffo, raffazzonato, con enormi voragini di trama.
Ero incuriosito perché Cara Delevigne è una sorta di icona giovanile anti-Ferragni (una sorta di Kate Moss 2.0, una bellezza atipica e rozza, sfrontata e dall'attitudine grunge).
E proprio su quello che rappresenta è costruito questo librucolo (interminabile, prevedibile e noiosissimo): una sorta di copiacarbone di un qualsiasi libro di John Green (giusto perché ha recitato in "Città di carta), un po' di lgbt, un po' di dark side of trasgry wannabe e il gioco è fatto: è uno specchio per le allodole, costruito ad hoc per piacere alla ragazzina tumblr che tanto vorrebbe essere lei.
La prosa è, a tratti agghiacciante ("insieme eravamo cool, superpunk, strafichi" oppure "Quando canta i muri vibrano e gli occhi da castani le diventano verdi" => ma che davvero?) e la trama procede con personaggi cartavelina imbarazzanti, drammy familiari che si risolvono in men che non si dica e un mistero ridicolo che si risolve a colpi di dark web, whatsapp, spotify, instagram e snapchat.
Il colpevole, poi, chiunque è in grado di indovinarlo a pagina 1.

I personaggi sono pedine incapaci di muoversi. è l'azione che agisce su di loro.
Non trash, ma snervante eccome.
Poteva essere meglio.
Poteva essere peggio.

In entrambi i casi, sarebbe stato molto più interessante.
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11 reviews14 followers
April 17, 2018
It was not the blurb, which I only had skimmed, that convinced me to read this book. It was the curiosity of how Cara Delevingne would write her first novel, because she always gets sharp criticism for everything she does besides working as a model and I wanted to form my own opinion on the book. I read the book while listening to the audio book and can highly recommend that. Right from the start you get the appropriate emotions and language style of each character, although there was a lot of swearing in the dialogues which annoyed, but you can read over it.

After having completed the tedious first chapters, Mirror Mirror unexpectedly turned out being so thrilling that I could not stop reading. Especially because of that unexpected twist at the end, I have to give it this evaluation.

I don´t like reading books whose characters live in a perfect world, what was totally not the case in Mirror, Mirror. Unfortunately, the characters were all extremely broken in a specific way, so it´s just as hard to identify with them.

To conclude I can say that I loved how the novel finally ended and that I continuously enjoyed reading it. Although Cara Delevingne was clearly inspired by her work with John Green in Paper Towns, I can say that this was definitely not just another book written by just another famous person. It turned out to be surprisingly good and constantly improving every chapter.
Profile Image for Caroline Fosse.
468 reviews71 followers
October 17, 2017
This is the sort of book that makes me wonder why things like this ever get published in the first place. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not incredibly terrible, but it’s clearly inspired by her work with John Green and the movie adaptation of Paper Towns. A couple of close knit teenagers living their life, drinking, running around, getting tattoos, dark secrets, eating disorders, troubled youth, parents who doesn’t care about their children, unnecessary swearing, betrayals, playing in a famous band, identity crises, metaphors about glass shattering and broken hearts etc.

Mirror, mirror follows a group of teenagers, Red, Rose and Leo, trying to figure out what to do when their friend Naomi suddenly disappears without a trace. When the police finds her body with no evidence of what happened, the police slowly start to give up. Red, Rose and Leo then tries to put the pieces together, and «goes on an adventure» for the truth about who really killed their best friend.

First of all, did the person writing the blurb actually read the book all the way to the end? After reading the book for myself, I am genuinely confused as to what this person was thinking while writing it. I guess it’s just another example of false advertising, where the publishers tries to get attention from not only ya-readers, but other readers as well.

I didn’t expect much, I think Cara Delevingne is okay, but I didn’t like her story or her writing. The whole plot is extremely overused, and it felt like it was the cheap version of Paper Towns by John Green. A girl goes missing, her friends try to find her, they’re left with no explanation and it’s their job to figure out what went wrong and why she ended up missing.

Also, let’s talk about the fact that her name is bigger than the title of the book. To me, it seems like she is relying on the name recognition, rather than the content of the book. Personally I think the title should be bigger, and her name should be smaller. I see fans rating this five stars before even reading it, because they «already know it’s gonna be perfect», but does it deserve a high star rating?

Let’s begin talking about the book’s content. A couple of pages in, the main character starts talking about their band and how Naomi wrote song lyrics and played the bass. Then, she says:

«Naomi is the best bassist I’ve ever played with, which is weird because she’s a girl, and girls aren’t normally good at that shit. That’s not sexist, it’s just a fact. It takes a sort of single minded determination to be invisible to really play the bass, and girls, well normal girls like to be looked at.»

Well, saying it’s not sexist doesn’t make it any less sexist. That’s kind of like saying «Not to be racist or anything, but..» and «Not to be rude, but..», then you say something rude and racist. You might read this and think I’m taking it way too seriously, but it’s problematic and it is sexist even though you start off by saying it’s not. Some probably think things like this are funny, but I don’t. Also, I find the thought of a school band with a fan page and thousands of tumblr followers very unlikely, but maybe that's just me.

Today, saying words like fuck or shit is normal. It’s not surprising, but using swearwords in every single sentence is a little too much, even for me. I don’t really see the point, beginning every sentence with «shit», and closing it with «fuck». I don’t have a problem with swearing in real life, but I don’t really think it’s that necessary to fill your book with bad words. It’s like when you have to write 1000 words for a school paper, and you start writing unnecessary words to fill the pages and reach that word count. In this case, it’s just swearwords. Sometimes, the dialogue was literally just:

«fuck»
«shit»
«fuck off, mate"


The characters in this book could be much better, but they were «beautifully broken», and I hate that. Sorry, but I do. I don’t think self harming, starving or overeating, putting yourself in danger etc. should be romanticized. It’s not beautiful, it’s not something poetic. It’s painful and it hurts. I just think the writing was bad and the story was poorly executed. Imagine a YA book where the main character has a positive relationship with their parents, just imagine. This book had it all, parents who didn’t care about their children what so ever, alcoholic parents, family members who's in and out of prison etc.

This was a combination of Paper Towns and Skins, making it this unbearable book about teenagers looking for alcohol and weed, sex, and randomly screaming into the air and getting into trouble with the police.

I don’t know why, but I went through half of the book before realizing that Red was a female. I don’t know if I just missed the description and the basic information, or if the description and characters weren't mentioned in the first place, but I was genuinely surprised. I know girls shave their heads and express themselves in different ways, but I didn't realize that Red was a lesbian girl falling in love with another girl. That being said, I always appreciate a book with a gay female lead.



The plot twist didn't surprise me, and I know for a lot of people, it will. It's probably the only thing I liked about the book, because even though I suspected it, I know it'll be surprising for others. Please note that I'm not in any way trying to make you hate this book, or convince you to never read this. I want you to form an opinion yourself, and to read the book if you want to. In the end, my opinion shouldn't matter if you really liked the book, because you're entitled to your own opinion. I respect your opinion, therefore I would appreciate it if you respected mine.
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44 reviews12 followers
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October 12, 2017
the blurb is really interesting but I hate the cover art so much 😭 it seems like Cara is relying very heavily on name recognition, rather than the content of the book
Profile Image for Cora Tea Party Princess.
1,323 reviews860 followers
June 17, 2020
5 Words: Friendship, family, mystery, betrayal, secrets.

Mirror, Mirror exceeded my expectations.

Starting off, I love the writing style. I was a little surprised to find it narrated by Red at the beginning, hers was not the voice I was expecting. But hers is definitely the voice that the story deserves and is a wonderfully complex character, with many layers and flaws.

This has a definite Skins vibe to it, and I love it. It's a bit shocking, it's raw, it feels real. There is a thread of mystery to the story, a slightly chilling feel to the story.

Full review to come.
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220 reviews3,487 followers
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May 12, 2019
Am I, like, the only person on this planet who had no idea Cara Delevingne even writes books, let alone a young adult mystery and contemporary fiction?

On second thought, there are probably more than 6 billion people (just on this planet) who don't even know she exists.

Actually, I just realised there are more than 7 billion people who don't know I exist ... well that's a disturbing thought right there 😐

Do I even matter? ... I hate me rn.

Profile Image for Clare.
674 reviews
August 27, 2017
So first off, this is basically a poor man's Paper Towns. Cara was clearly inspired after starring in the film. Secondly, the idea is aesthetically pleasing, but when actually presented has little substance.
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242 reviews75 followers
December 6, 2017
I went into this book with very, very low expectations. I mean... who wouldn't be sceptical about a book that has the author's name on it bigger than the actual title. I was afraid this was going to be just another meh book written by just another famous person.

Buuuuuttttt....

Mirror, Mirror was actually a surprisingly good read for me. Many people's reviews on here state that they expected a YA contemporary but were surprised with a YA mystery/thriller, so I knew that beforehand. What I didn't know was that I was in for a bloody intense ride. I couldn't stop reading because I simply HAD to know what happened. And to be honest, I'm usually very good at putting a book down and going to sleep, but not with this one.

However, I did figure out the "plot twist" way before the end, since I recently played a story rich video game (won't state the name as it might be a spoiler) that has exactly the same twist. So I saw that pattern like a pro Sherlock Holmes, man.

Nontheless I totally recommend Mirror, Mirror to everyone that would love a good YA thriller. Especially to people who loved 13 Minutes by Sarah Pinborough!
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836 reviews414 followers
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April 2, 2018
Yo al leer la Sinopsis:

"Cara Delevingne, the voice of her generation."
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477 reviews1,174 followers
March 25, 2018
I tried so hard to finish this, but after 6 month of picking it up and putting it back down I just couldn't. This makes me sad because I think Cara is an incredibly interesting person and a great role model... but for me to not care or be at all curious about the outcome of a mystery is a big deal (I haven't even bothered to flip to the last chapter!)

A little more on this in my Overhyped Books video: https://youtu.be/aUmhUxIDCac
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2,360 reviews988 followers
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December 29, 2017
So Cara Delevingne is actually releasing a novel! I would love to read her book and see what she comes up with; I think her experiences in acting have helped her envision a book.



Adore the yellow cover! Got the book to read it later!

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Author 19 books777 followers
July 18, 2018
Cara Delevingne a încercat să scrie un roman despre/pentru adolescenți. Nu prea i-a reuşit. Dacă ignor un plot twist original, legat de unul dintre personaje, viziunea ei e sumbră şi exagerată: toate personajele sunt abuzate emoțional sau fizic, aproape toți părinţii sunt incompetenți şi nepăsători, iar dacă eşti adolescent e perfect normal să vrei să te îmbeţi mereu, oriunde, sau să îți dorești să călătoreşti cu maşina de poliţie. Pentru că e distractiv. În ceea ce priveşte stilul... oh, nici nu ştiu de unde să încep. M-a lăsat fără cuvinte.
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1,402 reviews20 followers
October 11, 2017
OMG this was awesome. At first I thought it was a contemporary, then it was that plus a mystery/thriller AND a diverse read! It was truly amazing! READ IT!
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169 reviews366 followers
May 31, 2019
Hey, mě se to vážně líbilo! V rámci YA tam bylo dost napětí, mělo to spád, žádné dlouhé srdceryvné dialogy. Postavy mohly být trochu více propracované, ptž jejich charaktery byly zajímavé, jen nešly tolik do hloubky. Přirovnala bych to k Jeden z nás lže, taky z Yoli, ale tohle bylo lepší.
Nevím, jestli je to tím, že jsem čekala, že to bude spíš špatný, a tak mě to nakonec překvapilo... Kdo ví, ale palec hore :)
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157 reviews
December 31, 2017
Finally got around to writing this. Wow, just wow. This book is definitely one that people should read. It brings to light the devastation of the sex trafficking, even in just a small racket. It was heartbreaking and really hard to read but it was very, very well written and the anger and devastation was well portrayed. I highly recommend this book to everyone.
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7,344 reviews203 followers
January 22, 2018
Let me honest before I start this review - I was very hesitant to get this book and read it. WHY? Because I love Cara as an actor and I didn't want to end up hating this book. So I decided to not buy this book but to loan it from the library as an audio. I LOVED THE AUDIO GUYS!

Now ignore the cover (even though I low-key like it) but read what's inside because that's what is important right? I loved every character within this book and I'm so freaking happy that I wasn't disappointed at all. So a big shout out to Cara Delevingne for writing an amazing book! I hope she writes another one whenever she finds the time to spare.

If you thought I was going to ruin my streak of not putting in spoilers, well you are completely wrong! I wont spoil anything but I will mention that this book is about a school band - where a bandmate goes missing. Naomi has a history of running away but when she is found floating in the river do her bandmates start to wonder what the hell she was doing or what exactly happened to her.

Trust me, it's such a good mystery book. I honestly thought it was going to be a retelling of like snow what or something because the title is Mirror Mirror but I was 100% wrong on that and not a bit disappointed. I loved this book. I loved the characters. I really want another book now.

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291 reviews4,236 followers
October 19, 2017
It wasn't a masterpiece, but in my opinion, it was a good story for teenagers - may topics about finding yourself were taken and showed in a really interesting way. I liked our main characters, they were not annoying, I was pleased to find the ending, even if I knew how this story was going to end at the beginning of it. My only problem was with the language: a lot of swearing is present in the dialogues, but I was able to get through it. If you are interested, check this position out, maybe you will be positively surprised.
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645 reviews317 followers
October 3, 2018
Definitivamente esperava muito mais. Andei perdida nesta leitura sem saber que rumo estava a tomar. Não gostei, tinha possibilidades de ser muito melhor.
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Author 7 books78 followers
March 2, 2018
Goed boek! Sterke plot, goed geschreven en erg realistische en rauwe thema’s die goed laten zien hoe het echt is om jong te zijn en met een hoop lastige issues te moeten dealen. Spannend ook. Ik miste alleen heel erg de verschillende perspectieven, want nu heb ik het gevoel dat de personages allemaal nogal vlak en ongrijpbaar blijven en dat is jammer. Uitgebreide recensie: http://thebookreview.nl/recensies/thr...
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651 reviews106 followers
June 26, 2020
PASSADA COM ESSA LEITURA

Comecei a ler sem muita expectativa achando que era o tipico livro de adolescentes problematicos e os problemas da adolescencia mas mEU DEUS!!!!!!!

A trama vai afunilando e umas coisas estranhas vao acontecendo e eu tive que dar varias pausas porque estava num estado de mEU DEUS O QUE???????

E tem um plot twist TAO, MAS TAO impactante no meio do livro que eu simplesmente tive que largar o livro e mandar varios audios pra minhas amigas falando GENTE PELO AMOR DE DEUS QUE LIVRO É ESSE?????

Cara delevigne largue sua carreira de modelo e atriz aGORA MESMO E VIRE ESCRITORA FULL TIME MULHER
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120 reviews10 followers
July 22, 2018
Mirror Mirror va sobre un grupo de amigos, que aparentemente no tienen nada en común pero comparten la misma afición y forman una banda de música, la cuál poco a poco comienza a tener fama, llegando a ser lo más populares en su instituto. Todo iba bien, hasta que uno de ellos, Naomi, desaparece y la encuentran es un rio inconsciente.

Este libro en un principio me pareció un intento de acercarse al punto de vista de un adolescente fallidamente, porque parecía todo muy artificial y poco realista. Pero a lo largo que comenzó a desarrollarse mejoró, incluso podría admitir que lo reflejarón bastante bien. En cuanto a los personajes me parecierón super interesante como estaban construidos y que tuvieran historia, porque muchas veces siento que los personajes que no son protagonista no se cuenta que pasa fuera de la narración con ellos. En concreto el género de uno de los personajes me pareció genial que no se concretara, hasta que fuese necesario en el desarrollo de la trama.

Sobre la escritura quiero remarcar que estaba bastante bien redactado, me quedé satisfecha con ello. Y mencionar que se nota que Cara Delavigne es actriz, porque tiene un toque de descripción bastante cinematográfico, incluso diría que el final me parece hecho como si fuese una película en vez de una novela.

Para acabar quiero expresar lo genial que me parece que Cara Delavigne junto con Rowan Coleman hallan escrito este libro. Y declarar mi apoyo a este tipo de colaboraciones. Muchas veces se tienen ideas, pero no capacidades para realizarlas y creo que el trabajo conjunto entre profesionales es bastante importante y necesario, porque siempre se aporta un punto de vista distinto.
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650 reviews42 followers
April 26, 2018
Bulgarian review: https://bookishipster.wordpress.com/2...

I didn't like this book as much as i thought i would, but it was still interesting, it surprised me a lot and some of the messages in it were really good. However, i am a bit disappointed, i didn't like the characters very much, some of them felt very unreal to me and at parts some things were too exaggerated.
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422 reviews27 followers
October 27, 2018
ik was een beetje huiverig voor dit boek, maar ik vond hem zo goed.
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64 reviews5 followers
October 3, 2017
I wanted to love this novel, everything about it made me think it was going to be a great read, but if I am being honest, I wasn't really that impressed. I could tell from the first few pages that I wasn't going to like the novel.

In my opinion, there are two types of YA novel, one that features teenagers but whose writing style is appealing to all ages, and the second that not only features teenagers, but whose writing style completely reflects that of a teenager. Unfortunately for me, Mirror Mirror falls into the latter of the categories. For me, the writing was a little too colloquial and pulled me out of the novel world.

The characters didn't really do it for me either - they were a little two-dimensional, I could have tolerated this if the characters were not so generic, but I also found it really hard to relate to any of them.

I feel like I am complaining a lot about this novel - there were some elements I liked. Ash was by far the most interesting of all the characters, a bad ass computer hacker with a little more depth. Ash definitely kept me hooked, and I am glad I persevered to the end.

Overall, I wouldn't say this is a bad book, but I wouldn't rate it as amazing either. If you can get on board with a 'young' writing style and 2D characters, then you will most likely love this novel.

I don't know if it is worth noting, but I find it funny that the author's name is bigger than the title of the book - I am assuming that this has been done on purpose to drive sales.
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125 reviews21 followers
July 19, 2018
I did not expect to like this book so much to be honest but I absolutely loved it.
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148 reviews13 followers
April 12, 2018
in Eerste instantie dacht ik dat Red gewoon een stoere vent was, maar niets bleek minder waar. Dit boek was gewoon even een hele andere kijk in de wereld van een paar jongeren die een band vormen op een middelbare school, en allemaal met hun eigen problemen en onzekerheden. Heel mooi gedaan.
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