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Second Skin
Listening Length: 4 hours and 28 minutes
Stan Weir is mourning a tragic loss when he meets a mysterious nine-year-old girl, who claims to be the reincarnated spirit of his late wife. Marcy Keef is a single mother trying to make ends meet, when her daughter Erin starts describing "past life memories." Neither wants to believe Erin, but as violent secrets are revealed, the truth becomes harder to deny.
With echoes of Stephen King, Second Skin is a propulsive thriller about grief, guilt, and truths better left unknown.
Stan Weir is mourning a tragic loss when he meets a mysterious nine-year-old girl, who claims to be the reincarnated spirit of his late wife. Marcy Keef is a single mother trying to make ends meet, when her daughter Erin starts describing "past life memories." Neither wants to believe Erin, but as violent secrets are revealed, the truth becomes harder to deny.
With echoes of Stephen King, Second Skin is a propulsive thriller about grief, guilt, and truths better left unknown.
5 pages, Audible Audio
First published April 2, 2020
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Christian White
9 books1,927 followersChristian White is an Australian author and screenwriter. His debut novel, The Nowhere Child, won the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript. He co-created the television series Carnivores, currently in development with Matchbox Pictures and Heyday TV, and co-wrote Relic, a psychological horror feature film to be produced by Carver Films (The Snowtown Murders, Partisan).
Born and raised on the Mornington Peninsula, Christian had an eclectic range of ‘day jobs’ before he was able to write full-time, including food-cart driver on a golf course and video editor for an adult film company. He now spends his days writing from his home in Melbourne where he lives with his wife, the filmmaker Summer DeRoche, and their adopted greyhound, Issy. He has a passion for true crime podcasts, Stephen King and anything to do with Bigfoot. The Nowhere Child is his first book. Christian’s currently working on his second novel, due for publication by Affirm Press in 2019.
Born and raised on the Mornington Peninsula, Christian had an eclectic range of ‘day jobs’ before he was able to write full-time, including food-cart driver on a golf course and video editor for an adult film company. He now spends his days writing from his home in Melbourne where he lives with his wife, the filmmaker Summer DeRoche, and their adopted greyhound, Issy. He has a passion for true crime podcasts, Stephen King and anything to do with Bigfoot. The Nowhere Child is his first book. Christian’s currently working on his second novel, due for publication by Affirm Press in 2019.
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December 4, 2021
This is the first “fair” rated Audible Original I have listened to. I’ve had a great run with these freebies! Sad to write that “Second Skin” started fairly strong, then turned a bit disappointing.
I have pondered the idea of reincarnation, or past lives. In this story, a young girl tells her mom that she cannot sleep because she has nightmares about being someone else. She tells her mother that she is the reincarnation of a woman who died the same night that she was born. The daughter has details about this other woman’s life that causes her mother to pause.
We also learn of the grief that the husband suffered after his wife died. I do think this is a great story that shows the unbearable grief after tragedy. The paranormal stuff, or the reincarnation stuff, was strange but compelling. The ending was a bummer.
I have pondered the idea of reincarnation, or past lives. In this story, a young girl tells her mom that she cannot sleep because she has nightmares about being someone else. She tells her mother that she is the reincarnation of a woman who died the same night that she was born. The daughter has details about this other woman’s life that causes her mother to pause.
We also learn of the grief that the husband suffered after his wife died. I do think this is a great story that shows the unbearable grief after tragedy. The paranormal stuff, or the reincarnation stuff, was strange but compelling. The ending was a bummer.
December 7, 2022
Spoiler alert!
I was going to rate this a three, pretty good, until it took a cockeyed turn for the worse towards the end when - ha ha - the nine year old was just making it all up. No she wasn't, because as a character she was far too shallow and two-dimensional to be capable of such prowess. Why not make her at least 12 or 13, it might be plausible. Or better yet, keep her aged 9 and then have the so-called dreams fade away with age, so that she herself doesn't remember having the experience that the plot revolves around: believing she is the reincarnation of a local dead woman whose husband is stuck in guilt-mode because his wife killed herself because he had killed their daughter in a car accident when he had an epileptic seizure after a couple decades of having none and therefore thinking, stupidly, that he would never have one. That weak premise for the whole plot is palatable, as is the little girl's regression, and there is an interesting trope in this book: the father as the main child-rearing parent in a complete reversal of male-female family roles. The reader of the book on Audible is amazing, and she lends characterization nuances to the players that are given through dialogue. But hell, to shy away from the New Age plot line by saying that a nine-year-old found an old phone in her grandmother's closet, managed to open and unlock it and make a complete picture of this adult woman's life before death in order to then impersonate that woman after death, because she just happened to die on the day the nine-year-old was born... It comes out of the blue. This girl-character has not been developed to be anywhere nearly capable of such a feat. And what about the phone's surely dead battery after nine years in the closet??? That is conveniently ignored. And then the whole premise for the girl carrying out this deceit is a pitiful trite "I wanted attention. Am I still special?"
Not special enough is my answer.
I was going to rate this a three, pretty good, until it took a cockeyed turn for the worse towards the end when - ha ha - the nine year old was just making it all up. No she wasn't, because as a character she was far too shallow and two-dimensional to be capable of such prowess. Why not make her at least 12 or 13, it might be plausible. Or better yet, keep her aged 9 and then have the so-called dreams fade away with age, so that she herself doesn't remember having the experience that the plot revolves around: believing she is the reincarnation of a local dead woman whose husband is stuck in guilt-mode because his wife killed herself because he had killed their daughter in a car accident when he had an epileptic seizure after a couple decades of having none and therefore thinking, stupidly, that he would never have one. That weak premise for the whole plot is palatable, as is the little girl's regression, and there is an interesting trope in this book: the father as the main child-rearing parent in a complete reversal of male-female family roles. The reader of the book on Audible is amazing, and she lends characterization nuances to the players that are given through dialogue. But hell, to shy away from the New Age plot line by saying that a nine-year-old found an old phone in her grandmother's closet, managed to open and unlock it and make a complete picture of this adult woman's life before death in order to then impersonate that woman after death, because she just happened to die on the day the nine-year-old was born... It comes out of the blue. This girl-character has not been developed to be anywhere nearly capable of such a feat. And what about the phone's surely dead battery after nine years in the closet??? That is conveniently ignored. And then the whole premise for the girl carrying out this deceit is a pitiful trite "I wanted attention. Am I still special?"
Not special enough is my answer.
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April 5, 2020
I liked it. It has a lot of turns and twists. Though Erin acted more like a 13 year old than a 9 year old.
April 8, 2020
3/5 ⭐️
Cool concept, I’ve never read a book about reincarnation and it was p cool actually
The ending pissed me off tbh but it was still a good book
Cool concept, I’ve never read a book about reincarnation and it was p cool actually
The ending pissed me off tbh but it was still a good book
June 10, 2021
What the fuck did I just listen to? The whole book is made of stupid. The premise is that a 9 year old girl is the reincarnated spirit of an adult woman, who committed suicided after the death of her daughter. Ok, cool. I sort of believe in reincarnation so I was interested.
The daughter died in a car accident, when her father, who had epilepsy, was driving and had a seizure. The reasoning for him being driving even though epilepsy, was that he hadn’t had a seizure in years. Ok, I decided to ignore that and power through. So the wife sort of blames the husband and eventually ends up killing herself on the same night that a baby girl is born in the same city.
Fast forward 9 years later, the little girl starts having nightmares about the women and she believes she’s the woman reincarnated. She knows stuff about the women no one knew, and so on. There’s a whole plot around this, the 9 year old girl talks to the husband, the guy who had been grieving for 9 years, she gives the guy hopes...And in the end she was pretending.
And here is the kick: she found the dead woman’s phone in her grandmother’s house (the explanation is that, in the night the women died, her body was brought to the same hospital as the girl’s mother while she was having the girl. The paramedics dropped the phone, the grandmother found it and KEPT it for nine years, instead of, I don’t know, giving it to the police cause it contained proof that the woman had been murdered and not committed suicide, because she “didn’t want to think about the dead woman”. WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK??). Soooo, the 9 years old girl found the phone, powered it on, after NINE YEARS, somehow cracked the password, (that fact is ignored), read through the woman’s emails and messages and stuff and came up with the plan of pretending to be the woman’s reincarnated spirit because she was bored and wanted attention. Those are her actual explanation. I wish I was joking, but I’m not. And the girl’s mother was like “there there honey, it’s ok, it’s nothing that you are a liar and a manipulative psychopath who used someone’s grieve to have fun, it’s ok. Mom loves you”. I mean, SERIOUSLY? That’s it? I’m writing this and I’m here thinking someone seriously wrote this book and thought it was ok?
Fuck this noise. So glad it was free on audible cause if I had spent money or a credit on this crap I would be maaaaaaaaad. Fucking stupid book.
The daughter died in a car accident, when her father, who had epilepsy, was driving and had a seizure. The reasoning for him being driving even though epilepsy, was that he hadn’t had a seizure in years. Ok, I decided to ignore that and power through. So the wife sort of blames the husband and eventually ends up killing herself on the same night that a baby girl is born in the same city.
Fast forward 9 years later, the little girl starts having nightmares about the women and she believes she’s the woman reincarnated. She knows stuff about the women no one knew, and so on. There’s a whole plot around this, the 9 year old girl talks to the husband, the guy who had been grieving for 9 years, she gives the guy hopes...And in the end she was pretending.
And here is the kick: she found the dead woman’s phone in her grandmother’s house (the explanation is that, in the night the women died, her body was brought to the same hospital as the girl’s mother while she was having the girl. The paramedics dropped the phone, the grandmother found it and KEPT it for nine years, instead of, I don’t know, giving it to the police cause it contained proof that the woman had been murdered and not committed suicide, because she “didn’t want to think about the dead woman”. WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK??). Soooo, the 9 years old girl found the phone, powered it on, after NINE YEARS, somehow cracked the password, (that fact is ignored), read through the woman’s emails and messages and stuff and came up with the plan of pretending to be the woman’s reincarnated spirit because she was bored and wanted attention. Those are her actual explanation. I wish I was joking, but I’m not. And the girl’s mother was like “there there honey, it’s ok, it’s nothing that you are a liar and a manipulative psychopath who used someone’s grieve to have fun, it’s ok. Mom loves you”. I mean, SERIOUSLY? That’s it? I’m writing this and I’m here thinking someone seriously wrote this book and thought it was ok?
Fuck this noise. So glad it was free on audible cause if I had spent money or a credit on this crap I would be maaaaaaaaad. Fucking stupid book.
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May 5, 2022
Not long after a tragic loss, Stan Weir's wife Joanne takes her own life. That very same night, Erin Keef is born. Fast forward 9 years and Erin begins to 'remember' details of Joanne's life...and death. Details that only Joanne could know. Her mother is really concerned for the young girl, and she makes contact with Stan. Initially sceptical, Stan's world is rocked when Erin reveals things about his wife that he never knew.
This audionovella was a good listen, but it didn't have the same impact as White's Still House, which I listened to last week. If I'd gone in reverse order, I may have rated both a little higher! The difference for me was the subject matter I think. It's tricky with reincarnation; if it's written as something real, then it's make-believe, and if it's written as a con (scam/trick/joke), then it's a little predictable. Kudos to White for holding my attention and entertaining me.
Free on Audible.
This audionovella was a good listen, but it didn't have the same impact as White's Still House, which I listened to last week. If I'd gone in reverse order, I may have rated both a little higher! The difference for me was the subject matter I think. It's tricky with reincarnation; if it's written as something real, then it's make-believe, and if it's written as a con (scam/trick/joke), then it's a little predictable. Kudos to White for holding my attention and entertaining me.
Free on Audible.
April 20, 2020
This held my interest alright... but the ending was a letdown.
July 11, 2020
I should know by now that Christian White stories are never as clear cut as they first seem! This was fantastic and took me completely by surprise!
Very clever and definately worth a listen!
Very clever and definately worth a listen!
October 19, 2023
I don't understand why some people have bashed this story, it was interesting and heartwarming with a nice twist and satisfying end result. Good stuff for a short story.
June 18, 2020
A stay-at-home dad has an epileptic seizure while driving his daughter to school. He is unhurt, but she's killed. A few months later, his wife commits suicide.
Nine years later, a girl who was born the day his wife died is having dreams about a past life, and knows things only the man's dead wife could know.
This was an intriguing story that leads the reader on a bit about the supernatural aspects -- is the little girl really the reincarnated soul of a woman who died the night she was born? Add an unexpected twist and it becomes another sort of mystery.
Not bad, would probably check out a longer work by this author.
Nine years later, a girl who was born the day his wife died is having dreams about a past life, and knows things only the man's dead wife could know.
This was an intriguing story that leads the reader on a bit about the supernatural aspects -- is the little girl really the reincarnated soul of a woman who died the night she was born? Add an unexpected twist and it becomes another sort of mystery.
Not bad, would probably check out a longer work by this author.
January 9, 2021
Second Skin is an audiobook novella which came free with my Audible subscription about a young girl who appears to be the reincarnated spirit of a woman who committed suicide. It’s not as dark as it sounds however. It’s just over four hours long so we listened to it over a couple of weekends in the car and, for the first time, sitting by the brazier outside on an unusually still night for Wellington - a new a very pleasant way for us to listen to audiobooks.
Stan Weir has lost his daughter in a tragic accident, and then his wife Joanne committed suicide. The night she died, Marci delivers a baby girl. Nine years later, Erin starts creating sinister drawings and reporting memories of the night she died. Initially sceptical, single mother Marci is desperate to help her daughter so contacts Stan, who is rightly suspicious, but when he meets Erin she tells him things about Joanne that she couldn’t possibly know. Is this really a case of reincarnation and can Erin help Stan overcome his grief?
This was brilliantly narrated and I was engaged in the story from the start. There were perhaps some anecdotes and character reminiscences that felt like padding but overall the pace was good and I genuinely didn’t guess how things would turn out, but liked the reveal and gently hopeful ending. Despite dealing with accidental death and suicide, it wasn’t morbid or depressing. The author is Australian but the story is set in the USA, but it could actually take place anywhere. Recommended listening.
Stan Weir has lost his daughter in a tragic accident, and then his wife Joanne committed suicide. The night she died, Marci delivers a baby girl. Nine years later, Erin starts creating sinister drawings and reporting memories of the night she died. Initially sceptical, single mother Marci is desperate to help her daughter so contacts Stan, who is rightly suspicious, but when he meets Erin she tells him things about Joanne that she couldn’t possibly know. Is this really a case of reincarnation and can Erin help Stan overcome his grief?
This was brilliantly narrated and I was engaged in the story from the start. There were perhaps some anecdotes and character reminiscences that felt like padding but overall the pace was good and I genuinely didn’t guess how things would turn out, but liked the reveal and gently hopeful ending. Despite dealing with accidental death and suicide, it wasn’t morbid or depressing. The author is Australian but the story is set in the USA, but it could actually take place anywhere. Recommended listening.
February 7, 2023
Very enjoyable quick read. It's a free audio at the moment for Audible customers.
This is a short mystery, it kept me captivated from the get go great story line no surprise from Christian White. I recommend this one for a quick read
This is a short mystery, it kept me captivated from the get go great story line no surprise from Christian White. I recommend this one for a quick read
November 19, 2022
This was a pretty good novella! It’s only available on audible, and it kept me really engaged the entire time. Stan is driving his daughter Lucy home, when he has his first epileptic seizure in over a decade. They get into a devastating car accident, and then it fades to black. Stan comes to in the hospital, and his wife, Joann is there with him. He is devastated to find out that Lucy didn’t survive the accident. Flash forward a few months, and Joann joins her daughter after her body is found beneath Prospect Bridge, broken over the train tracks. On the same night that she dies, a baby named Erin is born.
Nine years later, Erin is displaying worrying signs at school. She’s drawing very dark things, and claims that she is the dead body in the drawings. And that her name was once Joann. Jojo, she says. And then she makes another revelation. She had a daughter, once. Her mother, Marcy is shocked and horrified, even more so when Erin sneaks out of school to go to Stan’s house, where she stuns him with her knowledge of Joann. Despite his initial doubts, which he voiced when Marcy previously hunted him down to tell him about Erin, he believes her now. Because she tells Stan that his wife was having an affair, and that she didn’t jump off that bridge. And when she gives him a name, Stan knows exactly who killed her.
I was immediately drawn into this story, and it kept me interested and captivated until the end. I didn’t see the twists and turns coming, so when everything was revealed, it was just as much of a surprise as the author intended. I excel at finding the answers before the ending, sometimes at my own expense when I ruin my fun prematurely, but not this time! If you’re looking for a quick and fun audio book to get you through cleaning out your closet, this is it!
Nine years later, Erin is displaying worrying signs at school. She’s drawing very dark things, and claims that she is the dead body in the drawings. And that her name was once Joann. Jojo, she says. And then she makes another revelation. She had a daughter, once. Her mother, Marcy is shocked and horrified, even more so when Erin sneaks out of school to go to Stan’s house, where she stuns him with her knowledge of Joann. Despite his initial doubts, which he voiced when Marcy previously hunted him down to tell him about Erin, he believes her now. Because she tells Stan that his wife was having an affair, and that she didn’t jump off that bridge. And when she gives him a name, Stan knows exactly who killed her.
I was immediately drawn into this story, and it kept me interested and captivated until the end. I didn’t see the twists and turns coming, so when everything was revealed, it was just as much of a surprise as the author intended. I excel at finding the answers before the ending, sometimes at my own expense when I ruin my fun prematurely, but not this time! If you’re looking for a quick and fun audio book to get you through cleaning out your closet, this is it!
June 8, 2020
3.5 stars
I listened to this in the car. It kept me riveted. I wasn't crazy about the ending. A husband/father has an epileptic seizure while driving - he survives, but his daughter doesn't. Grief takes a toll on his marriage and his wife waffles between love and hate - blaming him and herself. The husband is doubly grieved when his wife dies by a seemingly apparent suicide. A little girl, born at the time of his wife's death, knows things about his wife that only she (and family) would know. As I said, I was riveted but the ending was a miss with little closure for me.
I listened to this in the car. It kept me riveted. I wasn't crazy about the ending. A husband/father has an epileptic seizure while driving - he survives, but his daughter doesn't. Grief takes a toll on his marriage and his wife waffles between love and hate - blaming him and herself. The husband is doubly grieved when his wife dies by a seemingly apparent suicide. A little girl, born at the time of his wife's death, knows things about his wife that only she (and family) would know. As I said, I was riveted but the ending was a miss with little closure for me.
September 21, 2021
Christian White may have just become a new fave author. Having loved The Wife and The Widow I grabbed a free Audible Original Second Skin. This novella contains paranormal themes which is not something I actively seek in a book but nor does it deter. In fact, in this case it worked exceptionally well.
For a short book, just over 4 hours of listening time, I was caught up in the story, and I connected with the characters. Well, if I'm honest initially I didn't connect with Marcy and her Mum. Marcy was in labour and between the two of them I came to the conclusion they were pretty rough around the edges. Of course, a labour ward is not the place to bring out the best in person and perhaps the course language could be forgiven. Either way, as the story progressed I realised Marcy fiercely loved her daughter Erin and did her utmost to protect her.
Stan had been the stay-at-home father of Lucy but when she was killed in a tragic accident and his wife followed her to the grave months later his life unraveled and he couldn't move past his grief.
Despite the implausibility of it, it seemed Erin was the reincarnation of Stan's wife. This resulted in quite a few twists and as I'm coming to expect from Christian White, the ending was not at all what I thought it would be.
This was a great little novel which only served to make me want more from this author. 4.5 stars
For a short book, just over 4 hours of listening time, I was caught up in the story, and I connected with the characters. Well, if I'm honest initially I didn't connect with Marcy and her Mum. Marcy was in labour and between the two of them I came to the conclusion they were pretty rough around the edges. Of course, a labour ward is not the place to bring out the best in person and perhaps the course language could be forgiven. Either way, as the story progressed I realised Marcy fiercely loved her daughter Erin and did her utmost to protect her.
Stan had been the stay-at-home father of Lucy but when she was killed in a tragic accident and his wife followed her to the grave months later his life unraveled and he couldn't move past his grief.
Despite the implausibility of it, it seemed Erin was the reincarnation of Stan's wife. This resulted in quite a few twists and as I'm coming to expect from Christian White, the ending was not at all what I thought it would be.
This was a great little novel which only served to make me want more from this author. 4.5 stars
April 11, 2020
Paranormal Mystery
Review of the Audible Original audio novella (April 2020)
Second Skin was a good mystery with a paranormal angle to it and some unexpected twists along the way. Can't reveal too much as it would be a spoiler. The narration by Ellen Archer in all voices was especially outstanding.
The cover image seemed to have absolutely nothing to do with the plot, unless I blinked and missed it.
Second Skin is one of the Audible Originals made freely available to members for the month of April 2020. It is available to everyone for a standard price.
Review of the Audible Original audio novella (April 2020)
Second Skin was a good mystery with a paranormal angle to it and some unexpected twists along the way. Can't reveal too much as it would be a spoiler. The narration by Ellen Archer in all voices was especially outstanding.
The cover image seemed to have absolutely nothing to do with the plot, unless I blinked and missed it.
Second Skin is one of the Audible Originals made freely available to members for the month of April 2020. It is available to everyone for a standard price.
June 24, 2020
I have this book on my Audible Originals.
Stan is having a very hard time of dealing with his wife's death. Marcy has a daughter who believes she is his wife's reincarnation.
This was an interesting mystery, it was also about how Stan, Marcy and her daughter, Erin are entwined in a surprise ending.
The narrator performed well.
Stan is having a very hard time of dealing with his wife's death. Marcy has a daughter who believes she is his wife's reincarnation.
This was an interesting mystery, it was also about how Stan, Marcy and her daughter, Erin are entwined in a surprise ending.
The narrator performed well.
September 6, 2020
Ugh up until the very end I would have given this a four star review! But the 1.5/2 star ending dragged it down for me. This book was fast paced and sucked me in quick! I was invested! I loved the world's colliding and the stories coming together. Go in with low expectations for the end and I think you could really enjoy this one!
April 26, 2020
Another enjoyable story from Christian White, this one released only on Audible and free for members in April 2020. I'm assuming this has been released this way as a promo for him to break further into the international market, especially as this one is based in the US. And good for him! - because he is a talented mystery/suspense writer.
At 4.5 hours of audio it is not a long book, but I thought he packed quite a lot of story, characterisation and twists in that short period. It was an easy read (listen) and I did not see the ending coming until a large twist was revealed.
On a side note, there is a part in the book where a date of August 2020 is given. So that does make me wonder if this book will be released traditionally later this year? ;)
At 4.5 hours of audio it is not a long book, but I thought he packed quite a lot of story, characterisation and twists in that short period. It was an easy read (listen) and I did not see the ending coming until a large twist was revealed.
On a side note, there is a part in the book where a date of August 2020 is given. So that does make me wonder if this book will be released traditionally later this year? ;)
July 30, 2020
Go find someone else’s phone from 9 years ago. Find a charger for this phone you never owned. Figure out the password, and start going through everything on the phone. Don’t get bored... find the juicy bits, in the phone of a lawyer who was busy and on that phone every damned day.
Now imagine you’re nine years old, you manage to figure out the phone’s owner is dead, and you are willing to pretend the person who owned said phone is a ghost in your head. And you’re able to fool teachers, school administrators, your parents, the family of the dead person, and a trained hypnotherapist.
What are you? A psychopath is what you are.
The book needs an editor, and the main child character needs serious professional help. Also, PS... the murderer is obvious. Not because the book is well written, but because OF COURSE it would be who everyone least expects.
Ugh.
Now imagine you’re nine years old, you manage to figure out the phone’s owner is dead, and you are willing to pretend the person who owned said phone is a ghost in your head. And you’re able to fool teachers, school administrators, your parents, the family of the dead person, and a trained hypnotherapist.
What are you? A psychopath is what you are.
The book needs an editor, and the main child character needs serious professional help. Also, PS... the murderer is obvious. Not because the book is well written, but because OF COURSE it would be who everyone least expects.
Ugh.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 22, 2020
This is an Audible Original (free) for April. It's longer than most Audible Originals, but still didn't establish the back stories of the main characters. Unlike some other comments, it's nothing like a Stephen King novel. The story was moving along, and was interesting. Then, it completely flipped - destroying the whole premise that the author had been taking the reader. I felt betrayed.
May 19, 2020
Interesting premise with a good narrator but I can't get over the ending and how much I didn't like the Marci and Erin resolution! it was an interesting page turner before that and I'm sure there are a lot of people who will give much higher reviews, but books are all about endings for me. That's what you're left with after closing the back cover and this wasn't a satisfying ending for me
November 21, 2020
This has to be one of the most disappointing endings I've ever read. Second Skin was a perfect 5-star mystery story until the author decided to spoil it all.
Oh well, it was an enjoyable read anyway.
Oh well, it was an enjoyable read anyway.
June 2, 2025
An intriguing and clever story.
May 14, 2020
Pretty good story. Not great but enjoyable.
April 12, 2020
This review is biased and not judged fair I'm sure due to my strong beliefs with regard for children. It is difficult to expressly define my objection without giving away the book so I will refrain. For myself it was a no and I will not recommend to my friends. However, it did have some interesting twists that were not seen and it was a audio freebie this month so if bored you don't have much to lose.
April 28, 2020
This book was a huge letdown. I am definitely really disappointed with this book. I felt like the author had a good thing going, but went with the poorest ending.
SPOILERS*****************
I hated that this author leads the reader to believe that the little girl has the personality of Joanne in her the entire time. THEN, she just goes, "Nevermind. It was all a lie." For real. >:( I don't feel like it took any art or creativity to go, BOOM, lie. I felt like it destroyed the characters.
SPOILERS*****************
I hated that this author leads the reader to believe that the little girl has the personality of Joanne in her the entire time. THEN, she just goes, "Nevermind. It was all a lie." For real. >:( I don't feel like it took any art or creativity to go, BOOM, lie. I felt like it destroyed the characters.
May 1, 2020
I really liked this story. It was sad, had twists and was an interesting concept. I've heard stories of kids who seem to know facts about a "previous life" enough to make me wonder if it could happen. I liked the characters and really felt sorry for Stan having lost his daughter and wife both. This is an interesting story and I'm glad I listened to it.
May 8, 2020
Loved the beginning but lame ending.
January 17, 2022
A novella that packs a punch.
The concept is intriguing, and White manages to weave many stories and backstories into just over 4 hours of listening. I wish one or two resolutions had been slightly different, but that is a personal view.
A noteworthy author.
The concept is intriguing, and White manages to weave many stories and backstories into just over 4 hours of listening. I wish one or two resolutions had been slightly different, but that is a personal view.
A noteworthy author.
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