All I really have to say is "Wow." Niffenegger's second novel, Her Fearful Symmetry, is intriguing and well told. Two 21-year-old twins, Valentina and Julia, inherit a flat in London from an aunt they didn't know existed. The flat borders London's infamous Highgate Cemetery, and Niffenegger explores the possibilities of what life is like after death. She also delves into the strange relationship twins often have. The girls' aunt Elspeth's boyfriend Robert lives in the flat below, and Martin, an OCD agoraphobe trying to win back his wife, lives above. As Valentina and Julia absorb the culture of London, family secrets start to come out to haunt the girls. Niffenegger ends the novel with two crazy twists that will leave your head spinning, thinking about this spooky novel for days afterward.
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