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I really felt that the love the twins held for each other and for their mother was tangible. I especially thought this when Lena recounted the last moments of her husband joey's love. I loved how with one look the twins knew what to to do defend their mother. Of course, they were jaded but I like to think that Lena was able to hold good memories of them before they passed.
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Oh yeah, the bond between the twins was really special. Although, I did not agree with the punishment sharing thing. It frustrated their mother so much. Sigh.
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I love twins and the fact that the author illustrates the twinning part is great. He kind of went too far but this was just to make one understand that twinning means sharing everything. Its great
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The punishment sharing policy between the twins was comical. I also liked how the other connected Kalayla's personality to the twins. Kalayla reminded Lena of them, which is a large part of why Lena's attention was drawn to Kalayla to begin with.
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I loved that punishment sharing policy as well. I always wanted a twin. I'd like to know about twins who actually used that policy. I would also put a homework sharing policy. However, no birthday nor holiday gift sharing. Absolutely not! :lol: :lol:
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Not much of them is shown, but the twin's relationship is very strong. It looks to me that they do and share everything together, like they are one soul in two bodies. I'm not sure what happened in Vietnam, but it feels like they even die together. It's sad thing they are gone so early.
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I loved how the twins have got each other's back. They share a wonderful bond.
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I think twins share a special bond. As a parent, if one twin is on the wrong and the other wants to take the punishment for it, I would punish the both of them.
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I also loved the "punishment sharing policy." It made me laugh and shake my head at the smartassery. I also really liked their secret, sorta telepathic connection where they could agree on something almost immediately. It was shown clearly when the twins found their dad in the middle of abusing their mom. They shared a quick nod and immediately pinned their dad to get him off their mother, calling him out for his terrible behavior. While their death threats might have been pushing the boundaries, I think this was a really cool moment to see the twins really displaying their power and morals separate from their father who coached them all their lives. The fact that they also fought together to the bitter end in Vietnam was also very powerful and showed the strength of their relationship.
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Kaylee123 wrote: 01 Oct 2020, 13:26 I do respect the twins, though, since they defended Lena when they found their father beating her. In that case, however, I think any two brothers would have reacted in the same way, not just twins.
Yeah, I also appreciate how protective they were of their mother.
I read a book that also features twin boys and their mother was also a victim of domestic violence. One of the twins turned out to be as evil as their father, so I think not every kid will fight for the safety of his/her mother. Well, it was also a novel.
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It is a shame the twins did not have more page time to be characterised further, but what we got was good for understanding Lena's character more, and enough for us to really feel the weight of their deaths. It was also great to see them defend their mother against Joey, since Lena is constantly nursing doubts over whether she raised her kids right, often assuming that Joey had managed to mould the boys into clones of himself
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I don't have any personal experience with twins, but I've read and heard that twins tend to have unique bonds. I really don't know how a parent can deal with two troublesome and naughty kids like those portrayed in the story. While I don't agree with punishing both of them, I think those boys weren't easy to deal with.
But I felt that the twins were just 'twins' in the story. I mean, we didn't really get to observe their individual characters other than the fact they were really close.
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Tonze wrote: 29 Sep 2020, 02:58 What have you liked about the two twins boys?
Me I liked how the author described the relationship between those twins especially the way they were close but what got me was "The punishment sharing policy " where one can be taking a punishment of the other and their mother was not ok with their policy that made her punishing them together for something that one of them had done.
It shows me how the love between twins is very deep that no one can't separate their feelings.
Those two share a really strong bond and I admire that. They are the closes among their family, but it's such a bity that they both died.
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What I liked about the twin boys was their determination to fight against their father and try to protect their mother who was getting abused by her husband.
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Post by Gabriella H »

I like the bond the twins shared and how they had each other's backs. However, I felt their punishment-sharing policy was as a result of their mischievous tendencies. It was a policy that allowed the twins to take turns in their mischievous activities and go as wild as they wanted, knowing whose turn it was to be punished.

Yes, twins do share a special bond. At least, most wins do. Especially the ones that aren't busy fighting all the time🤪
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