Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Book Reviews of Crimson Rain

Crimson Rain
Crimson Rain
Author: Meg O'Brien
ISBN-13: 9781551669328
ISBN-10: 1551669323
Publication Date: 9/1/2002
Pages: 400
Rating:
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
 34

3.7 stars, based on 34 ratings
Publisher: Mira
Book Type: Paperback
Reviews: Amazon | Write a Review

8 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

reviewed Crimson Rain on + 38 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
from the back cover:

Paul and Gina Bradley did all they could to create the perfect family. When they discovered they could not have children of their own, they adopted twin girls, intent on giving them a good home. But something was terribly wrong with Angela, one of the twins, and after a terrifying event, Paul and Gina returned five-year-old Angela to St. Sympatica's Orphanage, assured that she would get excellent psychiatric care.

Now, sixteen years lated, the Bradley family is crumbling. Paul and Gina have drifted apart and are only going through the motions of a marriage for Angela's twin, Rachel. But Rachel is beginning to act like a total stranger, and they begin to wonder if she isn't suffering from the same problems that plagued her sister.

When Rachel disappears just after Christmas, Paul and Gina are forced to pull together-for the sake of their family, for their very survival. Because someone has unleashed a vengeful fury on the Bradleys.
reviewed Crimson Rain on + 9 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I loved this book! I'll be at the library first thing on Monday morning, tracking down more by this author =)
reviewed Crimson Rain on + 13 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
If you like books that are a little twisted, this could be for you. A couple adopts twin girls: one is "good", and the other is "evil." The adoptive parents choose to send the "evil" twin back to the orphanage at the age of five. Sixteen years later, that decision comes back to bite them in a big way. It was an interesting read for sure.
reviewed Crimson Rain on + 125 more book reviews
Paul and Gina Bradley did all they could to create the perfect family. When they discovered they could not have children of their own, they adopted twin girls, intent on giving them a good home. But something was terribly wrong with Angela, one of the twins, and after a terrifying event, Paul and Gina returned five-year-old Angela to St. Sympatica's Orphanage, assured that she would get excellent psychiatric care.

Now, sixteen years later, the Bradley family is crumbling. Paul and Gina have drifted apart and are only going through the motions of a marriage for Angela's twin, Rachel. But Rachel is beginning to act like a total stranger, and they begin to wonder if she isn't suffering from the same problems that plagued her sister.

When Rachel disappears just after Christmas, Paul and Gina are forced to pull together--for the sake of their family, for their very survival. Because someone has unleashed a vengeful fury on the Bradleys.
reviewed Crimson Rain on + 43 more book reviews
kept me reading until the end,
reviewed Crimson Rain on + 25 more book reviews
Kinda creepy. Predictable in places.
reviewed Crimson Rain on + 12 more book reviews
Mystery suspense story of twins separated at a young age because one was bad. Then the 'good' twin disappears and the family tries to figure out what happens. Interesting read!
reviewed Crimson Rain on + 3137 more book reviews
I lost interest in this about midway:

Storyline is good and creepy but there is so much repeat, repeat, repeat and when you have to describe how to make an apple pie? that is just a page filler and this book was loaded with those, I lost interest because I just got fed up with disintegrating marriage, the cheating and the repeat and repeat, etc. For a book with 400 pages this one would've been better if cut down to normal pb size of about 330 pages! and not the constant repeat and moved along with a faster clip and suspense