Book guide
The Other
Twin boys, one idyllic summer, and a darkness hiding in plain sight.
Genre and trope pairingsPsychological ThrillerIdentity crisis
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About The Other
Thomas Tryon’s psychological horror classic centres on identical twins Holland and Niles Perry, whose opposing natures mask something deeply sinister. Beneath small-town nostalgia, the novel explores the darkness that can live inside a family.
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Slow
Content warnings
- death-of-family
- grief
- murder
- child death
- animal cruelty
- animal death
- forced institutionalization
- mental illness
