Bad Twin review

"Bad Twin" is an extension to "The Lost Experience," an alternate-reality game intended to keep the rabid viewers of "Lost" busy during the long summer when there are no new episodes. It was supposedly written by Gary Troup, who was one of the "victims" of Oceanic Flight 815. About the only thing I could glean from the book that related to Lost was a bit of background on the Widmores. While the book is "metafiction," that is, fiction within fiction, the book is supposedly based on some real things, like the Hanso Foundation (to the fictional Lost people, are you confused yet?).
At any rate, I sped through the short 250 pages of "Bad Twin" in less than a week. It's an entertaining read, a classic mystery tale of greed and deception. I enjoyed it, regardless of any tie to the TV show, though fans will probably enjoy it more than non-fans.
Oh, and allow me to put to rest any inklings that Stephen King is the ghost writer of this book. In my opinion, he most definitely is not. The writing style just wasn't consistent to me. In addition, the settings of the book are completely unfamiliar to Mr. King. In an interview about his recent release, Cell, he admitted that he wanted to set the beginning of that book in New York City, but decided on Boston because he didn't know enough about New York's geography, etc, for it to be realistic. With "Bad Twin" being primarily set in New York City, Long Island, Florida, and Australia, with some good details about each place (even if they were fictional hotels, etc), I highly doubt King wrote this, even with him being a fan of the show. More likely is James Patterson, who seems to have a stronger link.
I'm still reading the Beer Companion while on my lunch break at work, but I'm moving ahead with my summer fiction reading list. I'm going to see what I can get at the library, and you can check out my book page, and scroll about halfway down to see "What I Plan on Reading."