If you love thrillers, here’s a treat for all of you. Unlike others, this book will make sure you use your brains. A fast-paced read, there are numerous twists and turns, aptly placed.
The master storyteller, Sidney Sheldon toys with Multiple Personality Disorder also known as Dissociative Identity Disorder. The protagonist of the story, Ashley Patterson is a victim of MPD. She goes through a roller coaster of a life, and as the story progresses, a seed of doubt is sowed in the reader’s mind – is she the victim, or the predator?
The story begins with a day in the life of each character, Ashley Patterson, Antoinette Prescott, and Alette Peters. Each one of them has a different life, and in the course of the story, each one’s life is turned upside down when they are charged for murdering and castrating their closest ones. Suffering from a traumatic childhood and an abusive father, Ashley ruptures into three distinct characters, each of whom has a different outlook towards life. The characters are so diversified; they seem poles apart, facilitating deception of the mind. The plot has been skillfully handled, allowing the reader to enjoy the full impact of every twist.
The rest of the book is about how Ashley narrowly escapes the gallows, and is cured of her disorder.
The best part of the book though is its brilliant ending. Sheldon takes the final bow for the exemplary finale – the book is open ended. Just when you thought the fun has ended, Sheldon brings back Ashley’s alter, leaving one wondering whether the fun just got over, or did it just start...
The book is a definite page –turner, to use a clichéd adjective.
